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Landmark Attractions In Ayacucho Region

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Ayacucho is a region of Peru, located in the south-central Andes of the country. Its capital is the city of Ayacucho. The region was one of the hardest hit by terrorism in the 1980s during the guerrilla war waged by Shining Path known as the internal conflict in Peru. A referendum was held on October 30, 2005, in order to choose whether the region would merge with the regions of Ica and Huancavelica to form the new Ica-Ayacucho-Huancavelica Region, as part of the decentralization process in Peru. The bill failed and Ayacucho remained an independent region.
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  • 2. Plaza Mayor de Ayacucho Ayacucho
    The Plaza de Armas of Ayacucho is located in the city center of Ayacucho. The Plaza de Armas is the center of the town, so called because it was the place to which the defenders of the city came first in case of emergency. It should be called the Plaza Mayor. However, in Ayacucho, they know it as the Sucre park.
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  • 4. Basilica Catedral de Ayacucho Ayacucho
    The Huamanga Cathedral is the main Baroque cathedral in Ayacucho, Peru. It is under the ownership of the Catholic Church and was declared a Historic Cultural Heritage of the Nation of Peru in 1972. It is located in the Plaza de Armas. Its architecture is renaissance baroque. It is built with pink stone in the center and gray stone in the towers. Its construction began in 1632 and ended in 1672. It is considered one of the most beautiful cathedrals in Peru, especially for its interiors decorated with a Churrigueresque style. It is the main and largest temple in Ayacucho.
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  • 5. Ushnu Vilcashuaman
    An ushnu or usnu is a pyramid-shaped, terraced structure that was used by the Incas to preside at the most important ceremonies of the Tawantinsuyu.
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  • 6. Ayacucho town Ayacucho
    The Battle of Ayacucho was a decisive military encounter during the Peruvian War of Independence. It was the battle that secured the independence of Peru and ensured independence for the rest of South America. In Peru it is considered the end of the Spanish American wars of independence, although the campaign of the victor Antonio José de Sucre, continued through 1825 in Upper Peru and the siege of the fortresses Chiloé and Callao finally ended in 1826. As of late 1824, Royalists still had control of most of the south of Peru as well as of Real Felipe Fort in the port of Callao. On 9 December 1824, the Battle of Ayacucho took place at Pampa de Ayacucho , a few kilometers away from Ayacucho, near the town of Quinua between Royalist and Independentist forces. Independentist forces were led...
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