Argentina Purmamarca church

It was built with local materials that have lasted to this day: adobe walls and ceiling made of cardon (giant cactus) wood and mud cake. The church´s altar, of extremely simple lines, features the image of Santa Rosa de Lima on a niche built in the wall and framed by major paintings of the Cuzco School. The sides are also ornamented with a series of smaller-sized cuzqueño paintings: ten oil-painted scenes depicting the life of the Patron Saint.

Walking in town