Casa del Moral

The "Casa del Moral" (House of the Moral) is a large ancestral house built around 1730 in Arequipa, Peru. Favored by tourists, it is one of the best and well-preserved samples of baroque-mestizo civil architecture in Peru. The name of the house derives from the emblematic presence of a centennial tree of "moras" (blackberries) in the center of the main patio of the large house.

The "Casa del Moral" houses a collection of paintings from the "Escuela Cusqueña" (School of Cusco), a colonial artform. Its library contains more than 3,000 volumes, primarily hispanic literature. The recent restoration of the house was with the help of the Consul of England in Arequipa; the house is currently the property of the Peruvian bank Bancosur.

ee also

* Santa Catalina Monastery
* Goyeneche Palace
* [http://www.aqplink.com/arequipa/ciudadeluz.html Arequipa, ciudad de luz y terremoto]
* [http://www.aqplink.com/sachaca/index.html Sachaca, pueblo tradicional de Arequipa]
* [http://www.aqplink.com/casa_del_moral/index.html “Casa del Moral”] - in Spanish
* [http://www.aqplink.com AQPlink] - in Spanish