Lima

The mansions and churches of the colonial Lima and the modern neighborhoods of San Isidro, Miraflores and Monterrico, make of Lima a sample of contrasts. More than seven million people, a third of the population from the Peru, lives in the capital, located beside the Ocean Pacific. Been founded by the conquering Francisco Pizarro, Lima is also known as the Reyes' City, given its foundation in Epiphany in 1535. For more than 300 years, Lima was the most important city and the most extensive metropolises in America of the South. They are still vestiges of the acme of the colonial Lima in the center of Lima:

The biggest Square or main square, flanked by Government's Palacio, the Municipality and the Cathedral. The Palacio of Tower Tagle, mansion exceptionally beautiful built in 1735, at the moment it harbors the offices of the Ministry of External Relationships. Very close, the recently renovated Palacio of Osambela, built between 1803 and 1805, it serves like center of artistic exhibitions and cultural events.

Numerous colonial churches of Lima are jewels of the Ibero-American architecture, as San Francisco been founded in 1535, and The Merced whose first construction precedes to the foundation of Lima. Modern Lima is a mixture of styles architectural and beautiful gardens, especially in Miraflores and San Isidro, commercial districts with excellent stores, art galleries and restaurants. Ravine, well-known artists residence and writers from Lima, it is full with bars and night clubs.