Thursday, November 04, 2004
Church in Andahuaylillas
On the way to Puno, we stopped at several small villages. I can't even remember all the names. This one is Andahuaylillas. It had a beautiful adobe church built in the 16th and early 17th century with painted murals inside on the walls and ceilings.
Neil remembers that it had a Moorish ceiling with painting restoration going on and as "the scarily falling-down church with the holy family in [cowboy] hats" and the "scary Jesus."
A view from the inside: http://www.qosqo.com/images/andahuay.jpg
The "scary Jesus" was an identical sculpture to the "Lord of Earthquakes" that was in the Cusco cathedral. http://www.qosqo.com/images/temblore.jpg
Also cool, to the right as you walk in, is the baptistery. On the wall to the entrance is the text, "I baptize him in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, Amen," written in five different languages: Latin, Spanish, Quechua, Pukina and Aymara (now Pukina is a dead language).