| Country |
Details |
Photo |
Description |
Year
Taken |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
District : Plaza del Armas
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The Plaza del Armas is the centre of Arequipa (2325m).
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1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
District : Plaza del Armas
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The plaza is surrounded by two storey arcades.
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1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
District : Plaza del Armas
|
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Restaurant overlooking the plaza.
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1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
District : Plaza del Armas
|
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The plaza is one of the largest in Peru.
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1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
District : Plaza del Armas
Site / Event : Cathedral
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The Cathedral dominates one side of the square.
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1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
District : Plaza del Armas
Site / Event : Cathedral
|
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The Cathedral dates from the 19th century after earlier versions were destroyed by earthquake.
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1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
District : Plaza del Armas
Site / Event : Cathedral
|
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One of the two bell towers.
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1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
District : Plaza del Armas
Site / Event : Cathedral
|
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The entrance.
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1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
District : Plaza del Armas
Site / Event : Cathedral
|
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The interior.
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1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
District : Plaza del Armas
Site / Event : Cathedral
|
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The classical side entrance.
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1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
District : Plaza del Armas
|
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One of many archways in the city at the corner of the plaza.
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1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
District : Plaza del Armas
|
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The two storey cloisters.
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1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
|
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The Spanish city dates from 1540.
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1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
|
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The city's buildings are made of sillar, a light coloured volcanic rock.
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1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
|
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The city is very picturesque.
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1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
Site / Event : La Compania
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La Compania has an ornate facade and dates from 1698.
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1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
Site / Event : La Compania
|
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Detail of the facade.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
Site / Event : La Compania
|
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San Ignacio Chapel has many paintings.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
Site / Event : La Compania
|
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The walls are decorated with bright colours.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
Site / Event : La Compania
|
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The colourful dome.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
Site / Event : La Compania
|
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Wooden panelled door.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
Site / Event : La Compania
|
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The cloisters are now offices.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
Site / Event : La Compania
|
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The cloisters are very ornately carved.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
Site / Event : La Compania
|
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Fine stonework above the cloisters.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
Site / Event : La Compania
|
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Carved column.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
Site / Event : La Compania
|
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A small courtyard and garden.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
Site / Event : La Compania
|
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Two office workers.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
|
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Street scene in the old city.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
|
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The city has many courtyards.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
|
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Sign for liposuction.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
Site / Event : Goyaneche Palace
|
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Goyaneche Palace blends into a normal street.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
Site / Event : Goyaneche Palace
|
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Goyaneche Palace is now a bank.
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1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
Site / Event : Goyaneche Palace
|
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Grinding stone made from volcanic rock.
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1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
Site / Event : Goyaneche Palace
|
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Coats of arms in the courtyard.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
Site / Event : Goyaneche Palace
|
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Large ceramic pot.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
Site / Event : Goyaneche Palace
|
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Colonial period painting and furniture.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
Site / Event : Goyaneche Palace
|
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Carved wooden chair.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
Site / Event : Goyaneche Palace
|
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Painting of a woman being crowned.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
Site / Event : Goyaneche Palace
|
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Madonna and child.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
Site / Event : Goyaneche Palace
|
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Heavy wooden table.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
Site / Event : Goyaneche Palace
|
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Furniture being restored.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
Site / Event : Goyaneche Palace
|
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Carved leatherwork.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
Site / Event : Church of Yanahuara
|
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The Church of Yanahuara is close to one of the city's many arches.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
Site / Event : Church of Yanahuara
|
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The church dates from 1750.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
Site / Event : Church of Yanahuara
|
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The entrance is elaborately carved.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
|
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Carved figure at an archway near the Church of Yanahuara.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
Site / Event : Santo Domingo Church
|
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Santo Domingo Church and a modern building.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
Site / Event : Santo Domingo Church
|
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The church is typical of the architecture of the city.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
|
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A condor, the largest flying land bird in the Americas.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
Site / Event : La Recoleta
|
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La Recoleta is a Fransiscan Monastery.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
Site / Event : La Recoleta
|
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The monastery dates from 1648.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
Site / Event : La Recoleta
|
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The cloisters.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
Site / Event : La Recoleta
|
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A courtyard made from sillar, a white volcanic stone.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
Site / Event : La Recoleta
|
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Passageway.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
Site / Event : La Recoleta Museum
|
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Textile and arrow of the Stripiba people of the Amazon region.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
Site / Event : La Recoleta Museum
|
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Stripiba vessel from the Amazon region.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
Site / Event : La Recoleta Museum
|
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Stripiba head feathers.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
Site / Event : La Recoleta Museum
|
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Ceramic from the Chimu (1300 - 1430).
|
1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
Site / Event : La Recoleta Museum
|
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Ceramic with lizard.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
Site / Event : La Recoleta Museum
|
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The Chimu lived on the Northern coast of Peru.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
Site / Event : La Recoleta Museum
|
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Embroidery from the Spanish era.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
Site / Event : La Recoleta Museum
|
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Spanish embroidery with a Christian theme.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
Site / Event : La Recoleta Museum
|
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Chavin ceramic.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
Site / Event : La Recoleta Museum
|
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The Chavin (1000 - 200 BCE) lived in the central Andes.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
Site / Event : La Recoleta Museum
|
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Chancay (700 - 1400) ceramic.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
Site / Event : La Recoleta Museum
|
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Ceramic from the Huari (500 - 800).
|
1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
Site / Event : La Recoleta Museum
|
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Carved pot (Huari).
|
1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
Site / Event : La Recoleta Museum
|
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Figure from the Moche (200 BCE - 600).
|
1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
Site / Event : La Recoleta Museum
|
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A library with books as old as 1494.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
Site / Event : La Recoleta Museum
|
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Peruvian money, Sols and Inti (Spanish and Quechua words for Sun).
|
1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
Site / Event : La Recoleta Museum
|
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Mummy from the Nazca (200 BCE to 450).
|
1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
Site / Event : Santa Catalina
|
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The Convent of Santa Catalina is a walled complex covering two blocks.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
Site / Event : Santa Catalina
|
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One of the entrances to what is now a museum.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
Site / Event : Santa Catalina
|
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The convent housed 450 nuns living secluded from the outside world.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
Site / Event : Santa Catalina
|
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Dwellings for the nuns.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
Site / Event : Santa Catalina
|
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The convent was active untill 1970.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
Site / Event : Santa Catalina
|
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The convent is like a city within a city.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
Site / Event : Santa Catalina
|
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Colonial architecture at the convent.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
Site / Event : Santa Catalina
|
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One of many pastel coloured squares in the convent.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
Site / Event : Santa Catalina
|
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Original transport and furniture.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
Site / Event : Santa Catalina
|
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Original bed and chamber pot.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
Site / Event : Santa Catalina
|
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Small kitchen.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
Site / Event : Santa Catalina
|
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Flour grounder.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
Site / Event : Santa Catalina
|
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Sleeping area with lacework.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
Site / Event : Santa Catalina
|
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Much of the convent is blue and ocre.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
Site / Event : Santa Catalina
|
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Cloisters and a garden.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
Site / Event : Santa Catalina
|
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View through an archway.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
Site / Event : Santa Catalina
|
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Religious paintings.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
Site / Event : Santa Catalina
|
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One of the many small chapels in the complex.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
Site / Event : Santa Catalina
|
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View of the convent alleyways.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
Site / Event : Santa Catalina
|
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Residential area with flowers.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
Site / Event : Santa Catalina
|
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Cooking utensils.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
Site / Event : Santa Catalina
|
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Pastel colours.
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1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
Site / Event : Santa Catalina
|
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Part of the convent kitchens.
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1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
Site / Event : Santa Catalina
|
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Screen to keep the nuns secluded while they sold their wares.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
Site / Event : Santa Catalina
|
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Dumb waiter used by nuns selling items to non-residents.
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1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
Site / Event : Santa Catalina
|
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Wooden cupboard.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
Site / Event : Santa Catalina
|
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Small residential quarter.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
Site / Event : Santa Catalina
|
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Small courtyard.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
City / Town : Arequipa
Site / Event : Santa Catalina
|
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One of the many kitchens in the complex.
|
1995 |
were added from 1 February 2025.