🏛️ Historic Centre of Arequipa

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Arequipa is a city in southern Peru and the capital of Arequipa Province and the Department of Arequipa. With a projected population of 1,195,700 in 2025, it is the country's second most populous city after Lima. It is the official seat of the Constitutional Court of Peru and is known as the "Legal Capital of Peru". Arequipa joined the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities in 2020.

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Historic Centre of Arequipa is a cultural World Heritage site in Peru, in Americas. For the living forecast of the area, open World Weather; the details of why Historic Centre of Arequipa was inscribed are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

More sites in Peru

Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu · City of Cusco · Lines and Geoglyphs of Nazca · Historic Centre of Lima · Chan Chan · Chavín · Huascarán National Park · Manú National Park · Qhapaq Ñan · Sacred City of Caral-Supe · Río Abiseo National Park · City of Cuzco · Historical Centre of the City of Arequipa · Chankillo Archaeoastronomical Complex.

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