Overview

• The 18th‑century Tambo La Cabezona, two blocks from the Plaza de Armas, was officially incorporated into the city’s tourist circuit and is opening to the public Monday through Saturday.
• UCSM invested more than S/6 million in partnership with the Chirinos family and the Tambo La Cabezona Cultural Association, building on earlier work with the municipality and Spanish cooperation dating to around 2000.
• City tourism officials say the site will function as a museum of urban life, with wayfinding underway and plans to anchor visits alongside other tambos such as Bronce and Matadero.
• The ‘Señor de las Culebras’ petroglyph in Mollebaya is described by archaeologist Augusto Cardona as a high‑status figure with six fingers, a Chakana headdress and lightning motifs, likely carved between 1000 and 1450 CE.
• Local reporting notes the petroglyph is difficult to locate, sits on private land without formal state protection, and faces pressure from nearby settlement growth and brickmaking.