UJ #6 - Cusco
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THE ANDEAN BAROQUE ROUTE<br />
Christian Declercq<br />
THE WORLD MONUMENT FUND (WMF) HAS<br />
DEDICATED IMMENSE TIME AND RESOURCES<br />
TO PRESERVE THE CULTURAL HERITAGE THAT<br />
THE JESUITS LEFT IN THE CHURCHES OF<br />
ANDAHUAYLILLAS AND HUARO THEY HAVE<br />
RESTORED BOTH CHURCHES AND ESTABLISHED<br />
NEW PROTOCOLS FOR CARE OF THE<br />
REMARKABLE MURALS EACH CHURCH HOUSE,<br />
ALLOWING THEM TO BE SEEN, AS THEY WERE<br />
HUNDREDS OF YEARS AGO<br />
The Andahuaylillas Plaza and its age-old<br />
Pisonáis. This spot has been declared National<br />
Patrimony by the Peruvian Ministry of Culture.<br />
Following page:<br />
Below, left: The Canincunca Chapel and the<br />
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Andean Baroque Route.<br />
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the resurrection from the murals at Huaro.<br />
Above: A rest on the benches in the plaza at<br />
Andahuaylillas.<br />
THE ANDEAN BAROQUE ROUTE IN THE URUBAMBA’S SOUTHERN VALLEY OFFERS A<br />
CHANCE TO SEE PREHISPANIC ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES AS WELL AS EMBLEMATIC<br />
CHURCHES THAT MARKED THE BEGINNING OF THE SPANISH COLONIZATION AND TODAY,<br />
500 YEARS LATER, REMAIN AS LIVING MUSEUMS.<br />
This journey helps visitors understands how Catholicism both introduced locals to a new<br />
world of beliefs and simultaneously established a system of social control.
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