Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Catedral, Arequipa

Arequipa´s 17th century Catedral on the Plaza de Armas built of Sillar, (white volcanic stone). Arequipa is known as ´La Cuidad de Blanca´. Destroyed by a fire in 1844 and rebuilt in a Neo-classical style. In 2001, the catedral was struck hard by an earthquake seriously damaging its towers.

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