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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 House of the Thirteen Coins (Spanish: Casa de las Trece Monedas) is a historical building in the neighbourhood of Barrios Altos, in the historic centre of Lima, built during the Viceregal era of Peru. Since 2009, it houses the National Afro-Peruvian Museum. [1]
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 Casa O'Higgins is a colonial-style building located in the historic centre of Lima, specifically located in the Jirón de la Unión, a few metres from the Plaza de Armas of the Peruvian capital. Since 2008, the house has functioned as a cultural centre of the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru and a permanent space dedicated to the ...
The National Mint of Peru (Spanish: Casa Nacional de Moneda), also known as the Mint of Lima (Spanish: Casa de Moneda de Lima), is a mint located in the neighbourhood of Barrios Altos, in the city of Lima, Peru. Its origin dates back to 1565. [1] [2]
The Charity of Lima (Spanish: Beneficencia de Lima), [1] officially the Society of Charity of Metropolitan Lima (Spanish: Sociedad de Beneficencia de Lima Metropolitana), [2] is a charitable organisation that serves the city of Lima, in Peru. It is headquartered at the Casa de Divorciadas, an 18th-century building in the historic centre of Lima ...
The Museo Casa de La Respuesta (English: Museum of the "House of the Response") is the museum that is part of the aforementioned cultural centre.It is themed around Juan Lepiani's La respuesta, a painting that depicts Francisco Bolognesi's interview with Juan de la Cruz Salvo, who requested the Peruvian garrison's surrender after the defeat at Tacna during the War of the Pacific. [7]