Cathedral of Puno through time

Puno 2005 The city of Puno, Peru, on the shore of Lake Titicaca, photographed in 2005.

Puno 2008 Puno, Peru, on the shore of Lake Titicaca, photographed in 2008 from the high Andean city that serves as a gateway to the lake's floating islands.

Puno 2008 Another 2008 photograph of Puno, Peru, taken beside Lake Titicaca on South America's high Andean plateau; the city is a traditional gateway for visitors heading out to the lake's reed islands.

Cathedral of Puno 2011 The Cathedral of Puno, Peru, photographed in 2011. Built in Baroque style during the Spanish colonial period, it overlooks the city's main plaza near the shore of Lake Titicaca.

Catedral de Puno, Peru 2011 Another 2011 view of the Cathedral of Puno, a colonial-era Baroque church facing the city's central square on the shore of Lake Titicaca in southern Peru.

Bolognesi Cenepa 01 2018 A monument to Coronel Francisco Bolognesi in Puno, Peru, honoring the hero of the Battle of Arica during the War of the Pacific. Photographed in 2018, the statue stands atop a tall pedestal inscribed with a dedication to fallen soldiers.

Bolognesi Cenepa 02 2018 An obelisk-style monument stands in a plaza in Puno, Peru, honoring Francisco Bolognesi, a Peruvian military hero commemorated in public monuments across the country. Surrounding buildings and a paved square typify the city's central district near Lake Titicaca.

Plaza de Armas de Puno en el Bicentenario Peruano 2021 The Plaza de Armas of Puno, the city's main square near the shore of Lake Titicaca, photographed in 2021 during the year marking the bicentennial of Peru's independence.

Puno 2022 A scene from Puno, Peru, photographed in 2022. The city sits on the shore of Lake Titicaca, the highest navigable lake in the world, and is widely regarded as Peru's folkloric capital, serving as the gateway to the Uros floating islands.

Plaza de armas, Puno 12 2023 The Plaza de Armas is the main square of Puno, Peru, a city on the shore of Lake Titicaca; this photograph was taken in 2023.

Palacio de justicia, Puno 13 2023 The Palace of Justice in Puno, a city on the shore of Lake Titicaca in southeastern Peru, photographed in 2023. Puno serves as capital of its region and is known as Peru's folkloric capital.

Puno 2023 A street scene in Puno, the city on Lake Titicaca known as Peru's folkloric capital, photographed in 2023. Puno is the capital of its region in southeastern Peru.

Puno 2023 A scene from Puno on the shore of Lake Titicaca, photographed in 2023 in this city known as Peru's folkloric capital and regional seat of southeastern Peru.

Plaza Mayor de Puno 2025 01 2025 Plaza Mayor in Puno, Peru, a city on the shore of Lake Titicaca known as the folkloric capital of Peru, photographed in 2025.

Basílica Catedral de Puno 01 2025 The Basílica Catedral of Puno, overlooking the city's main plaza on the shore of Lake Titicaca, photographed in 2025.

Plaza Mayor de Puno 2025 02 2025 A second 2025 view of Plaza Mayor in Puno, the Peruvian city on the shore of Lake Titicaca.

Plaza de Armas (Puno) 2025 The Plaza de Armas of Puno, the central square of this city on the shore of Lake Titicaca, photographed in 2025.

Palacio de Justicia de Puno 01 2025 The Palacio de Justicia in Puno, Peru, photographed in 2025.

Palacio de Justicia de Puno 04 2025 A further 2025 view of the Palacio de Justicia in Puno, Peru.

Interior Cathedral of Puno 2025 The Basilica Cathedral of Puno, built in Andean Baroque style overlooking Lake Titicaca, dates to the 18th century and remains the city's principal Catholic church.

Hotel Hacienda Plaza de Armas en Puno 01 2025 The Hotel Hacienda on Puno's Plaza de Armas, photographed in 2025.

Pileta en la plaza de armas de Puno 01 2025 A fountain in Puno's Plaza de Armas, photographed in 2025.

Basílica Catedral de Puno 03 2025 A further 2025 view of the Basílica Catedral of Puno, the cathedral overlooking the city's main plaza on the shore of Lake Titicaca.

Hotel Hacienda Plaza de Armas en Puno 02 2025 A three-story hotel building faces Puno's Plaza de Armas, its upper floors topped by a rooftop terrace overlooking the square below. Puno, on the shore of Lake Titicaca at over 3,800 meters elevation, is the capital of the Puno Region and a center of Aymara and Quechua culture in southern Peru.

Palacio de Justicia de Puno 02 2025 The Palacio de Justicia, Puno's judicial courthouse, presents a formal stone facade bearing the date 1950 above its main entrance, with tall arched windows and a balustraded parapet, near the city's historic Plaza de Armas overlooking Lake Titicaca.

Palacio de Justicia de Puno 03 2025 Seen from across the street, the Palacio de Justicia's arched windows and colonnaded facade front one side of central Puno, close to the city's main square. The building houses the local judiciary for the Puno Region in southeastern Peru.

Pileta en la plaza de armas de Puno 02 2025 A wrought-iron fountain stands at the center of Puno's Plaza de Armas, with the twin bell towers of the city's Baroque cathedral rising behind it. The plaza forms the ceremonial heart of Puno, a city on the shore of Lake Titicaca.

Basílica Catedral de Puno 05 2025 Puno's Cathedral Basilica, an 18th-century Andean Baroque church on the Plaza de Armas, displays an elaborately carved stone facade flanked by twin bell towers. It remains the principal church of a city long known as Peru's folkloric capital.

Banco Central de Reserva del Perú en Puno 01 2025 A branch of Peru's Central Reserve Bank operates from this colonial-style building in Puno, its cream and terracotta facade typical of the civic architecture found around the city's Plaza de Armas near Lake Titicaca.

Pileta de la Plaza Central de Puno-de noche 2025 Illuminated at night, the fountain in Puno's central plaza glows in shifting colors beneath the surrounding colonial-era arcades, a gathering spot for residents of this Lake Titicaca city after dark.

Jirón Puno, cuadra 5 en Puno 01 2025 A scalloped-arch corner building along Jirón Puno houses a travel agency catering to visitors bound for Lake Titicaca, typical of the tourism trade that has grown along this stretch of the street in recent decades.

Basílica Catedral de Puno 02 2025 Another view of the twin-towered Basílica Catedral de Puno, its elaborately carved stone portal overlooking the Plaza de Armas, shows the scale of the church against the city's colonial-era streetscape.

Palacio de Justicia de Puno 07 2025 Seen from a side angle, the Palacio de Justicia's colonnaded facade and inscribed date of 1950 mark it as one of Puno's mid-20th-century civic buildings, standing near the shore of Lake Titicaca.

Basílica Catedral de Puno 04 2025 Sunlight falls across the carved stone doorway of Puno's Cathedral Basilica, an Andean Baroque church built during the Spanish colonial period on the city's main square overlooking Lake Titicaca.

Jirón Puno, cuadra 5 en Puno 02 2025 Block five of Jiron Puno, a street in the city of Puno on the shore of Lake Titicaca in southern Peru, photographed in 2025.

Basicilica catedral de puno 2025 The Basilica Catedral de Puno overlooks the main square of Puno, a city on the Peruvian shore of Lake Titicaca. Built in the colonial era, it remains a landmark of the city's historic center, shown here in 2025.

Interior de la basicilica catedral de puno 2025 This 2025 photograph captures the interior of the Cathedral Basilica of Puno, a Baroque church on the city's Plaza de Armas near the shore of Lake Titicaca, one of the highest large lakes in the world.

Basílica Catedral de Puno 06 2025 Puno's Cathedral Basilica appears again in this 2025 photograph, standing on the city's central plaza in the Andean highlands of southern Peru beside the shores of Lake Titicaca.

Basílica Catedral de Puno 09 2025 This 2025 image shows another perspective of the Cathedral Basilica in Puno, a colonial-period Baroque church overlooking the shores of Lake Titicaca in southern Peru.

Palacio de Justicia de Puno 06 2025 The Palacio de Justicia, Puno's courthouse building, is pictured in this 2025 photograph of the Peruvian city on the shore of Lake Titicaca, near the border with Bolivia.