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  2. Government Palace, Peru - Wikipedia

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    Francisco Pizarro, appointed Governor of New Castile in 1529, founded the city of Lima as his capital in 1535 and built his palace on its Plaza Mayor in 1536. The original house was a two-story adobe structure, built on the Castilian model with two large courtyards for troops and stables.

  3. Historic Centre of Lima - Wikipedia

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    1750 map of Lima and its walls.. The city of Lima, the capital of Peru, was founded by Francisco Pizarro on January 18, 1535, and given the name City of the Kings. [7] [8] Nevertheless, with time its original name persisted, which may come from one of two sources: Either the Aymara language lima-limaq (meaning "yellow flower"), or the Spanish pronunciation of the Quechuan word rimaq (meaning ...

  4. Casa Alcántara - Wikipedia

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    It belonged to Francisco Martín de Alcántara , maternal brother of Francisco Pizarro, from whom the house took its name. After his death, the property passed to his wife, Inés Muñoz de Ribera [ es ] , who later, after her death, bequeathed it to the Monastery and Convent of the Clean and Purísima Concepción, later around the year 1950 the ...

  5. Statue of Spanish conquistador reinstalled in central Lima - AOL

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    A statue of the Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro has been reinstalled in the centre of Lima, the capital of Peru, more than 20 years after it had been removed. The sculpture was unveiled ...

  6. National Register of Historic Places listings in Allen County ...

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    October 7, 1982 (201 N. Elizabeth St. Lima: A ten-story DeCurtins design named for the Meuse-Argonne Offensive: 11: Klaus Block: Klaus Block: October 7, 1982 (401-405 N. Main St. Lima

  7. Plaza Perú (Lima) - Wikipedia

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    The square is located in a corner of the Plaza Mayor, on the side between the Government Palace and the Municipal Palace, where the Casa Alcántara was formerly located, which was demolished in 1952, during the administration of then Mayor of Lima, Eduardo Dibós, to inaugurate, on July 26 of that year, Francisco Pizarro Square. [3]

  8. Wilson's Sandwich Shop - Wikipedia

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    In 1936, with a Kewpee already located in Findlay, Ohio, Hoyt “Stub” Wilson, the Lima Kewpee licensee, opened a restaurant in Findlay called Wilson's Sandwich Shop. [5] The original building was yellow and the width of a subway car and could host up to 32 diners. It was an example of the "enamel and steel" road food culture.

  9. Archbishop's Palace, Lima - Wikipedia

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    Located on land that Francisco Pizarro allocated to be the residence of the head priest of Lima after the foundation of the city in 1535, the current building was opened on December 8, 1924, and is considered a prime example of neo-colonial architectural that developed in Lima during the early twentieth century. [1]