Detail of Noah's Ark illustrated by Baroque-Mestizo frescos dating to the 17th century in the baptistery of Santiago de Curahuara de Carangas church, the "Sistine Chapel of the Andes", Curahuara de Carangas, Oruro, Bolivia

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