Basilica Cathedral of Arequipa at Plaza de Armas during blue hour, Peru
The Basilica Cathedral of Arequipa dominates the Plaza de Armas at blue hour, its white sillar stone facade illuminated against the twilight sky in Peru's second-largest city.
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The White City's Crown Jewel
The Basilica Cathedral of Arequipa stands as the centerpiece of Peru's most beautiful colonial plaza, constructed from the region's distinctive white volcanic sillar stone that gives Arequipa its nickname as La Ciudad Blanca.
UNESCO World Heritage Splendor
This neoclassical cathedral, rebuilt after the 1868 earthquake, faces the cobblestone Plaza de Armas where locals and tourists gather beneath the glow of golden hour lighting, surrounded by colonial arcades that have witnessed centuries of Andean history.
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