The Government Palace, or Palacio de Gobierno, dominates the northern edge of Lima’s Plaza Mayor with its wide, symmetrical facade of stone and ornate Neo-Baroque details. This site has served as the seat of executive power in Peru since…
Walking Jirón de la Unión
This historic stroll leads you down Lima's premier pedestrian avenue, connecting its grand main square to the monumental Plaza San Martín. Along the way, you'll encounter neoclassical palaces, ornate colonial churches, and legendary intellectual hubs that trace the city's evolution.
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1. Government Palace of Peru
2. Lima Main Square
The Plaza Mayor, or Plaza de Armas, is marked by a bronze fountain at its center that has stood in the square since sixteen fifty-one. Francisco Pizarro founded the city of Lima on this exact site on January eighteen, fifteen thirty-five,…
3. Palacio Municipal de Lima
The Palacio Municipal de Lima stands on the Plaza Mayor with a façade of Neo-Colonial design, marked by its prominent wooden balconies and stone arcades. As the seat of the Metropolitan Municipality of Lima, this building occupies a site…
4. Church of La Merced
The Church of La Merced is defined by its ornate, gray and pink stone façade, which features dense carvings and Solomonic columns decorated with plant motifs. Built under the supervision of Friar Miguel de Orenes starting in fifteen…
5. 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.…
6. 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…