The architectural identity of Arequipa is based on a very close relationship between the ashlar and the agglomerators that were obtained by calcining sedimentary rocks. The ashlar extracted from the quarries of the Chachani provides the fundamental structural block, but it was the artisanal production of living lime, historically processed in the basin of the river Yura, which guaranteed the cohesion and consolidation of masonry factories from t…
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The architectural identity of Arequipa is based on a very close relationship between the ashlar and the agglomerators that were obtained by calcining sedimentary rocks. The ashlar extracted from the quarries of the Chachani provides the fundamental structural block, but it was the artisanal production of living lime, historically processed in the basin of the river Yura, which guaranteed the cohesion and consolidation of masonry factories from t…