Casa del Moral
Coordinates: 16°23′49″S 71°32′16″W / 16.39694°S 71.53778°W
Outside view of Casa del Moral
The "Casa del Moral" (House of the mulberry tree) 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 Andean Baroque civil architecture in Peru. The name of the house derives from the emblematic presence of a centennial tree of "moras" (Mulberry) in the center of the main patio of the large house.
The Casa del Moral houses a collection of paintings from the "Escuela Cusqueña" (Cusco School), a colonial art form. Its library contains more than 3,000 volumes, primarily hispanic literature. The house is currently the property of the Peruvian bank .
See also[]
- Santa Catalina Monastery
- Goyeneche Palace, Arequipa
- Arequipa, ciudad de luz y terremoto
- Sachaca, pueblo tradicional de Arequipa
- “Casa del Moral” - in Spanish
- AQPlink - in Spanish
Categories:
- Roman Catholic churches completed in 1630
- Buildings and structures in Arequipa
- 1630 establishments in the Spanish Empire
- Houses in Peru
- Andean Baroque architecture in Peru
- 17th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Peru