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"The historical center of Arequipa is an example of ornamented architecture, represents a masterpiece of the creative coalition of European and native characteristics. A colonial town challenged by the conditions of nature, the indigenous influences, the conquest process and evangelism as well as for a spectacular natural scenario ."
Arequipa (Spanish pronunciation:; Aymara and Quechua: Ariqipa), also known by its nicknames of Ciudad Blanca (Spanish for "White City") and León del Sur (Spanish for "Lion of the South"), [2] is a city in Peru and the capital of the eponymous province and department.
With Piérola's victory, the Fundamental Law of 1837 in Tacna, with approval of the self-proclaimed supreme protector Andrés de Santa Cruz, recognized Arequipa as a founding department of the Confederation. [2] The General Government of the Confederation minimized the territorial dispute between the then Peruvian Republic and Bolivia. [1]
Exterior wall of the Monastery of Santa Catalina. The citadel was located in the south of Peru in the city of Arequipa, founded on September 10, 1579 and located in an area that stands out for its natural beauty, welcoming climate and that has a great material with which the architecture of this city is built and continues to be built, the tuff.
Arequipa (Quechua: Ariqipa) is a department and region in southwestern Peru. [1] It is the sixth largest department in Peru, after Puno , Cuzco , Madre de Dios , Ucayali , and Loreto , its sixth most populous department, and its eleventh least densely populated department.
The Governors (intendants) who ruled the intendancy of Arequipa were: [6] José Menéndez Escalada, director general de Aduana (1784–1786) Antonio Alvarez y Jimenez, Brigadier (1786–1796) Bartolomé María Salamanca, Frigate captain of the Order of Alcántara (1796–1810) José Gabriel Moscoso, Lieutenant colonel (1810–1815)
August 15, 1540: This is the date in which the city was founded by Garcí Manuel de Carbajal.The cathedral started construction on this very date. In the "Act of Foundation" of Arequipa, it can be read: "...in the name of its majesty Governor Francisco Pizarro, founded the beautiful village in the valley of Arequipa, in the Collasuyo section, above the river edge, in his name he put the cross ...
Outside view of Casa del Moral. The "Casa del Moral" (House of the mulberry tree) is a large ancestral house built around 1730 in Arequipa, Peru.Favored by tourists, it is one of Peru's best and most well-preserved samples of Andean Baroque civil architecture.