36 km / 22
miles in the route from Cuzco to Puno (45' by car). Known
as the Sistine Chapel of the Americas,
it was built in 1580 and features a
simple façade contrasted by the Baroque
interior with its gilded altars, walls,
paintings, and polychromatic ceilings.
This chapel with humble external aspect
that keeps one of the most valuable
jewel of the colonial art in Peru,
denominated the "Capilla Sixtina
del
Peru". The interior of the Church of San
Pedro of Andahuaylillas is an explosion
of Baroque art with great quantity of
decorations. It was built
according to the Spanish tradition,
about an Inca temple, it has numerous
and beautiful paintings of the
Escuela Cusqueña; its altars and
wood carvings are beautiful pieces
elaborated in leaf of gold, its colored
roof is a perfect beauty.
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