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Monastery of Santa Catherine. It is the most important and impressive religious monument of Peru. It was founded on September of 1579 under the invocation of Santa Catherine of the Seine and one stayed closed to the world until 1970.

Seat of Arms, the Cathedral and Palace Municipal, getting up with a beautiful architecture and surrounded by arcs of sillar. Church of the Company, founded by the jesuitas on century XVII.

They admirably emphasize its facade carved and his sacristía that is a true work of art.

Church and Convent of the Favor. Baroque architectonic set of aims of century XVII. It has a virreinal library and very valuable paintings. San Francisco. He dates from century XVI, has a library with more than 20 000 volumes.

Franciscano convent the Recoleta, founded on 1648. Also they emphasize the churches of San Agustín and Santo Domingo, the hermitage of San Lazaro, the monastery of Santa Teresa and the convent the Recoleta Between the old and colonial large houses they emphasize the Moral House, the House of Tristán of the Well, the House of Irriberry, the House of the Shepherd and the Goyeneche House, House of Mendigo, House Ricketts or Ugarteche and the House of the Currency.

Three interesting museums in Arequipa exist: the Municipal Museum, the one of the University of San Agustín and the one of the University of Santa Maria

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Tube of the Colca. Located in the province of Cailloma. It has a depth of 3 400 meters and is considered one of the greater ones of the world. In order to know it, it is necessary to arrive at Chivay by a hard road that it crosses behind volcanos Misti and Chachani, as well as by Pampas Cañahuas, a reserve of vicunas.

Valley of Majes. In the province of Castile are the petroglifos of Toro Died with 5 000 enormous stones that represent geometric figures, flora and fauna.

Petroglifos of Dead Toro.
Remarkable set of stone engravings known with the name Dead Toro.

Here they are scattered volcanic stones in an area of almost 5km2, probably due to the violent eruptions of the Coropuna or of the Chachani during the tertiary era, it makes 50 million years.

In all their extension of 3 876 ms of length by 250 ms of wide, petroglifos can be found between which animal representations and plants are appraised.

Valley of Volcanos. Located in Andahua, to 377 km of Arequipa. An incredible landscape conformed by around 80 small volcanos is appraised that give the appearance of the lunar surface.

National sanctuary of Lagoons of Mejía.
Located in the coast, to 20 km of Mollendo. Natural scene of 690 hectares with 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 km of the capital.

In spite of the time, cave paintings of the paleolítica 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 Puno. Set of natural stony columns that take the appearance from a mysterious enchanted and petrified forest.
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Cotahuasi and its Tube.Located Andean forest in the province of the Union, where they are attractive like the thermal cataracts of Sipia, waters, privileged Vista of the snow-covered Coropuna and Solimana and the geologic faults of the Tube.

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