WMF collaborated with the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID), along with the Autoridad del Colca AUTOCOLCA, the Municipality of Caylloma, and the National Institute of Culture INC (now Ministry of Culture), to help train local workers in traditional building crafts so they can restore their churches and maintain them in the future. (...)
WMF collaborated with the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID), along with the Autoridad del Colca AUTOCOLCA, the Municipality of Caylloma, and the National Institute of Culture INC (now Ministry of Culture), to help train local workers in traditional building crafts so they can restore their churches and maintain them in the future. WMF supported the restoration of the church of Jesús Nazareno in the town of Canocota, between 2009-2010, and the church of San Juan Bautista in Sibayo, between 2010-2012. The churches, which are important examples of the Andean Baroque, were restored by masons and artisans from the local and surrounding communities. The work included the restoration of the building’s stone structure, lime stuccoes, and decorative interiors and cult artifacts, as well as the installation of small site museums.
In the summer of 2009, three graduate students from the Historic Preservation program of the University of Pennsylvania were sponsored by WMF to visit the Colca Valley churches and contribute to the preservation efforts of the AECID in the region.
