Puno Cathedral
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Andean Baroque
The Andean Baroque was an artistic style and movement that developed in the Viceroyalty of Peru between 1680 and 1780. It developed from Quito in the north to the Altiplano in the south. The style and movement concerned notably churches, both large cathedrals in the large cities to small rural...
cathedral
Cathedral
A cathedral is a Christian church that contains the seat of a bishop...
in the city of Puno
Puno
Puno is a city in southeastern Peru, located on the shore of Lake Titicaca. It is the capital city of the Puno Region and the Puno Province with a population of approximately 100,000. The city was established in 1668 by viceroy Pedro Antonio Fernández de Castro as capital of the province of...
in south-eastern Peru
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
. It is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Puno.
The church was built in 1757 .