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658kt
This is the kind of church located inside a small you'd drive past if you didn't know better. Luckily we were with Angelica Valdez de Zaleski who must know this region like the back of her hand. We stopped by the village about half an hour before the church was due to close to visitors at noon. The main attraction of this quiet village is the church. The caretaker is one in a long line of caretakers from the same family. The church does not allow photos inside, so be sure to check out some of the postcards he has on sale if you want to take a piece of it with you. (Unfortunately the quality of the photos is not great but it's adequate.) Inside the church is a tall handsome back wall piece painted with gold paint (unfortunately I've forgotten most of the details told to be by our guide) created by Native Americans. The highlight are 9 paintings of arch angels imagined by their painters as Spaniards of the time with flamingo wings.
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Harriette7
We were lucky that our guide took us to see this church on the way to Humahuaca. We never would have found it without knowing about it in advance. It is in a very small town off the highway. It has the most beautiful gold altars and an oustanding collection of colonial paintings.
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jaynezak
This beautiful church in Uquia is one of the many colonial churches in Jujuy. It has a fine collection of paintings from the Cusco School of Art . (the Incas were taught to paint for the Spanish and put their own symbols in the paintings)There are nine angel paintings. When the Indians were told to paint angels, they did not know what they looked like. The Spanish told them that they look like us, but with wings. They painted soldiers with swords, spears and wings. The most beautiful wings that the Indians knew were the ones from the flamingos of the highland lakes and so the wings in the paintings on the soldiers are pink. The angels have very red cheeks from the wind in the northern Andes against the Spanish fair skin. (no photographs please)For more info and photos go to http://havefunflysafe.com/2013/08/18/things-i-have-learned-in-jujuy-argentina/
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Adomvatik
You must plan a visit to this unique church and see the development and transformation of cristian religeous paintings when it moves from Europe to SA. A must see place.
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falcarragh
This church is lovely and the paintings are amazing; 9 angeles arcabuceros. It is a bit of an effort to get there from Salta - by bus - but well worth the effort.
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Mausini
Pequena e formosa igreja no povo de Uquia na Avariada de Humahuaca. Se pode, faça uma parada e visite-a. Vale a penaPequena e formosa igreja no povo de Uquia na Avariada de Humahuaca. Se pode, faça uma parada e visite-a. Vale a pena
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guillermok315
Una iglesia antiquísima en Uquía, imposible dejar de visitarla.El atrio revestido en oro demuestra la devoción crisitiana en esa epoca y los cuadros de los ángeles arcabuceros se destacan en ella, nunca vistos en otro lado.
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Sil_Maga
Esta iglesia es digna de visitar, sobre todo para aquellos a los que no gusta el arte y la cultura, aquí se pueden apreciar los hermosos cuadros de los ángeles Arcabuceros.
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383mariac
Es una capilla que se destaca por su sencillez y posee una hermosas pinturas unicas de angeles arcabuceros que por suerte fueros restauradas
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213marisay
Visitar esta iglesia para descubrir las pinturas del arte cusqueño es una experiencia interesante. Los cuadros de los ángeles Arcabuceros son joyas que encontramos en esta iglesia. Asimismo es interesante observar la forma de esta iglesia, con su campañario en un costado separado del edificio principal. Para llegar a Uquía se toma un colectivo/bus en Humahuaca, es un viaje que toma no muchos minutos y los deja en esta interesante atracción,