Casa Posada de Teresa Podesta

South Coast


At one corner of the Plaza de Armas, the Casa Posada de Teresa Podesta is a stately colonial mansion with its innards still intact. It's also known as the Casa Chocana. It's sometimes open for visits but had been closed a while when we passed through town.


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