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Virgen de la Candelaria:
Patron saint of Puno. The festival that takes place every day during the first two weeks of February. In this event more than 40,000 musicians and 9,000 dancers from around the department, brighten and adorn the streets of Puno. This unparalleled performance, is considered one of the three largest events held at South America, among which are included at the Carnival in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil and the Carnival of Oruro in Bolivia. The magnitude and the transcendental of the party.


La Catedral de Puno:
The Cathedral of Puno, located in the Plaza de Armas and dates from the colonial period of Peru. and also the small temple Laykakota Cemetery (according to unconfirmed is a replica of the Cathedral).
The Cathedral. It was completed in the eighteenth century and highlights the quality of its structure and carved in stone.
La Cruz from the front of the Cathedral of Puno, located under the left tower, is highly revered and celebrated pompously in the month of May every year, for believers and devotees, who claim it is very miraculous.

 

 

Dreyer Municipal Museum:
The museum contains pieces of ceramics, metalwork, textiles and stone sculptures pre-Inca and Inca. It also preserved stamps and documents dating from the Spanish founding of the city of Puno.

 

Chullpas Sillustani
These are buildings from the Tiahuanaco can see geometrically perfect round shapes and can also be seen chullpas Chullpas Sillustani grotesque style. Chullpas Archaeological Zone, 34 km from the capital, which is one of the most important necropolis of the continent. It stands at 4000 m in a clearing surrounded by the beautiful lake Umayo. The chullpas, gigantic funerary monuments and circular runs exceeding 12 m in height, were built by the Chollas. The tallest is 12 meters high.

 

Lampa:
A city that maintains its colonial buildings. Highlights of St. James Church, whose interior is a replica of the Pietà by Michelangelo.
You can also visit the house of the painter Victor Humareda, breeding Chinchillas and Lensora cave paintings.

 

Titicaca Lake:
Titicaca Lake. It is the highest navigable lake in the world. Has an area of 8560 km 2 and a maximum depth of 227 meters, and further emphasizes the transparency of their waters. There are 36 islands, the most important and Amantaní, Taquile. It houses a great number of birds (flamingos, geese, and tiquis keles) and varieties of fish (carachis, mackerel, trout, and ispis suches).

 


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