Lima Culture and Sights

The center square in Lima. One block south of the Río Rímac lies the Plaza de Armas, which has been declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. The plaza used to be the city’s most popular meeting point ...

Pachacamac is the nearest archeological site from Lima. It is located in the south, in Lurín, only 31 km. from the capital. When the Spaniards arrived, Pachacámac was the largest city and ceremonial ce...

Unique for its architecture, this 16th century cathedral is the main religious symbol of the city. The cathedral stands on the site of two previous buildings. The first, finished in 1555, was partly pa...

The baroque church, which was finished in 1674, was one of the few edifices to withstand the 1746 earthquake. . The nave and aisles are lavishly decorated in the Moorish, or Mudéjar, style. The choir, w...

The Museo de Orohas a huge, chaotic collection of gold and silver pieces, as well as exhibitions of textiles, weaponry and military uniforms. . In 2001, a congressional committee, the INC (National Inst...

The original museum of archaeology and anthropology. On display are ceramics of the Chimú, Nazca, Mochica and Ichma (Pachacámac) cultures, various Inca curiosities, works of art and interesting textil...

45 minutes guided tour to visit the catacombs were used as Lima's cemetery until the early 19th century. Church and monastery stand on the first block of Jr Lampa, corner of Ancash. The baroque church, ...

, address: Procuradores, Plaza de Armas, Cusco

Within the park is the Museum of Art which was built in 1868 as the Palacio de la Exposición. The building was designed by Alexandre Gustave Eiffel. There are more than 7000 exhibits, giving a chronol...