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Location: Coast and highlands (Andes) in southem Peru Area: 63.345 km2 724.457 miles2 Capital: Arequipa (2335 masl / 7333 fasl) LirTla * Altitude: Lowest point: 9 masl / 30 fasl (Punta de Bombôn) Highest point: 4910 masl /16.109 fasl Arequipa (Mirador de los Volcanes, Vo/cano Lookout, - Caylloma) Bordered by various arched walkways and thé From thé city of Arequipa to thé following cities: Cathedral, thé Main Square possesses a beautiful bronze fountain of three Camanâ (Province of Camanâ) 173 km (108 miles)/2 hours and 30 minutes plates crowned by thé figure of a sixteenth century soldier. Of this person, who Caravelf (Province of Caravelf) 382 km (238 miles) / 7 hours is called "Tuturutu", thé story says he was in charge of warning of any new Aplao (Province of Castilla) 178 km (111 miles) / 3 hours event. Around thé square, you see three granité portais with brick and lime Chivay (Province of Caylloma) 162 km (101 miles)/3 hours and 45 bases: Portai del Cabildo (Portai de la Municipalidad), Portai de las Delicias minutes (Portai de San Agustfn), and Portai del Regocijo (Portai de Flores). Chuquibamba (Province of Condesuyos) 234 km (145 miles) / 5 hours Mollendo (Province of Islay) 113 km (70 miles) / 2 hours and 15 minutes Cotahuasi (Province of La Union) 379 km (236 miles) /12 hours Main Square. Téléphone: (054) 23-2635/40-5393. Visiting hours: Mon. - Sun. 7:30 A.M. - 11:30 AM and 4:30 P.M. - 7:30 PM, Sundays 7:00 A.M. - 1:30 fland: Lima -Arequipa: 1003 km / 623 miles on thé Pan-American PM and 5:00 PM-7:00 PM Highway South (14 hours by car) It is considered one of thé first seventeenth century religious monuments of thé city. Daily flights to Arequipa front: Lima (1 hour), Cusco It is built of sillar (white volcanic stone) with a brick base. Destroyed by fire in 1844, (30 minutes), Juliaca (30 minutes) and Tacna (30 minutes) it was rebuilt in 1868 by thé Arequipa architect Lucas Poblete. He used a Neoclassical style and placed thé entrances of church on thé flanking naves. In 2001, thé building was struck hard by an earthquake, which seriously damaged its towers. Intersection of Calle General Morân and Calle Alvarez Thomas, Main Square. Visiting hours: Mon. -Fri. 9:00A.M. - 12:30 A.M. and3:00P.M. - 6:00PM.;Sat. 7 7:30 AM - 12:30 PM and 3:00 P.M. - 6:00 PM; Sun. 9:00 A.M. - 12:30 and Main Spiecily ni Arequipa •• 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM HekPIenn/PnPri This complex, made up of buildings constructed by thé Jesuits for religious and living purposes, is a représentative monument of thé seventeenth century religious architecture (1660). The church itself rises from thé center of thé buildings. It was designed in 1573 by Gaspar Baez and destroyed by an earthquake in 1584. The current structure dates from 1650. Inside you find sixty-six canvases The first inhabitants of thé région left some samples of rock art that are more from thé Cusco School from such artists as Bernardo Bitti and Diego de la Puente. than 8000 years old as testimonies of their existence. Among thé différent peoples that lived in Arequipa, thé Collaguas are notable for their excellent textile skills and their ability as shepherds of large alpaca flocks. First block of Calle Zela. Téléphone: (054) 22-3048. Church visiting hours: Mon. The name Arequipa is associated with an old legend. The story goes that by - Sat. 7:00 AM - 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM Sundays 7:00 AM - chance, Inca Mayta Câpac was passing through thèse lands with his soldiers, 12:00 P.M. and 5:00 P.M. - 8:00 P.M. Convent visiting hours: Mon. - Sat. 9:00 and he decided to camp there. At thé moment of breaking camp, some of thé AM - 12:30 PM and 3:00 P.M - 5:00 PM soldiers asked him if they could stay. Right away, thé Inca responded in The complex contains thé Saint Francis church, thé convent and a smaller church Quechua, "Ari quepay," which means, "Yes, stay hère." known as La Tercera Orden (thé Third Franciscan Order). What catches thé On August 15, 1540, Garci Manuel de Carbajal and almost one hundred more attention inside thé church is thé bas-relief decorated Baroque pulpit and thé Spanish founded thé city of Arequipa in thé name of Francisco Pizarro, at thé silver front of thé main altar. Besides thèse, a short passageway, named foot of Mount Misti. With time, thé city became a center of Spanish and Créole Manguillo de San Francisco, bas been added to thé complex to separate thé influence. church from what was thé first girl school and later a women jail. Today, it bas During thé Republic, Arequipa was thé site of revolutionary political movements become a commercial art center known as "Fundo El Fierro" (Iron Banc/?). and thé scène of confrontations among various leaders. Powerful political figures of thé nineteenth century like Francisco Javier de Luna Pizarro, président of thé Congress on numerous occasions, and Victor Andres Belaunde, Peruvian représentative at thé United Nations, are just two of thé illustrious politicians born in this région. In thé nineteenth century, Arequipa became an important center for sheep and alpaca wool exportation to England, managing to establish its own économie strength in thé country. Currently, Arequipa, without a doubt, maintains its économie leadership and bas become thé southern commercial and industrial center for thé nation. Calle Santa Catalina 301. Visiting hours: Mon. - Sun. 9:00 A.M. - 4:00 PM. Constructed to shelter thé daughters of thé wealthiest families of thé city with a religious vocation, thé monastery was inaugurated on October 2,1580, under The department of Arequipa is one of various terrains. It begins in thé coastal thé name of Santa Catalina of Siena to be a totaly cloistered religious center, désert and then climbs thé Andes, reaching gréât altitude at thé snow covered and it remained that way until August 15,1970. peaks of Mount Ampato (6288 masl / 20.630 fasl) and Mount Chachani (6075 It occupies an approximate area of 20.000 m2 (215.285 feet2), and its placement masl / 19.931 fasl) and at its volcanoes like Mount Misti (5825 masl / 19.111 is similar to thé first neighborhoods of Arequipa. fasl). Arequipa also bas two of thé deepest canyons on Earth: thé Cotahuasi The building exhibits rooms of very différent architectural design. One of thé Canyon and thé Colca Canyon. areas has been established as a gallery to display thé canvasses of thé Cusco, The city of Arequipa bas a semi-arid and temperate climate with a maximum Quito, and Arequipa Schools. There are other rooms, or sectors, to visit as well, température of 21.7°C (71sF)and a minimum of 6.9SC (44.4QF). The rainyseason like el Claustra de la Porteria (thé Gâte Cloister], el Museo Precolombino (thé starts in January and ends in March. pre-Colombian Muséum), el Claustro de San Francisco (thé Cloister of Saint Francis], etc. Jiron Recoleta 177. Téléphone: (054) 27-0966. Visiting hours: Mon. - Sat. 9:00 Intersection of Calle La Merced and Calle Tristan. Téléphone: (054) 21-3233. A.M. - 12:00 PM. and 3:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M. Email: convento-la- Visiting hours: Mon. - Sat. 7:00 A.M. -9:00 A.M. and 5:00P.M. - 8:00 P.M.; Sun. [email protected] 6:30 A.M. - 1:00 P.M. and 7:00 P.M. - 8:00 PM AFranciscanconventfounded in 1848, opento thé public since 1978. Itfeatures Its construction began in 1551 and was completed in 1607. It has an attractive various styles that include Romantic and Neo-gothic styles due to its différent side entrance, which features thé image of thé Virgin of Mercy accompanied by remodeling campaigns (thé last one in 1940). It has four cloisters and eleven two saints of mercy. Important works of art like thé "Apariciôn de la Virgen a San sectors, as well as two pre-Colombian art rooms, two others dedicated to thé Pedro Nolasco" (Saint Peter Nolasco fiecovering thé Image of thé Virgin) are Amazon Rain Forest, and another to religious art. It also has a gallery exhibiting preserved in its sacristy as well as a séries of paintings related to thé Virgin de canvasses from thé Cusco and Arequipa Schools and a valuable library that la Merced in thé main hall. The church and thé convent, thé latter constructed protects more than 20.000 volumes and ancient books. in thé city, were built using thé white sillar stone from Arequipa. The cloister maintains a iibrary that dates back to thé Vice royal period. Intersection of Calle Santo Domingo and Calle Rivero. Téléphone: 1054)21-3511. Calle San Francisco 108. Téléphone: (054) 21-2209. Visiting hours: Mon. - Fri. 9:15 Visiting hours: Mon. -Fri. 6:45 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. and 3:00 P.M. - 7:45 P.M.; Sat. A.M. - 12:45 PM. and 4:00 PM. -6:30 PM. 6:45 - 9:00 A.M. and3:00 P.M. - 7:45P.M.; Sun. 5:30 A.M. - 7:00 PM This traditional, colonial house has a façade carved in mixed-origin Baroque. In Architecturally, thé church is characterized by a bell tower, its entrance with a addition, it was made with wide, unique patios inside. It was built in 1738 for General corner pedestal, and its impeccable arch under thé choir loft.