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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.
The Department of Arequipa (Spanish: Departamento de Arequipa) was a department of South Peru, a constituent country of the Peru–Bolivian Confederation, which existed from 1836 to 1839. Created alongside the confederate state, its capital was Arequipa.
"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 (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.
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 is a province in the Arequipa Region, Peru. Its capital, Arequipa, is Peru's second most populous province. [clarification needed] It borders the provinces of Islay, Camaná, Caylloma, and the Cusco and Puno regions. According to INEI, in the year 2014 it had a population of 958,351 people. [2]
The Intendancy of Arequipa (Spanish: Intendencia de Arequipa), also known informally as Arequipa Province (Spanish: Provincia de Arequipa), was one of the territorial divisions of the Viceroyalty of Peru, ruled from the city of Arequipa and under the jurisdiction of the Bishopric of Arequipa.
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 ...