The Museo de Arte de Lima is housed within the Palacio de la Exposición, a structure defined by its nineteenth-century neo-Renaissance design and its pioneering use of iron framing. Built between eighteen seventy and eighteen seventy-one…
Lima's Belle Époque
A walk through the extravagant plazas and avenues of early 20th-century Lima, sharing the eccentric scandals, high-society dramas, and bizarre blunders of a golden era.
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1. Museo de Arte de Lima
2. Monumento a Cristóbal Colón
The Monumento a Cristóbal Colón is a three-meter-tall marble sculpture of the Genoese navigator standing alongside a figure representing America. Commissioned in eighteen fifty-three during the government of José Rufino Echenique and…
3. Paseo de los Heroes Navales - Plaza Grau
Plaza Grau is defined by a towering twenty-one-meter monument that dominates the center of the square. At its peak, an allegorical figure of fame reaches toward the sky, carried by tritons and sirens. The base of the monument is a…
4. Supreme Court of Perú
The Palace of Justice occupies an entire city block along the Paseo de los Héroes Navales. You can identify the building by its neoclassical facade, which features rows of tall columns, elaborate cornices, and decorative griffin…
5. San Martin Square
Plaza San Martín is defined by its rectangular layout and the harmonious, uniform facades of the surrounding European-style buildings. Inaugurated on July twenty-seventh, nineteen twenty-one, the square was constructed to commemorate the…
6. Edificio Giacoletti
The Edificio Giacoletti is a distinct triangular structure facing the Plaza San Martín, recognizable by its four-story profile and its placement at the corner of Avenida Nicolás de Piérola and Jirón Quilca. Completed in nineteen twelve by…
7. Teatro Colón
Teatro Colón occupies a prominent corner at the intersection of Jirón de la Unión and Jirón Quilca, marked by its Beaux-Arts facade defined by horizontal bands and Corinthian columns. Opened on January eighteen, nineteen fourteen, the…
8. Gran Hotel Bolivar Lima
The Gran Hotel Bolivar is recognizable by its grand neoclassical façade and stately, high-ceilinged balconies overlooking Plaza San Martin. Inaugurated on December sixth, nineteen twenty-four, it was the first large, modern hotel built in…
9. Palais Concert
The Palais Concert stands on the corner of Jirón de la Unión and Avenida Emancipación. You can identify the building by the initials G and B, representing the owner Genaro Barragán, etched into a monogram near the top of the structure.…