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The Royal Tombs of Sipán Museum (Spanish: Museo Tumbas Reales de Sipán) is a museum in Lambayeque, Peru. It contains most of the important artifacts (ceremonial vessels, necklaces and jewelry) found at Huaca Rajada by archeologist Walter Alva in 1987, including the Lord of Sipán and his entourage. The museum was inaugurated in 2002. [2]
Peru is 13 miles (21 km) east of Pittsfield, 40 miles (64 km) northwest of Springfield and 118 miles (190 km) west of Boston. Peru has the highest mean altitude in Massachusetts and, along with neighboring Windsor, is one of only two municipalities in the state with a mean elevation above 2,000 feet. [6]
The Tristán del Pozo House, later the Ricketts House, is a Spanish-era andean baroque house in Arequipa, Peru.The house began construction in 1738 after being commissioned by its first owner, Domingo Carlos Tristán del Pozo, and has gone through several owners, being owned by BBVA Perú since 1974.
Its construction date is estimated at 1939 by the Polish architect Ricardo de Jaxa Malachowski under the auspices of Gay Suárez del Castillo, a doctor and congressman during the government of Manuel Prado, who hired him in 1932. [1] The house was a reception place for political personalities of the time. [3]
The Casa del Pueblo (Spanish: House of the People) is a building that serves as the main headquarters of the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance, a political party in Peru. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] In addition to its political functions, it also provides social services , incling education, healthcare and soup kitchen .
The Casa de Aliaga is a colonial-style building located in the historic centre of Lima, Peru. It was built on a huaca, dateing back to May 1536, at the beginning of the founding of the city, and belonged to Conquistador Geronimo de Aliaga. Its current owner is Gonzalo Jorge de Aliaga Ascenzo, VIII Count of San Juan de Lurigancho.
There is a conspiracy theory that indicates that the origin of the urban legends of ghosts in the building were created and disseminated by the CIA to prevent the building's use for espionage, due to the fact that the U.S. embassy in Lima was located across the street from its construction in the late 1940s to the early 1990s, [10] [11] [12] after which it was replaced by a hospìtal.
The Embassy of Peru in Washington, D.C., also known as the Emily J. Wilkins House, is the diplomatic mission of the Republic of Peru to the United States. It is located at 1700 Massachusetts Avenue, Northwest, Washington, D.C., in the Embassy Row neighborhood. [1] Since May 2023, Gustavo Meza-Cuadra has been the ambassador of Peru to the United ...