The past prevails in colonial Sucre, Bolivia's other capital. (Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service | April 4, 1994| | Copyright

    SUCRE, Bolvia _ If you think La Paz is the capital of Bolivia, you're only partly right. 
    Though busy La Paz is the country's primary seat of government, the legal capital is some 420 miles to the southeast, in a mellow colonial town perched almost two miles above sea level. 
    Sucre is considered the most beautiful city in Bolivia, and with good reason. Centuries-old church towers and exquisitely molded buildings rise above picturesque cobbled streets. The carefully tended central plaza is dominated by the fanciful facade of the prefecture office and the Cathedral steeple, ...

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