When the Spaniards arrived in South
America, they conquered
the indigenous people by the sword and the holy
cross.
The conquest was partly justified by the need of bringing the true faith to the heathens.
The catholic church played a big role in the lives of the
native people for many centuries and you find testimony for that
in numerous churches. In the large cities you find churches of grandeur
and small Andean country churches like this one in Chuchiglan.
