From here now you can travel to Ayacucho, Peru, to visit one of the most important in the history of South America.

ayacucho, historic city of peru

Meet the city of 33 churches, Ayacucho

It was originally founded under the name of San Juan de la Frontera de Huamanga and is on the eastern side of the Cordillera of the Andes.

Also known as the “city of 33 churches,” for many colonial churches exists in their surroundings; the city has an excellent combination of features baroque, renaissance and mestizo, forming a unique style.

The city of Ayacucho has always been one of the most important in artistic and crafts and works.

They have gained great popularity throughout the range, being small altarpieces of Ayacucho the most popular are small altars representing various scenes from the crossing of the Andes, Sarhua tables showing family trees and beautiful decorations in alabaster (also called the stone of Huamanga).

You can stop at this first part to analyze Pre-Inca times, which has been known by different archaeological sites that account for human activity in the region near the caves of Pikimachay.

The cave was discovered by archaeologist Richard Neish, who for traces of the origin of corn in American territory ended up discovering the traces of ancient human presence of the central Andes. Influenced by the Nazca, Tiahuanaco and Huarpa formed the Wari Empire, which had large settlements between 500 and 1100.