The Old Colonial Building

Within the historic center of Arequipa there are 246 houses that are declared monument households. This type of construction is characterized by thick solid walls, with arches and domes similar to those built in the temples and religious monasteries giving the same robustness and monumentality to these constructions built from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and generally used for housing. Some of them are; Casa del Moral, Goyeneche Palace, Tristan del Pozo House, Mint Casona Ugarte and House Iriberry.