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Lima
13th August 2010
Lima, Peru´s capital, was founded in 1535 by the Spaniard Pizarro and became the capital of the Viceroyalty of Peru. In 1991, UNESCO declared the city centre a historical monument. Downtown contains many impressive colonial churches and 19th century houses with stunning balconies as well as lovely plant filled plazas. Lima also boasts the oldest bullring in the Americas and the third oldest in the world.
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The area around Lima had been inhabited for thousands of years and in the nearby suburb of Miraflores is Huaca Pucllana, a pre Columbian ceremonial complex made from adobe bricks.
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The Government Palace on the Plaza de Armas
Lima´s Cathedral
The Archbisop´s Palace
Lima downtown
Osambela House
San Francisco Monastery has extensive catacombs underneath
Santuario de Santa Roas de Lima
Jeff checking out the carved front of the Iglesia de San Agustin
Iglesia de San Marcelo
Convento de Santo Domingo
Courtyard inside the Convent features tiles from Spain (1606)
Stained glass windows of Lima´s Saints
Detail of the entrance to the Iglesia de la Merced
Iglesia de San Pedro
Central Lima building (19th century)
The sculptor was told to put llamas (as in flames) on her head but put llamas (as in llamas)
This bullring is the oldest in the Americas and still used
Building in Miraflores (suburb of Lima)
Miraflores church
Pyramid of Huaca Pucllana
The shark was important to the pre Inca Lima people
Pre Inca funeral masks
Clay figure found at the Huaca Pucllana site
Succulents grow well in Lima´s desert climate