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In 1546, the Franciscan order began construction of the Basilica and Convent of San Francisco in Lima, which included the catacombs, [4] built to support the convent in the event of an earthquake. [5] The crypt's use as a cemetery continued for almost the entirety of the Spanish era of Peru, stopping in 1810 [4] with some 25,000 bodies lying ...
Districts of the Lima province Urban districts of the Lima province. The province of Lima is divided into forty-three districts of Lima (Spanish: distritos), which are administered by the Metropolitan Municipality of Lima. [1] The urban area of Lima is generally considered to be formed by thirty of these districts. The remaining thirteen ...
Sodimac Homecenter is a chain of home improvement stores in Chile. [1] Besides Chile, there are stores in Argentina , Colombia , Peru , Mexico , Uruguay , and Brazil . History
Lima was founded by Francisco Pizarro in 1535 as La Ciudad de los Reyes (City of the Kings). Until the middle of the 18th century, it was the most important city in Spanish South America . The architecture and decoration combine the style of both the local population and Europe, such as in the Monastery of San Francisco .
The Gold Museum of Peru and Weapons of the World (Spanish: Museo Oro del Perú y Armas del Mundo), also known simply as the Gold Museum of Peru (Spanish: Museo Oro del Perú, MOdP) is a Peruvian archaeology and war museum located in the neighbourhood of Monterrico, Santiago de Surco, Lima.
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.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., criticized two U.S. district court judges who reversed plans to retire after former President Trump won re-election.
Servicios Industriales de la Marina S.A. (Shipyard Marine Industrial Services), well known as SIMA or SIMA PERU S.A., is a Peruvian shipyard that operates as a state owned company established under private law in 1950 pursuing the activities of the former Naval Factory founded in 1845, and continually extending its operational capacity, first to the shipbuilding which SIMA pioneered in South ...