Editing La Paz (section)

== Tourism ==
[[File:Monolitos Miraflores La Paz Bolivia.jpg|thumb|[[Tiwanaku]] Square in front of the football stadium]]
[[File:05-Mercado de las Brujas (La Paz)-6.jpg|thumb|The [[The Witches' Market|Witches' Market]] in the city center, a popular spot for tourists]]
La Paz is an important cultural center of Bolivia. The city hosts several cathedrals belonging to the colonial times, such as the San Francisco Cathedral and the Metropolitan Cathedral, this last one located on Murillo Square, which is also home of the political and administrative power of the country. Hundreds of different museums can be found across the city, the most notable ones on Jaén Street, which street design has been preserved from the Spanish days and is home of 10 different museums.

The home of the Bolivian government is located on Murillo Square and is known as "Palacio Quemado" (''Burnt Palace'') as it has been on fire several times. The palace has been restored many times since, but the name has remained untouched.

=== Principal attractions ===

==== Museums and cultural centers ====
[[File:Calle Linares, La Paz.jpg|thumb|Local shops along Linares Street, a popular tourist spot in the city center]]
* The former home of [[Pedro Domingo Murillo]], martyr of the independence revolution of 1809, has been preserved and is now a museum. The house displays a collection of furniture, textiles, and art from colonial times.
* Museo Costumbrista: Displays ceramic dolls wearing traditional customs that show how was life in the early 19th century. Also on display are photos of old La Paz.
* Museo Nacional de Arqueología (''National Museum of Archeology''): Depicts a collection of artifacts of the [[Tiawanaku]] culture.
* Museo del Litoral (''Museum of the Litoral Coastal Region''): Displays objects from the 1879 war in which Bolivia lost [[Litoral Department|its sea coast]] to [[Chile]].
* Museo del Oro (''Gold Museum''): Depicts pre-Conquest works made of gold, silver and copper.
* Museo de Etnografía y Folklore (''Ethnography and Folkolore Museum''): Located in a house built during the late 18th century, it exhibits customs and art of two ethnic groups: Chipayas and Ayoreos.
* Museo del Charango (''Museum of Charango''): Located in Calle Linares, the museum displays an important variety of charangos. Other native instruments are displayed as well.
* Museo de Historia Natural (''Natural History Museum''): Exhibits on Bolivian paleontology, geology, zoology and botanical elements of interest.
* Casa Museo Marina Nuñez del Prado (''Marina Nuñez del Prado House Museum''): Displays Quechua and Aymara-theme sculptures by Bolivian artist Marina Nuñez del Prado.[[File:Palacio Quemado (Palacio de Gobierno) y Catedral Metropolitana de La Paz, Bolivia.jpg|thumb|The [[Palacio Quemado]] next to the [[Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, La Paz|Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace]]]]
* Museo Nacional de Arte (''National Art Museum''): Located in Calle Comercio, on a former palace built in 1775, displays works by Melchor Perez de Holguín and Marina Nuñez del Prado, among others.
* Mercado de Brujas (''Witches' Market''): Merchandise sold here includes herbs, remedies as well as other ingredients used in [[Aymara people|Aymara]] traditions.
* Feria de Alasitas: This fair is celebrated for two weeks each year, beginning 24 January. The central figure is a little god of abundance known as [[Ekeko]], which means dwarf in Aymara.
* [[Museo San Francisco Cultural Center]]

==== Churches and cathedrals ====
[[File:Basilica de San Francisco La Paz.jpg|thumb|The [[Basilica of San Francisco, La Paz|Basilica of San Francisco]], built in 1743]]
* [[Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, La Paz|Metropolitan Cathedral]], built in 1835 and located next to the Presidential Palace, on Murillo Square;
* [[Basilica of San Francisco, La Paz, Bolivia|San Francisco Church]], founded in 1548 and rebuilt 1784.
* [[Iglesia La Recolecta (La Paz)|San Jose of the Recoleta Church]], founded in 1896 and completed in 1930.
* [[Parroquia Señor de la Exaltación]], founded in 1956.

==== Other attractions ====
* [[Palacio Quemado|Bolivian Presidential Palace]], also known as "Burned Palace".
* Parque Urbano Central ''(Central Urban Park)''
* [[Valle de la Luna (Bolivia)]]
* El Montículo
* Mirador Laikakota
* Mirador Killi Killi