Chincanas Tours

Learn by Experience, Knowing and Enjoying Cusco

QUIQUIJANA

This town is located 24 kilometers from Urcos. His church is in the process of restoration. The origin of Quiquijana with its rectilinear layout, dating from the second half of the sixteenth century, when the Viceroy Francisco de Toledo launched its policy of cuts.

THE COLONIAL CHURCH
 
Like those of Checacupe and Tinta, the Quiquijana church is located way to the side of the village square. It has two inputs, one of which gives the square and the other corresponds to the facade. The mural painting plays a role in Quiquijana decorative, ie acts as a framework of some canvases and adorns niches. Notable Indian mural painter Salvador Sandoval, the same dating from the second half of the seventeenth century. On the walls of the sanctuary, there are two sets of paintings with a theme uncommon in school cusqueña: the life of the Prodigal Son and the History of Lazarus. Other categories that, according to art historians Mesa Gisbert and can be attributed to Sandoval are the Risen Christ, the Immaculate Conception and San Juan Bautista.
 
   
 
Cost of The Tour

3D/2N 

$ 100.00

Included:

- Transport Cusco - Quiquijana - Cusco

- The BreakFast, The Lanch and The Dinner

- The Tour Guide 

- First Aids

- The Hosting