Huamanga

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Huamanga is the historical name of the Peruvian city now known as Ayacucho, renowned for its colonial architecture and role in the country’s independence history.

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Huamanga canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical city name
country Peru
currentName Ayacucho
hasArchitecturalStyle Baroque religious architecture
Spanish colonial style
hasCulturalTradition Andean religious festivities
Holy Week celebrations in Ayacucho
hasFeature historic plazas
numerous colonial churches
stone buildings
hasHeritage Catholic religious architecture
Spanish colonial urban layout
hasHistoricalPeriod colonial era of Peru
hasIndigenousLanguage Quechua
hasLanguage Spanish
hasUrbanFunction provincial capital in colonial times
historicalNameOf Ayacucho
historicalRole center of independence-era activity in Peru
regional center during colonial Peru
knownFor colonial architecture
role in Peruvian independence history
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Ayacucho Region
locatedInAndeanRegion central highlands of Peru
locatedInContinent South America
locatedInCountry Peru
partOf Viceroyalty of Peru
renamedAs Ayacucho
renamingReason commemoration of the Battle of Ayacucho
usedUntilCentury 19th century

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