Colonised by the Spanish in the 16th Century, Colca harbours more than a dozen of these small villages notable for their ornate churches, soporific main squares and esoteric agricultural and artisanal specialties, including embroidery and alpaca wool products.
When you were nineteen, there wasn't much going for a place with more churches than clubs, buildings so old they wobbled and a main square surrounded by banks and solicitors' offices.
This is obligatory for priests of the main Roman church (but not for former Anglican clerics, or for most of the priests in Eastern-rite churches that also come under papal authority).