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The Navy Lighthouse
“Faro de la Marina”
Lima’s coastline is long. A good start is to walk along the “Malecon Cisneros” in Miraflores through Larcomar, very close to Mariel Hotel in Lima. From the lighthouse you can enjoy a spectacular view to the ocean; it is one of the quietest areas in Miraflores. |
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Sea coast view
From here you can have a view of the Costa Verde, the navy lighthouse, Miraflores hotels and Larcomar. Few places in the world let you fly around the city. |
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Love Park
“Parque del Amor”
It is located in Malecon Cisneros, it was inaugurated on February 14th, 1993 (Valentine’s Day) in the center of the park you can appreciate a beautiful sculpture dedicated to love (“The kiss”) made by the Peruvian artist Victor Delfín. |
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Larcomar is a mall located in the district of Miraflores. It is one of the most visited in Lima Peru. It opened its doors to the public on November 27th, 1998 and since then it has been spreading entertainment and cultural experiences through its exposition halls, shows and theaters, the best clubs in the country, first class shops, restaurants and many other services supplemented with the privileged view to the Pacific Ocean. Larcomar was built on a cliff, very close to Mariel Hotel. |
| Gold Museum in Larcomar.
“Museo Del Oro”
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This museum located in Larcomar has an exhibition of over 160 pieces of gold and other precious metals from pre-Inca cultures of northern Peru. |
Old houses in Barranco
The district of Barranco was a very attractive resort for vacationers in ancient Lima. You can still see the old houses in different parts of the district. |
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Barranco Central Park
Barranco is half town, half city. It gets old and at the same time it rejuvenates. That’s his secret. Classical sculpture reflected in the source. |
Bridge of Sighs
“Puente de Los Suspiros”
Bridge of sighs was the source of inspiration for poets and singers like Euguren and Chabuca Granda. Built in 1876 and inaugurated on February 14th, during the administration of first major of Barranco Enrique García Monterroso. It was built in order to join the ends of the gorge and allow passage of Ayacucho Street and the Hermitage. He endured the Pacific War and witnessed the destruction of Barranco on January 14th, 1881, date that Chilean troops burned the city, destroying part of the temple of the Hermitage and the Bridge, so we proceeded to its reconstruction, being repaired many times. |
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“El Salto del Fraile” Restaurant
More than a century ago a child was picked up by a good family who had a girl, both very young and fell in love.
Time passed and the girl's parents thought it was best to separate them. That is how they put the young monk. In January when the sun began tapping her face, she received a letter from the monk. It was an appointment and would be in the Morro, the monk had used trickery to obtain permission from the cloister. The appointment was at 4 pm, where now is located the “Virgen Del Morro”. The next Saturday the event was repeated, but more towards the beach. That day they would see with binoculars the boats sailing towards Chile, the sunset, the island of San Lorenzo and the flight of seagulls. Saturday came and the priest was very timely. A boat to Chile passed her glass; this was a boat similar to last Saturday. The sailors on deck, up a lace handkerchief and a hat identical, a farewell, her face, her hands, he saw her, so close that he tried to hug her, but the monk slowly fell to the rock and died, but with his body was planted in the sea and the hills a legend and a great restaurant... |
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Justice Palace
“Palacio de Justicia”
The Palace of Justice in Lima is a characteristic building of the capital city of Peru. It is the headquarters of the Supreme Court of the Republic and symbol of the judiciary in Peru. It is located in front of Paseo de los Heroes Navales, one of the largest and most important parks in Peru, where is the headquarters of one of the branches of government and therefore is one of the sites usually elected in the city for all types of public gatherings. |
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Sheraton Hotel
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The Sheraton Hotels & Resorts company arrived in Peru in the late 1960s and began construction of his hotel on the south side of Lima Civic Center where once stood the penitentiary of Lima known as the Panopticon. This building and the Tower Civic Center Lima formed together the classical view of the Lima skyline, both during the 1970s |
Riva Agüero House
Built in the nineteenth century, was donated to the Catholic University of Peru for the last of its owners, Don José de la Riva Aguero. It currently houses the school of the same name that holds an extensive archive and a rich library, and also serves as the local Museum of Popular Art. |
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Goyeneche’s House
It is also known as Casa de Rada. It lies exactly opposite the Torre Tagle Palace. It is a residence built in the middle of the eighteenth century and has French influences.
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Aliaga’s House
It was built with thatch and mud on a Prehispanic shrine in 1535. Francisco Pizarro appointed field captain Geronimo de Aliaga y Ramirez, who had participated actively at the beginning of the conquest. |
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Torre Tagle Palace
Torre Tagle Palace is a house whose construction is done during the colonial period. It is a symbol of Lima, and unparalleled for its style, elegance and wealth. His character is typical of Lima and it incomparable.
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“Plaza Libertador San Martin”
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At the site of the Plaza San Martin was formerly the old hospital of St. John of God who in 1850 was replaced by the railway station of the same name which was demolished between 1911 and 1918. San Martín square was inaugurated on July 27th, 1921 with the Centennial of the Independence of Peru. The design, decoration, furniture and landscaping of the square was designed by Manuel Piqueras Cotolí. The benches and balustrades were made of marble and granite; also there use to be four lovely sources of water, brass lanterns and flower gardens. The monument to General San Martin was elected in a contest won by the Spanish sculptor Mariano Benlliure and represents San Martin crossing the Andes. |
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The Main Square
“Plaza Mayor de Lima”
Site of the Spanish founding of Lima by Francisco Pizarro, it has served as the setting for some of the most important events in the history of Peru. It originally was surrounded by small shops. It was also used as a bullring and a place of execution of those convicted by the Tribunal of the Inquisition. It was later placed in the center a source of bronze (1651) that adorns until today. It was here that was proclaimed in 1821, the Act of Independence of Peru. On their sides are the Government Palace (north), the Cathedral and the Archbishop's Palace (east) and the Municipality of Lima (west). |
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Archibishop’s Palace
Built in 1625 in Renaissance and Baroque style and rebuilt after the earthquake of 1940, is a true taste of colonial art at the time. While its facade is relatively austere, its interior retains its splendid shrines Churrigueresque; a beautiful carved wooden choir stalls and altars covered in gold leaf and an admirable collection of paintings and sculptures from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. |
The Government Palace is also known as Government House. It is located in the Plaza Mayor in Lima and along the Rimac River (exact location as indicated by the Spanish seat of power since 1535). It is considered a historical monument in its different versions and architecture certainly has hosted illustrious guests. From Francisco Pizarro, the founder, and the Liberator Simon Bolivar, to the King of Spain Juan Carlos I de Borbón, the official visit he made to Peru in November 1978, not counting the 40 viceroys, 53 leaders and presidents and Leon Escobar. |
Town Hall
The Town hall or Metropolitan Municipality of Lima, initially called Cabildo de Lima, is a neoclassical style building located in the street of Notaries Public Portal. |
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San Francisco Church (catacombs)
It’s a beautiful colonial architectural complex. It consists of the church and convent of San Francisco and the chapels of El Milagro and La Soledad. It was built in the seventeenth century, highlighting its cloisters and courtyards decorated with tiles from Seville and its spectacular library. It houses the Museum of Religious Art and the Zurbarán Room. The basilica was built on a network of underground galleries and catacombs that served as a cemetery during colonial times and now can be visited by the public. |
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Initially, this area was called The Exhibition Park. It was late in 1926 that began its construction, ordered by President Augusto B. Leguia. It was also called Te reserve Park in honor of the reserve troops who participated during the war with Chile. The park was completed in 1929. After several years of decline, the Park Reserve was refurbished and reopened in October 2000. In 2006, during the municipal management of Luis Castaneda Lossio, the park was built in a complex of thirteen water sources known as "Magic Circuit of Water". |
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Huaca Pucllana is a pyramidal building, built on a plain (the lower valley of the Rimac River) entirely in "Adobitos”. These are small handmade bricks that are characteristic of the Lima culture and this period (EIP). The building has no interior rooms, thus being entirely solid. Accompany a series of pyramid structures formed by straight walls forming enclosures and patios, constructed in Adobitos. This is telling us the importance of these structures; the houses of ordinary people were made of "thatch" (reeds with mud). |
Huallamarca is the most important archaeological monument in San Isidro. Its inhabitants were the Huallas. They used the place to bury their dead. |
SACRED CITADEL OF PACHACAMAC
and ANCESTRAL SHRINES
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Pachacamac Ruins, is located 30 km south of Lima, this sanctuary is comprised of a series of ruins among which, the Temple of Pachacamac, the Sun Temple, the Shrine of Mother Earth, also known as Acllahuasi or Temple of the Moon, Taurichumpi, the Regional Nunciatures, Temple Square Primeval and the Pilgrims. |
In the sixties of the twentieth century, Miguel Mujica Gallo, fruit of the continuous increase of his private collection made throughout his life, created a foundation that bears his name and also manages the created by him, the Gold Museum of Peru and Weapons of the World, located in the District of Santiago de Surco, Lima, Peru. |
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The National Museum
“Museo de La Nacion”
The National Museum is one most important museums of the history of Peru in Lima. Share the importance and prestige with the National Museum of Anthropology, Archeology and History of Peru. The museum has thousands of original pieces for different periods of the history of Peru, which has been obtained through archaeological research and recovery of property that had been trafficked illegally. |
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National Museum of Anthropology, Archeology and History of Peru
The main Peruvian museum that concentrates information on pre-Inca periods, Inca, colonial and republican. |
Rafael Larco Herrera Museum
Founded in 1926, and located in the Pueblo Limber District in Lima, the Larco Museum showcases remarkable chronological galleries that show an excellent overview on 3000 years of development in the history of pre-Columbian Peru. Surrounded by beautiful gardens, is located in a colonial mansion unique and built in the eighteenth-century.
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