Callao Monumental is marked by the vibrant, large-scale murals that cover the walls of historic townhouses and formerly neglected buildings. This five-block area sits in the heart of the original port district of Callao, which was founded…
Essential Sights of Lima
I've mapped out a journey through Lima's most famous landmarks, from its pre-Inca pyramids and historic center to the striking coastal parks and bohemian streets of Barranco.
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1. Callao Monumental turismo histórico
2. Larco Museum
The Larco Museum is housed in an eighteenth-century viceregal mansion that sits directly upon the ruins of a seventh-century pre-Columbian pyramid. You can identify the site by its historic building surrounded by gardens in the Pueblo…
3. Lima Cathedral
The Lima Cathedral is defined by its massive stone façade, which is flanked by two prominent bell towers topped with slate spires. As the primary church in the city, it stands on the eastern edge of the Plaza Mayor, built on the site of an…
4. Basílica and Convent of San Francisco | Lima
The Basilica and Convent of San Francisco is defined by its two yellow, baroque-style towers that rise above the northern section of Lima’s historic center. This massive religious complex stands on land granted to the Franciscan Order…
5. Museo de Arte de Lima
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…
6. Pucllana Site Museum
Huaca Pucllana rises as a massive, seven-tiered adobe pyramid surrounded by the modern apartment buildings and busy streets of Miraflores. Built between two hundred and seven hundred A.D. by the Lima culture, this ceremonial and…
7. 7th of June Park
Seventh of June Park is part of a large, twenty-two thousand square meter urban green space in the center of Miraflores. You can identify this specific section of the complex by the Chabuca Granda Amphitheater and its rotunda, which…
8. Love Park
Parque del Amor, or Love Park, sits atop the coastal cliffs of the Malecón Cisneros in the Miraflores district. You can pick it out by the curving, mosaic-covered walls that snake through the landscape, inspired by the style of Antoni…
9. Bridge of Sighs
The Bridge of Sighs is a wooden pedestrian walkway stretching forty-four meters across a ravine in the Barranco District. Inaugurated on February fourteenth, eighteen seventy-six, the structure was originally built to provide a practical…