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The Historic Centre of Lima (Spanish: Centro histórico de Lima) is the historic city centre of the city of Lima, the capital of Peru.Located in the city's districts of Lima and Rímac, both in the Rímac Valley, it consists of two areas: the first is the Monumental Zone established by the Peruvian government in 1972, [1] and the second one—contained within the first one—is the World ...
The building's surroundings (1980). The Civic Center was an original idea of the first government of the architect Fernando Belaúnde Terry, conceived in 1966.Later, after the coup d'état by the military government of Juan Velasco Alvarado, construction was carried out.
The Plaza Mayor (English: Town square), also known as the Plaza de Armas, [1] is the main public square of the historic centre of the city of Lima, Peru.It dates back to the foundation of the city by Francisco Pizarro on January 18, 1535.
The Delfines Hotel & Convention Center, formerly known as the Delfines Hotel & Casino [1] and commonly known as the Hotel Los Delfines, is a five-star hotel in San Isidro District, Lima, Peru. From its opening in 1997 until 2010, [ 2 ] the hotel was best known for its two bottlenose dolphins , Yaku and Wayra, who gave the hotel its name.
According to the first book of the Cabildo de Lima, the city had two mayors on the fourth day of its foundation: Nicolás de Ribera and Juan Tello de Guzmán. At first the council worked at the House of Pizarro and then moved to the residence of the Judges Andrés de Cianca and Pedro Maldonado, then the local municipality, before settling in the last weeks of October 1535 on land owned by the ...
The Central Market of Lima (Spanish: Mercado Central de Lima) is the central market of the city of Lima, Peru. Located in the neighbourhood of Barrios Altos, next to Chinatown, it is part of the historic centre of the city. The building is made up of a basement that occupies the entire block, with a commercial perimeter ring.
San Isidro is an upscale district of the Lima Province in Peru.It is located in the west center of the city, it has a few meters of coastline. Officially created on April 24, 1931, [2] San Isidro, along with Orrantia and Country Club neighbourhoods, was separated from Miraflores.
Larco Avenue (Spanish: Avenida Larco) is a major avenue in the district of Miraflores, an affluent district in Lima, Peru.. It originates at the Óvalo de Miraflores, a roundabout in the center of the district, and runs south, towards Avenida Armendariz and the pier.