Ayacucho

It has more than thirty viceregal temples of Renaissance, Baroque and mestizo style, which keep inside true works of art such as paintings, images and altarpieces carved in wood and bathed in gold leaf. In addition, you can see colonial mansions, archaeological remains and artistic manifestations that reveal a historical past and a tradition still in force and attractive. The city has both national and international fame thanks to its handicrafts, which is why it was declared as “Capital of Popular Art and Crafts of Peru”. Highlights include the carvings in alabaster (material known in the area as Huamanga stone), pottery -especially the bulls and churches of Quinoa, the filigree of the neighborhood of Santa Ana and mainly the sought-after Ayacucho altarpieces.