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The Andahuaylillas District is one of the twelve districts in the
Quispicanchi Province Quispicanchi Province is one of thirteen provinces in the Cusco Region in the southern highlands of Peru. Geography The Quispicanchi Province is bounded to the north by the Paucartambo Province and the Madre de Dios Region, to the east by the ...
in
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. Created on January 2, 1857, its capital is the town of Andahuaylillas. It is located 45 km South of Cusco. Andahuaylillas is one of the main stages of the Andean Baroque Route along with Cusco, Huaro and Urcos.


Geography

The most important river of the district is the Willkanuta.


Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly
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citizens of
Quechua Quechua may refer to: *Quechua people, several indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru *Quechuan languages, a Native South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language **So ...
descent.
Quechua Quechua may refer to: *Quechua people, several indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru *Quechuan languages, a Native South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language **So ...
is the language which the majority of the population (56.06%) learnt to speak in childhood, 43.25% of the residents started speaking using the
Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries **Spanish cuisine Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Can ...
language ( 2007 Peru Census).


Church of San Pedro de Andahuaylillas

The main attraction of Andahuaylillas is its baroque church, the (), dedicated to Saint Peter the Apostle. The church was built by
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in the 16th-century, covering a pre-Columbian
huaca In the Quechuan languages of South America, a huaca or wak'a is an object that represents something revered, typically a monument of some kind. The term ''huaca'' can refer to natural locations, such as immense rocks. Some huacas have been ass ...
. Construction on the chapel started in 1570. And by 1606, the church nave and the facade were completed. The church is nicknamed, "the
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of America" because of the magnificent frescos that adorn its walls, painted in the 1620s by
Luis de Riaño Luis de Riaño (1596–c. 1667) was a Peruvian criollo painter, active in the 17th-century. His work is an important representation of Cusco School, the Peruvian colonial painting style. Biography Luis de Riaño was born in 1596 in Lima, Vicer ...
and his indigenous collaborators. The painting depicts the roads to heaven and to hell, and the composition was inspired by northern European prints.


See also

* Andean Baroque Route * Quri * Qusqu Qhawarina * Wiraqucha


References

* Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática
Departamento Cusco
Retrieved on November 1, 2007. (). 1857 establishments in Peru {{Cusco-geo-stub