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Sucre (map) is a city in Chuquisaca department, Bolivia. Located 2,750 m (9,022 ft) above sea level, it has a population of 225,000 people (2011 estimate).
Guide to Sucre Hotels
Here's a list of hotels in Sucre that you can book online, with full description, star rating, address, location map, evaluation, and prices as offered by different booking sites. This helps you to make your room booking with the site that offers the best price.
Castillo del Principado de La Glorieta, Sucre
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More on Sucre
Sucre was founded in 1538 and was originally called Ciudad de la Plata de la Nueva Toledo. At that time, it was part of the Viceroyalty of Peru. The old city was designed in a grid pattern in keeping with cities in the Andalusian region of Spain. Sucre became the seat of the Roman Catholic church in Bolivia, and has a high proportion of monks and nuns within its population.Today the historic center of Sucre holds many houses and buildings from the colonial era. These have been well preserved, enabling the city to be recognized as a UNESCO World heritage Site in 1991, under the title of Historic City of Sucre.
Basilica de San Francisco, Sucre
Author: Robert Cutts (Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic)
Due partly to the UNESCO recognition, Sucre has become a popular tourist destination. Perhaps the most colorful time to visit Sucre is in March, when the city nstages the Pujllay Festival. This is a time when tourists get to see the natives dressed in their indigenous costumes, as they come out to celebrate the festival.
Visiting Sucre
There aren't any flights to Sucre since the national carrier went out of operation. So the most practical way to reach Sucre presently is to take a bus. There are buses from all major cities in Bolivia.
Vegetables at the market in Sucre
Author: Cristian Ordenes (Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic)
Sights & Attractions in Sucre
- Cal Orkco
These are fossilized footprints of dinosaurs discovered in a cement quarry. The prints made on a surface what was originally a lake floor. - Casa de la Libertad
This was once a convent. Its chapel was the site where Bolivia's independence was declared on 25 May, 1825. Today the convent and its chapel have been made historic monuments and turned into a museum.
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