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The palace is a stately government building, occupying the northern side of the Plaza Mayor in Peru's capital city, Lima. Set on the Rímac River , the palace occupies the site of a very large huaca ("revered object") that incorporated a shrine to Taulichusco , the last kuraka (indigenous governor) of Lima.
The Palacio de Torre Tagle is a residential mansion built during the colonial era of Peru that currently serves as the main headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Peru. It is located in the Jirón Ucayali in the historic center of Lima , two blocks southeast of the Plaza Mayor de Lima .
The restoration of the palace and the protection of the archeological zone was initiated by Dr. Francisco Iriarte Brenner and continued by Dr. Arturo Jiménez Borja between 1953 and 1961. [1] Today it has a site museum, [2] which was the first tourist model of this type in South America. The site is located on the Central Highway "km 4.5" Ate ...
The old palace façade was demolished in the late 19th century along the Sagrario. The remaining structure was demolished prior to the construction of the present Archbishop's palace. The current building was designed by the Polish Peruvian architect Ricardo de Jaxa Malachowski, who used the Torre Tagle Palace as a reference point
The Municipal Palace of Miraflores (Spanish: Palacio Municipal de Miraflores) is the current headquarters of the municipal corporation of the Lima district of Miraflores in Peru. It is located at number 400 Larco Avenue, in front of Miraflores Central Park .
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 Palacio de la Magdalena (Spanish for Magdalena Palace) is a viceregal house located in the district of Pueblo Libre in Lima. It is located near the Plaza de los Libertadores , and is also known as the Quinta de los Libertadores. The building was declared a national monument in 1972. [1]
Name Location Notes Photo Archbishop's Palace []: C. Hatun Rumiyoq s/n Located on the site of the former palace of Inca Roca, it is the property of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cusco, which operates the Museum of Religious Art [] within its premises since 1966.