The Sixtine Chapel of the Andes.

San Pedro Apóstol was built by Jesuits in the sixteenth century over a pre-Columbian huaca, or ceremonial space. The construction of the current temple started in 1570 with the creation of a small chapel corresponding to the existing apse and sanctuary; the nave and façade were completed in 1606. Much of the interior was decorated by Luis de Riaño.

It is often called the “Andahuaylillas Sixtine Chapel of the Andes” because of the beauty of its mural paintings. The sanctuary has a polychrome ceiling in the Mudéjar style built using a pre-Hispanic construction method called CurCur, which combines cane, straw, and mud instead of wood.