Arequipa

 Arequipa is the capital and largest city of the province of Arequipa, is the seat of the Constitutional Court, the "legal capital of Peru." Also known as the White City, is the second most populous country, reaching by 2012 the 844 407 inhabitants according INEI projections.
Arequipa is an important industrial and commercial center in Peru, thanks to its remarkable industrial activity is ranked as the second most industrialized city in the country, within its industrial and manufactured products include textile production camelid wool export quality; so the city has close trade ties with Chile, Bolivia and Brazil links with cities connected by the Southern Railway and with the port of Matarani.
The city was founded on August 15, 1540, under the name of 'Beautiful Villa of Our Lady of the Assumption "in the name of the Marquis Don Francisco Pizarro and 22 September 1541 the King Carlos V in Royal Decree orders that the call "City of Arequipa."
In the colonial period became important for outstanding economic role, 17 and is characterized by the fidelismo to Spanish laCorona, 9 recibien titles like "Very Noble and Loyal" and the "Faithful" by the crown. In the republican history of Peru the city takes greater role in the political field, being the focus of popular rebellions, civil, democratic, and has also been home to many prominent figures intellectual, political and religious country. . In the Republican era is awarded the title of "Heroic City of Arequipa free."
Its historic center is spread over an area of ​​332 hectares and was declared by UNESCO as "World Cultural Heritage", the historical and monumental heritage and home to many scenic and cultural sites make it a tourist city receiving national and in International historical highlights religious architecture of colonial and republican product mix European and native characteristics, which constituted a stylistic own school called "School Arequipa" of crucial importance in the region and whose influence reached Potosi (Bolivia) .