Ayacucho
The bell kiss the clouds and the streets AYACUCHO PHOTOS AYACUCHOempinadamente melancholy, leading to dozens of beautiful temples Colonial perpetual symbols of faith of the people of Ayacucho, a city of history and longing to be back in tears or Holy Week drunk listening to the voice of love and loneliness of their legendary singers.
Surrounded by tunal of shapes and blessed by a climate AYACUCHO PHOTOS AYACUCHOtemplado and healthy, the city of Ayacucho, the capital of the department of the same name, is one of the most important tourist attractions of the Peruvian highlands, because together the remnants of primitive cultures with the grandeur of colonial buildings.
Known as the city's 37 churches, Ayacucho was founded on April 25 of 1540 under the name of Huamanga, but its history goes back more than 15 thousand years, with the presence of humans in the cave Pikimachay. Moreover, in this land, arose between the VI and XII centuries, the first Andean state structure of the world: the Wari culture. AYACUCHO AYACUCHO PHOTOS
And it was in the pampas of Quinoa, which is located 32 kilometers from the city, where troops of the liberator Simón Bolívar, sealing the independence of the continent by defeating the army realistic in the glorious battle of Ayacucho, on December 9 1824.
History and present in an Andean city that is located 570 kilometers from Lima and 2.761 m, Ayacucho, land of churches and ancestral homes of famous singers and artisans, leaving her mark of freedom and melancholy in the hearts of all those who walk their streets or are the churches kiss the clouds.
