The Plaza de Armas of Cajamarca is the most important Square in South America. It was there, the Spanish conqueror Francisco Pizarro captured the Inca leader Atahualpa after a bloody battle which resulted in Atahualpa’s death. Over time the Plaza de Armas has evolved from a triangular shape to a square shape, but it still maintains it’s beautiful octagonal fountain worked in stone, and beautiful gardens that radiate peace and tranquility leaving no trace of it’s bloody past.

The Cathedral Church also called, Santa Catalina is located in La Plaza de Armas. It was built, at the end of the 17th Century and beginning of the 18th Century, completely by hand cut stone. Its facade, with two truncated towers, depicts the Baroque style architecture while the beautiful salomonic columns take you back to the medieval arabesque period. Inside one can see an imposing, large Altar, made of brass and recovered entirely with gold leaf applications along with the Sacrarium” Chapel hand sculpted in stone.

The San Francisco Church. This singular architectural work entirely of hand cut stone, is part of the complex structures built by San Francisco’s Convent. The construction began in the 18th Century and has one truncated tower and one unfinished. The two towers were built at the beginnings of a second half of 20th Century. San Francisco’s Church has three main naves, or isles leading to the altar, with stain glass decorated domes and walls, as well as chapels carved in wood and brass and the famous “catacombs”.

The Sacred Apolonia is an observatory located on a hill where one can admire the beautiful valley of Cajamarca. At the half hill a Chapel dedicated to the Virgin of Fátima still stands. One can also find a wide park, with roads to travel on foot, beautiful gardens and samples of the native flora. In the summit, one can appreciate some pre-Incas (Chavín) remains and “The Seats of the Inca” entrance to a tunnel that, according to the popular tradition, “leads to Cuzco.”

The Recoleta Church is located at the intersection of Avenue Los Heroes with Avenue El Maestro, in a populous neighborhood of San Sebastián. It was built in the 18th century, and shows a sober facade carved in stone and highlighted by slender triple arches, as well as an enormous Franciscan convent, with wide interior arcades.

The Monument of Nativity is located in the 6 block of the Jirón Belén, is an example of Baroque style architecture dating back to the 18th century. The whole complex occupies almost half block of the city and sits besides three big patios with diverse environments.

The Church of Nativity is located between the streets Belén and Junín, its construction, the same as the other components of the Monument of Nativity of which it is part, were carried out with the help of cut stone carved by hand, during the 18th Century. It consists of a single nave; it is the most representative church of the colonial baroque art and the most beautiful architectural sample in the city. Its facade lacks towers, but is adorned with the columns, niches and arabesques of a singular beauty and complexity characteristic of the time when it was build, and of the architectural art with which it was designed. Its interior is illuminated by the light that enters through the stain-glassed dome of outmatching perfection that shows characteristic religious scenes. The main Altar is recovered with gold leaf, the pulpit is carved prodigiously in wood, and all the chapels and lesser altars, have a similar style of execution.

The Church of the Concepción Well-known in Cajamarca as a “Church of Nuns”, it is located at the intersection of streets Amalia Puga and Guillermo Urrelo. It is completely built of volcanic stone, however, of a very simple and sober architectural style; its facade has a tower with steeple and in its interior is found chapels and altars carved in wood or cast of brass.