This is the oldest city church, dating from shortly after Ayacucho's founding in 1540.
Templo de San Cristóbal
Ayacucho
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Iglesia de San Francisco de Asis
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Visually striking stone church containing retablos (ornamental religious dioramas) and an attractive adjoining convent dating to the 17th century. Located…
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1. Templo y Monasterio de Santa Teresa
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Gorgeous church and monastery dating from 1683 with an altar studded in seashells.
2. Museo Andrés Avelino Cáceres
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This museum in the Casona Vivanco, a gorgeous 16th-century mansion, houses maps and military paraphernalia from the period of its namesake, a local man…
3. Iglesia de San Juan de Dios
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One of Ayacucho's oldest churches, dating from the mid-16th century.
4. Iglesia de San Francisco de Asis
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Visually striking stone church containing retablos (ornamental religious dioramas) and an attractive adjoining convent dating to the 17th century. Located…
5. Templo y Monasterio de Santa Clara
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Attracts thousands of pilgrims annually for a glimpse of the image of Jesus of Nazareth supposedly inside on one of the altars.
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A square of shops and restaurants tucked back from the pedestrian street, with a better quality of establishments than the similar Centro Turístico…
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This church, built in the mid-16th century, is full of colonial art and has one of Peru’s oldest convents attached, dating from the same period.