Iglesia de San Juan Bautista, Huaytara, Religious monument in Huaytara, Peru.

The Iglesia de San Juan Bautista is the main church of Huaytará, with a trapezoidal floor plan. Its walls are built of sillar stone blocks and adobe, and they carry trapezoidal niches framed by double and triple jambs.

The building was originally constructed as an Inca temple in the 15th century, then converted into a Catholic church during the Spanish conquest in the 16th century. This transformation allowed the structure to serve both religious traditions while keeping its original form.

The church keeps the name San Juan Bautista and belongs to the Catholic Church. Its Inca-era trapezoidal niches with double and triple jambs remain visible in the walls, built of sillar stone blocks and adobe, so the pre-Hispanic stonework can be read alongside the colonial church.

The church is accessible by regional roads near Huaytara in central Peru's Huancavelica region. Visitors should know that the high altitude requires a gradual adjustment and mountain weather can change quickly.

The church walls combine sillar ashlar blocks with adobe, and the trapezoidal niches have double and triple jambs. The floor plan itself is trapezoidal, a shape carried over from the Inca temple that stood here before the Spanish built the church in the 16th century.