Templo de San Cristóbal

Ayacucho


This is the oldest city church, dating from shortly after Ayacucho's founding in 1540.


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2. Museo Andrés Avelino Cáceres

0.17 MILES

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…

4. Iglesia de San Francisco de Asis

0.32 MILES

Visually striking stone church containing retablos (ornamental religious dioramas) and an attractive adjoining convent dating to the 17th century. Located…

6. Arch

0.36 MILES

The pretty southern entrance to the historical center of Ayacucho.

7. Plaza Moré

0.39 MILES

A square of shops and restaurants tucked back from the pedestrian street, with a better quality of establishments than the similar Centro Turístico…

8. Iglesia de La Merced

0.41 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.

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