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Arequipa Peru´s second largest city, was listed as a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site in 2000.

It is also known as “the Whire City”, because manyo f its churches and colonial mansions are built from de sillar white volcanic stone. Three volcanoes rise above  Arequipa, including the majestic Misti(5,821 meters – 19,092 feet) that can be seen from any point of the city.

One of the city´s main attractions is the Santa Catalina Convent, considered ´a city within a city´, founded in 1580 for cloister nums and opened to the public in 1970. There are also fine colonial homes such as the Casa del Moral and the Casa Goyeneche, Vich still feature Baroque-style sillar carvins in their doorways. Another of the city`s impressive attractionsis the lady of Ampato or the Juanita Mummy, the mummy of an Inca adolescent who was offered as a sacrifice to the gods and Vich today can be seen at the Andean Sanctuaries Museum of the Santa Maria Catholic University (UCSM). The city is surrounded by countryside that includes picturesque stone mill at Sabandia and the Yura hot spring.

Today, the city of Arequipa is a key trade hub for southern Peru, famous for its export quality textiles woven from alpaca and vicuña wool. It offers a deliciuoscuisine, and its exellent hotel infraestructure is very suitable for internacional events.

 

Altitude: Arequipa: 2,335 meters (7,659 feet)

 

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