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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 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 ...
In 1542 [56] [57] or 1543, [58] the Viceroyalty of Peru (Virreinato del Perú) was established, with authority over most of Spanish-ruled South America. [56] Colombia , Ecuador , Panama (after 1571) and Venezuela were split off as the Viceroyalty of New Granada ( Virreinato de Nueva Granada ) in 1717, [ 59 ] [ 60 ] and Argentina , Bolivia ...
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.
Pedro Pablo Kuczynski – former President of Peru (2016–2018) Alejandro Toledo – former President of Peru (2001–2006) Jim Himes – American businessman and politician, also Ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee (HPSCI) As of 2020, four Presidents of Peru are or were Peruvian-Americans.
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.
500; iv (cultural) 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. Also ...
Spanish: América Latina y Estados Unidos. Una historia entre espacios desde la época colonial hasta hoy. Marcial Pons/El Colegio de México, Madrid/México 2015, ISBN 978-84-15963-19-6; Portuguese: América Latina e Estados Unidos. Uma história entre espaços - do período colonial aos dias atuais. Autografía/EDUPE, Rio de Janeiro, 2015.