Huancavelica

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Huancavelica in short

Huancavelica (147 km. far from Ayacucho) is the capital of the department with the same name and it has more than 30 000 citizens. It is located in the middle of the Cordillera de los Andes and it is isolated from the others towns because of its height (3500 meters).

It was founded in 1571 by the Spanish to take advantage of the mining resources. Huancavelica is a small and nice town where the citizens still dressing with their typical clothes. Its churches are considered beautiful and great examples of colonial art in Peru.

The medicinal springs of San Cristóbal have a temperature of 28 °C. Those springs are very important because they make possible the existence of two large swimming pools known as curative. If you take a walk near the mercury mines, you will find the Santa Barbara church, where you can see many llamas and alpacas in a nature that lends itself to the adventure.

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