AREQUIPA WHITE CITY WE INVITED TO YOU TO KNOW IT

Arequipa is located to a height of 2325 ms in mountains of the desert of the andes located to 1.000 kmto the south of Lima, capital city. It is a distant interAndean enclave of the coast of the Pacific in about seventy kilometers. Located in the heart of the south of Peru it tells on a approximate population that it exceeds the million inhabitants. 86% are urban population, rural 14%, 

Account with one of best climates of Peru, emphasizing its limpid blue sky. Its temperature average is of 21° C and during the day the air is dry and warms up, in the nights of winter, between June and July the temperature descends up to 8 and 3° C.

  This beautiful city this constructed almost totally in sillar, a white volcanic stone class. This is the reason because Arequipa is called the White City.With his a million inhabitants, Arequipa are the second bigger city of Peru. The main lease, the Place of Arms is most beautiful of the country. The Cathedral is magnificent and the galleries of purchases are in colonial style.

AREQUIPA was founded the 15 of August of 1540, by Manuel Garci de Carbajal. Its name derives from the phrase quechua “Arequipai” that means Yes “, remain”, and more than a simple coincidence, the one of the name is a reality that stays in the time, because in the streets, the walls of sillar and the attitude of people, a strange force is perceived, a rare impulse that it invites to you to quedarte in the city.

In center Historical of Arequipa the purest architectonic style can be appreciated arequipeño, that consolidates at the end of century XVII, from the baroque superposition of the Italian, the Spanish plateresco and the Andean originality.

The family large houses, the old churches and convents, were constructed in sillar, a material between target and Rep it, that to the being illuminated by the Sun, produces a brilliance, a magnificent dawn. By that reason, Arequipa is well-known like the “White City”.

In the neighborhood of Arequipa fascinating towns exist that conserve platform pre-Incas, who still are used by the agriculturists of the districts of Chilina, Socabaya, Paucarpata, Characato and Sabandía.

In the department of Arequipa, are two of the deepest guns of the world: Cotahuasi (province of the Union) has 3.535 meters of depth. And the tube of the Colca 3400 meters of depth (province of Caylloma). In addition, the wonderful Valley of Volcanos in Andagua, the beaches of Mollendo, Camaná and Port Inca. Impressive places that must be known when it visits Arequipa.

MAIN ATTRACTIVE OF THE CAPITAL

Place of Arms,the Cathedraland Palace Municipal, getting up with a beautiful architecture and surrounded by arcs of sillar.

Church of the Company, founded by the Jesuits on century XVII.

Church and convent of the Favor.

Architectonic set colonial San Francisco, that dates from century XVI.

Franciscan convent the Calm one, founded on 1648.

Between the old and colonial large houses they emphasize the Moral House,the House of Tristán of the Well, the Houseof Iberry, the House of the Shepherd and the Goyeneche House.

Yanahuara,to 2 kilometersof the city. Famous by churches constructed with style anadaluz.

Cayma,to 3 kilometersof the capital. Place known by his picanterías and where a beautiful church of century XVII exists. From a beautiful view of all Arequipa is appraised here.

Thermal baths of Yura, to 30 kilometers. Their waters come from the interior of Chachani volcano. Also, near the city, are the sources medicinal of Jesus and Socosani.

Sabandía,valley with more crystalline natural waters of the region. A mill constructed in the century XVIII exists and that until the present time works.

MAIN ATTRACTIVE OF THE DEPARTMENT

Tube of the Colca. Located in the province of Cailloma. It has a depth of 3 thousand 400 meters and is considered one of the majors of the world. In order to arrive at him it must go behind volcanos Misti and Chachani as well as through Pampas Cañahuas, a reserve of vicunas. Located in the province of Cailloma. It has a depth of 3 thousand 400 meters and is considered one of the majors of the world. In order to arrive at him it must go behind volcanos Misti and Chachani as well as through Pampas Cañahuas, a reserve of vicunas.

Valley of Majes, in the province of Castile. Are the petroglyphs of Toro Died with 5 thousand enormous stones that represent geometric figures, flora and fauna.

Valley of Volcanos. It is to 377 kilometers of Arequipa in Andahua. An incredible landscape conformed by around 80 small volcanos is appraised, which give to the appearance of the surface moon.

National sanctuary of Lagoons of Mejía. Located in the coast, to 20 kilometers of Mollendo. Natural scene of 690 hectareswith waters of different degrees from salinity, salt marshes, totorales, salt mines and gramadales. They are possible to be distinguished up to 157 species of birds.

Caves of Sumbay. To 88 kilometersof the capital. In spite of the time, cave paintings of the paleolithic era are conserved in their interior valuable. Their rocky walls represent human figures, auquénidos, pumas, etc.

Stone forest of Imata. Very original rocky formation located way to Fist. Set of natural stony columns that take the appearance from a mysterious forest you enchant and petrified.

PLATES AND TYPICAL DRINKS

The food arequipeña has reached international fame. It owns the greater variety with respect to other departments of Peru and it is characterized besides his good flavor, by seasoning and its red pepper; this causes that the places where is sold call picanterías.

Its diversity can be summarized in which they have created soups for each one of the days, which appear in the form of broths or you absorb.

Between the most known they are absorbs of shrimps, ocopa arequipeña, rocoto filling, marinade of pig, unmarried of cheese, pie of Popes, fried ribcage, guinea pig and chactado rabbit, cauchi and chaque. As last the frozen cheese is recommended and to drink, besides chicha of jora, the beer and the anise of the region.

TOURIST CALENDAR 

6 of January.Anniversary of Mollendo. Celebration ofthe Slope of the Kings in Tiabaya. Anniversary of Mollendo. Celebration of the Slope of the Kings in Tiabaya.

2 of February.Celebration of the Virgin ofthe Candlemas in the district of Chivay.

3 of February.Celebration of the Virgin ofthe Candlemas in the district of Cayma and Characato. In Caravelí it is celebrated to the Virgin of the Good Step; the celebrations last 4 days and are fights of rooster, in excess of bull and parades of step horses.

Easter.Religious acts in all the department, with processions and spiritual withdrawal. The men and women dress mourning.

1 of May.Pilgrimage to the Sanctuary of the Virgin of Chapi, to 45 kilometers of the capital. Pilgrims of all parts of the country and this part of the continent arrive to salute to their employer.

15 of August.Anniversary of Arequipa. Festivals civic-nuns who last one week with different artistic and cultural activities, sport fights of rooster, activities and fireworks burning fire and privateering. They attend artists of the foreigner. In Castile it is the Celebration ofthe Virgin of Asuncio'n; with popular celebrations, privateering and competition between districts.

30 of August. Santa Rosa. Typically religious celebration that is celebrated in Caravelí, with misas, processions and churches profusely fixed with flowers and variable adornments. In Castile there are popular verbenas, contests and sport celebrations.

8 of September. Virgin of the Rocks in Castile. Great unfolding of Folklore, especially in Aplao. The butlers do the impossible thing so that the visitors are pleasure.

1 of November.Day of All the Saints. Whole families go to the cemeteries taking music and food to accompany their deceaseds.

9 of November.Jubilee day of Camaná. All the population goes out to dance, to sing and to amuse itself.

8 of December. Celebration ofthe Immaculate one in Chivay and Cayma.

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