A charming colonial town in the south of Bolivia, the “town of four names” (Charcas, La Plata, Sucre and Ciudad Blanca - its informal name) bears the memory of three centuries of Spanish domination with elegance and beauty.
Capital of the Chuquisaca department and the constitutional capital of Bolivia, Sucre is a sufficiently large town to attract tourists with its historic buildings, and students with its two universities and its user-friendliness, and sufficiently small to not be too impersonal. A town of art and culture, this “white town” was classed as a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1991. Its numerous religious buildings such as San Lazaro, San Francisco and Santo Domingo are a perfect illustration of the harmony that is possible between local architectural traditions and style imported from Europe. From the culture of the Andes to colonial culture, Sucre is a quiet and fascinating town for learning Spanish.
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