The
"Casa del Moral" (House of the Moral) is a large ancestral house built around
1730 in
Arequipa,
Peru. Favored by tourists, it is one of the best and well-preserved samples of baroque-
mestizo civil architecture in Peru. The name of the house derives from the
emblematic presence of a centennial tree of "moras" (
blackberries) in the center of the main patio of the large house.
The Casa del Moral houses a collection of paintings from the "Escuela Cusqueña" (School of Cusco), a colonial artform. Its library contains more than 3,000 volumes, primarily hispanic literature. The recent restoration of the house was with the help of the Consul of England in Arequipa; the house is currently the property of the Peruvian bank Bancosur.
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