Sucre, the first cap­i­tal of Bolivia, was found­ed by the Span­ish in the first half of the 16th cen­tu­ry. Its many well-pre­served 16th-cen­­tu­ry reli­gious build­ings, such as San Lazaro, San Fran­cis­co and San­to Domin­go, illus­trate the blend­ing of local archi­tec­tur­al tra­di­tions with styles import­ed from Europe.