Bolivia Guide
Lago Titicaca, the Cordillera Real and the Yungas
The Cathedral
Address: Plaza 2 de Febrero
The focal point of Copacabana is the imposing Cathedral. Known as the "Moorish Cathedral", it shows clear mudéjar influences in its design, with whitewashed stone walls and multiple domes decorated with deep-blue azulejo tiles. Originally built between 1589 and 1669 by the Augustinian order (and funded partly by gold and silver offerings that were still being looted from local pre-Christian shrines) to house the miraculous Virgen de Copacabana, it has since been extensively modified.