Curahuara

Curahuara de Carangas lies on the high, dry plateau of western Oruro, beneath the Andes. Its adobe church of Santiago shelters an extraordinary painted interior: biblical scenes fill the walls and ceiling, while animals and plants appear among the figures. An inscription dates paintings in the presbytery to 1608. The church records the encounter of Christian images and the artistic traditions of the Aymara highlands during Spanish rule.