I chose two tourist attractions of San Ignacio de Velasco of the many that exist, the cave of the plaster because it is one of the oldest places where used to take plaster before but today is a place of family walk and the cathedral church because it is a great Legacy of the Jesuits, is also one of the largest architectural constructions of the Chuiquitania

Cathedral

Cathedral of San Ignacio de Velasco, This majestic work was begun by the Jesuits on July 31, 1748, with 18 wooden columns, that is to say a stretch more than the rest of the constructions made by Schmid, all of them, carved to the salomónico , And painted with ordinary colors. It had 4 brick arches in the presbytery, and 14 windows, four of which had glass, the rest of the wooden shutters. The main altar was arranged in four painted brick columns, and three streets, indicating that Father Schmid did not make the new altar. It also had two collateral altarpieces, two organs in the choir, and a table and staircase pulpit. It is also known that the interior was all painted with clay molding. Also the altar as well as the collateral was golden and profiled. In the body of the church there were seats for the Indian judges and a bronze pillar, and a deposit of wide guards. In the sacristy there was a niche with a Lord attached to the column, two Christs, 8 large pictures of canvas, and 19 paper prints, as well as tin ewer and beautiful wooden chest of drawers.

Cueva del Yeso

Located 2 km. To the notheast of the city, is a place where in Jesuit times, the kaolin that was used to bleach the housed instead of the lime was extracted. Also for use in medical case, to treat fractures of bones, its main attractions are the rock formations, the ice cream that is to be inside and the echo that cause to speak inside the cave.

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