{"id":6834,"date":"2012-10-31T12:58:45","date_gmt":"2012-10-31T17:58:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conservators-converse.org\/?p=6834"},"modified":"2012-10-31T12:58:45","modified_gmt":"2012-10-31T17:58:45","slug":"perus-sistine-chapel-shines-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/2012\/10\/31\/perus-sistine-chapel-shines-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Peru\u2019s &#8220;Sistine Chapel&#8221; shines again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.conservators-converse.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/San-Pedro-Ap\u00f3stol-de-Andahuaylillas.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-6835\" title=\"San Pedro Ap\u00f3stol de Andahuaylillas\" src=\"http:\/\/www.conservators-converse.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/San-Pedro-Ap\u00f3stol-de-Andahuaylillas-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faic.wpenginepowered.com\/conservators-converse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2012\/10\/San-Pedro-Ap\u00f3stol-de-Andahuaylillas-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faic.wpenginepowered.com\/conservators-converse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2012\/10\/San-Pedro-Ap\u00f3stol-de-Andahuaylillas.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>In a remote Peruvian village, 3,100m up in the Andes (700m higher than Machu Picchu), sits South America\u2019s version of the Sistine Chapel.<\/p>\n<p>An elaborate Mud\u00e9jar-style ceiling and a complex scheme of murals have earned the Baroque church of San Pedro Ap\u00f3stol de Andahuaylillas, located 41km west of the colonial city of Cusco, its exalted nickname. But centuries of grime, bat droppings, earthquakes and dodgy restorations have dulled the original beauty of the church. The World Monuments Fund has worked with regional and national bodies to return San Pedro Ap\u00f3stol to its former splendour and draw attention to other churches on the Andean Baroque route. The organisation plans to mark the completion of the four-year, $1.5m conservation project at Andahuaylillas with a celebration in the town on 31 October.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theartnewspaper.com\/articles\/Peru%E2%80%99s+%22Sistine+Chapel%22+shines+again\/27056\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read full story on theartnewspaper.com &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a remote Peruvian village, 3,100m up in the Andes (700m higher than Machu Picchu), sits South America\u2019s version of the Sistine Chapel. An elaborate Mud\u00e9jar-style ceiling and a complex scheme of murals have earned the Baroque church of San Pedro Ap\u00f3stol de Andahuaylillas, located 41km west of the colonial city of Cusco, its exalted &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/2012\/10\/31\/perus-sistine-chapel-shines-again\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Peru\u2019s &#8220;Sistine Chapel&#8221; shines again&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":52,"featured_media":6835,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/52"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6834"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6834\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}