Many historic Peruvian buildings hit hard in earthquake - BADLY DAMAGED | Many churches, haciendas destroyed, government look into pre-Columbian, pre-Incan sites

“Historic churches and colonial-era haciendas along Peru’s southern coast suffered serious damage in last month’s deadly earthquake.

The quake badly damaged at least 173 churches, monuments and historic buildings, with about one-third completely destroyed, said the director of the state-run National Culture Institute, Cecilia Bakula.

The 329-year-old colonial Hacienda San Jose, outside the city of Chincha, suffered partially collapsed walls but was largely intact, saved by its wooden roof. The hacienda was declared a national monument in the late 1960s.”

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