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Towards the end of the 14th Century, these territories were annexed by the Inca Empire and then conquered by the Spanish at the start of the 16th Century, culminating in the foundation of the town Villa de Plata on 16th April 1540, later declared the city of La Plata.

In 1559 the Audiencia of Charcas was created as part of the vice-regency of Peru. The Audiencia had its seat in La Plata and it’s jurisdiction extended from Buenos Aires to La Paz.

1624 saw the inauguration of the University Real y Pontificia de San Francisco Xavier and the Caroline Academy, which shortly thereafter became the cradle for libertarian ideas in the Americas.

During the 17th Century, Charcas saw vigorous university activity, wherein were formed the majority of the intellectuals who sowed the seeds of the independence movement. In this time the city of La Plata was renamed Chuquisaca, a contraction of its traditional Indian name of Choquechaca, a change made in recognition of traditional values.

The War of Independence took place during fifteen long years (1809-1825), a period which saw the participation of more than one hundred local leaders, each heading his own band of freedom fighters. On the 6th August 1825, in a duly constituted assembly, the independence of what is today the Republic of Bolivia, was declared in Chuquisaca. The city of Chuquisaca was designated as it’s capital, and was renamed Sucre in honour of the Marshall of Ayacucho, José Antonio de Sucre.

Towards the end of the 18th Century and at the beginning of the 19th Century, the city of Sucre underwent a transformation in its architecture, mainly due to a mining boom. These newer elements still remain and represent a very characteristic image of the city.

In her museums, churches, and archives; in her streets, parks, plazas and by-ways; Sucre jealously guards the testaments to her active participation in the history of Bolivia and South America. Sucre, more than a city; a beautiful living museum, whose homes and avenues speak to us of her glorious past.

ALTITUDE
The height of the city of Sucre is 2780 m.a.s.l
CLIMATE
Temperate with an annual average temperature of 20° C. Rainfall mainly in the months of December - March In Sucre one can enjoy the mainly sunny days and the clean, pure and beautiful sky

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