Sucre

Sucre is known by several names, one of which is the White City. The buildings around the city center are UNESCO Heritage listed and protected. They are all white and well maintained. The city has a metropolitan feel and is the first time I have a cappuccino in Bolivia 🙂

The city is Bolivia’s constitutional capital, while La Paz holds the other statuses, after a civil war was fought over the matter. The signed Bolivian Declaration of Independence is housed in Freedom House. One fact that stuck with me was that the current Bolivian Flag has 10 stars on it, but only has 9 departments/provinces. The 10^th one is for the land they lost to Chile- now the land North of Antofagasta.

Many wars fought for Independence were around the Sucre area. An interesting independence war character was a lady who fought for years, alongside her husband and the men and at the cost of losing her four children. Her name is Juana Azurduy.

I visited the Museo de Arte Indígena (ASUR) which shows off the amazing local textile creating talent and history!  Photos were not allowed in the museum but it was pretty beautiful and also showed some local costumes.