This church has two fine bell towers and, in the body of the structure supporting them, striking embossings and motifs. It sits on the site of its 1605 predecessor, and took more than a century and a half to complete fully (from the 1640s to the early 1800s).
Templo Compañía de Jesús
Ayacucho
Nearby Ayacucho attractions
1. Centro Turístico Cultural San Cristóbal
0.02 MILES
This remodeled colonial building's courtyard has been transformed into a hip little mall. Here you’ll find bars, restaurants and coffee shops, along with…
2. Museo de Arte Popular
0.06 MILES
Displays popular art covering the ayacucheño (natives of Ayacucho) spectrum – silverwork, rug- and tapestry-weaving, stone and woodcarvings, ceramics …
3. Plaza Moré
0.08 MILES
A square of shops and restaurants tucked back from the pedestrian street, with a better quality of establishments than the similar Centro Turístico…
4. Prefectura
0.1 MILES
Most of Ayacucho's old mansions are now mainly political offices and can be visited, usually during business hours. These offices of the department of…
5. Plaza de Armas
0.1 MILES
One of the prettiest plazas in the Central Andes, flanked by many gorgeous mansions, including the Prefectura. Ask at the tourist office for details on…
7. Iglesia de San Francisco de Paula
0.12 MILES
This white two-towered church dating from 1716 has interesting floral flourishes near the cupolas of its bell towers.
8. Iglesia de La Merced
0.13 MILES
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.