COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE
To talk about Arequipa is to talk about strength and will, of the courage of its people, its customs, traditions and fields. A city that is known for its lights and shadows, symbol of the conquest and of the hard struggle for prosperity, as well as for its history that is based on the ahslar stone, that with its perfect white color makes contrast with the blue of the sky that is witness of its great deeds. The surrounding volcanoes are there as jealous guardians of the city and the difficult road around the surrounding river that seems to roar like the “Lion of the South”, is nothing else but the road to development that goes through the mountains, ravines, cannons, fertile valleys and desserts moving all towards the cold waters of its rich sea.