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AYACUCHO(Tourist Attractions)

Ayacucho is famous for its 33 churches, which represent

one for each year of Jesus's life. Ayacucho has large

religious celebrations, especially during the Holy

Week of Easter. These celebrations include horse

racesfeaturing Peruvian Caballos de Paso and thetraditional running of the bulls, known locally as

thejalatoroorpascuatoro. Thejalatorois similar tothe Spanish encierro, except that the bulls are led by

horses of the Morochucos

Its stone walls, intricately decorated, following theBaroque and Churrigueresque style, integrate perfectly

the Andean landscape and the interiors look exquisite

proud altars and pulpits worked in mahogany and gold

leaf. This is also the capital of Peruvian handicrafts; small towns such as quinoa

and Sarhua have spread their art around the world.

After long years of crisis, which resulted later in a time of uncertainty and bloody

violence, Ayacucho is once again a land of peace and hope, covered with a

blue sky enhances its countryside populated by forests of molle,tare and cactus.

A few minutes from the city is Quinua, a picturesque village of skilled craftsmenin the manufacturer of small churches and genre scenes in ceramics. Nearby is

the place known as the pampas of Quinua, a spacious grassland where a huge

monument is honoring the glorious scene of the Battle of Ayacucho (1824), in

which the liberation forces under Marshal Antonio Jose de Sucre defeated the

royalist troops, sealing the independence of America.

Ayacucho was also the capital of

the first empire of ancient Peru, the

Wari, who were 500 years ago the

Incas. Hidden among dense standsof prickly pear, you can still see the

stone structures of up to three

floors, vents and underground

agreements that were part of

extensive urban complex of this

ancient town.

An hour to the north of Huamanga is

Huanta. Called "The orchard of the

Andes" by the characteristic green of

its picturesque landscape, Huanta

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has always been a place of recreation and rest for the inhabitants of Ayacucho

and Huancavelica. Located in a fertile and warm valley populated by willows

and elders, has beautiful colonial mansions manor court. In Huanta are located

the best typical restaurants (picanteras) of the department.

If the beauty of the surroundings of Huamanga has not yet captured you, sure

Vilcashuamn will do it. This was an important religious and administrative

complex chanca grew to chance that more than 20 000 inhabitants. Its

Quechua name, Willca waman means "sacred hawk" and alludes to the

importance of place for the ancient inhabitants of the region.

Today, the remains of the ancient temple carved rock dedicated to the sun

sensitivity underlie the adjacent village church Vilca, built by the conquistadors

in honor of San Jaun Bautista. A few meters from the main square is located

ushno, perhaps the only Inca pyramid preserved in good condition in most of

the country, and the palace of the Inca Tupac Yupanqui, built by him during the

height of the Inca Empire.Very close to Vilcashuamn in the picturesque district Vischongo, Titancayoc is

the largest stand of Puyas Raimondi of the southern Andes. Their name

derives from the huge puyas titanccas, abundant in the area.

The vicuas, symbol of the animal wealth of Peru, have in Ayacucho their main

sanctuary Vicua National Reserve Pampa Galeras-Brbara d'Achille. It is

located in the path Nasca-Abancay at an average altitude of 3800 meters over

sea level. Instead the main attraction is the abundance of graceful vicua

carefree graze on the plains of ichu on both sides of the road. This area, mostly

belonging to the rural community of Lucan, was the scene of an intensive andefficient protection campaign in the decade of the sixties managed to save the

species from extinction.