San Miguel de Pallaques

San Miguel de Pallaques
Town
Plaza of San Miguel de Pallaques in 1967
Plaza of San Miguel de Pallaques in 1967
San Miguel de Pallaques is located in Peru
San Miguel de Pallaques
San Miguel de Pallaques
Location within Peru
Coordinates: 7°00′02″S 78°51′05″W / 7.00056°S 78.85139°W / -7.00056; -78.85139
Country Peru
RegionCajamarca
ProvinceSan Miguel
DistrictSan Miguel
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)

San Miguel de Pallaques is a town in northern Peru, capital of San Miguel Province in Cajamarca Region.[1] A site for the creation of white and ochre ponchos, it was declared a historical monument on 26 June 1987.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ Cohen, Saul Bernard (2008). The Columbia Gazetteer of the World: P to Z. New York: Columbia University Press. p. 3403. ISBN 9780231119887.
  2. ↑ "Centro Nacional de Información Cultural Relación de Monumentos Históricos del Perú" [List of Historical Monuments of Peru] (PDF). cultura.gob.pe (in Spanish). Lima: National Cultural Information Center. December 1999. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016.
  3. ↑ Luisa Castañeda León (1981). Vestituo Tradicional del Perú [Traditional Dress of Peru]. Lima: National Museum of Peruvian Culture. p. 84.