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The National Museum of Archaeology, Anthropology, and History of Peru (Spanish: Museo Nacional de Arqueología Antropología e Historia del Perú, MNAAHP) is the largest and oldest museum in Peru, housed at the Palacio de la Magdalena, located in the main square of Pueblo Libre, a district of Lima, Peru. The museum houses more than 100,000 ...
Huacas del Sol y de la Luna, located six kilometers south from Trujillo Peruvian architecture is a conjunction of European styles exposed to the influence of indigenous imagery. Two of the most well-known examples of the Early Colonial period are the Cathedral of Cusco and the Church of Santa Clara of Cuzco .
The Battle of Los Ángeles was a military action fought on 22 March 1880 between the Chilean and Peruvian armies during the Tacna and Arica Campaign of the War of the Pacific. The Chilean forces under Commander in chief Manuel Baquedano assaulted and defeated the Allied stronghold guided by Andrés Gamarra garrisoned at Los Angeles hill top.
The Second part of the royal commentary (la Segunda parte de los comentarios reales) better known as the General history of Peru (La historia general del Perú), is a historical literary work written by Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, the first Peruvian and Spanish mestizo of intellectual renown.
The etymology of Peru: The word Peru may be derived from Birú, the name of a local ruler who lived near the Bay of San Miguel, Panama, in the early 16th century. [29] When his possessions were visited by Spanish explorers in 1522, they were the southernmost part of the New World yet known to Europeans. [ 30 ]
Founded in 1595 [1] by the Franciscan Order [3] and under the auspices of Archbishop Toribio de Mogrovejo, on land donated by María de Valera and her son Luis Guillén, benefactors of the order, [1] the monastic complex is located in the historic district of Rímac at the foot of the San Cristóbal Hill [] and at the end of the Alameda de los Descalzos, a promenade laid out in 1611 by order ...
The Peru-Bolivian Confederacy was established. 1839: 25 August: The Peru-Bolivian Confederacy was officially dissolved. 1866: 2 May: A Spanish fleet under the command of Admiral Casto Méndez Núñez besieged the port city of Callao. 1879: 5 April: War of the Pacific: Chile declared war on Peru and Bolivia. 1883: 20 October
The National Museum of Peruvian Culture (Spanish: Museo Nacional de la Cultura Peruana), formerly the National Archaeology Museum (Spanish: Museo de Arqueología Nacional), is a museum dedicated to Peruvian culture in Lima, Peru. [1]