St. Anthony Cathedral, Huancavelica, Colonial cathedral in central Huancavelica, Peru.

St. Anthony Cathedral is a church building with Churrigueresque style in the center of Huancavelica. The structure has a symmetrical facade with fine stone carvings and two bell towers that rise upward.

The Tonsurados began the church, then called the Mother Church of San Antonio, and construction finished in July 1608, with retables, canvases and pulpits completed over the following decades. The earthquake of 28 January 1687 caused considerable damage; the repair added a red stone Baroque portal and, on each tower, two three-tiered bell towers. In 1770 the roof trusses were repaired after repeated heavy rain.

The cathedral keeps the Virgin of Mercy, patroness of the city, and Saint Anthony of Padua, its patron, among the images venerated inside. Its walls hold canvases of the Cuzco and Huamanga schools, silver sheets and a mural painted in Huancavelica itself.

The building is accessible during daytime hours and visitors can see the interior spaces. The best time to visit is in the morning when light streams through the windows and the interior looks lovely.

The red stone of the baroque portal comes from Puka Rumi, a local quarry; the 1687 earthquake led to its addition, along with two three-tiered bell towers. In 1876 the traveller Charles Wiener described the facade as Jesuit-style white gres with carvings in a red marble-like stone, noting the sharp colour contrast.