One of Peru's most engrossing churches, Iglesia de Santiago Apóstol (S10, 10am-noon & 2-4pm Tue-Sun) spreads across Lampa's central square in a medley of the magnificent, the macabre and the bizarre. The church was built in pink ashlar (large-cut) stone between 1675 and 1685.
The main church includes a life-sized sculpture of the Last Supper and the striking figure of Santiago (St James) atop a real stuffed horse, returning from the dead to trample the Moors. Some creepy catacombs beckon below. In an adjoining chapel, a domed tomb is topped by a wonderful copy of Michelangelo’s Pietà with myriad skeletons arranged in a ghoulishly decorative skull-and-crossbones pattern below. It has to be seen to be believed. Excellent Spanish-speaking guides are on hand.
