Editing La Paz (section)

=== 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