Historic Centre of Lima

World Heritage

Peru

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Despite severe damage from earthquakes, the "City of Kings" remained the capital and most important city of the Spanish dominions in South America until the mid-18th century. Many of its buildings, such as the Convent of San Francisco (the sculptures are the result of collaboration between local artisans and those from the Old World.

# 18th century

# Convent of San Francesco

The interior of the Torre Tagle Palace

Map of Lima

San Martín Square

Map of the Historic Center of Lima

Main Square

The Archbishops palace. To the left, the House of the Oidor

Night view of the Cathedral of Lima, which is illuminated. In the foreground is the Renaissance pool...

Facade of the Torre Tagle Palace

Map of the city of Lima with walls of 1750

Convent of Santo Domingo

The Cathedral of Lima located in the main square of the historic center

The San Francisco church, expression of the spanish baroque in Lima

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Information extracted from Wikidata

country	Peru
image	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Plaza%20de%20Armas%2C%20Lima.jpg
located in the administrative territorial entity	Rímac
office held by head of the organization	http://g.co/kg/m/06n3m0
coordinate location	Point(-77.04305556 -12.05138889)
point in time	1991-01-01T00:00:00Z
area	259.36
World Heritage criteria	Larousse Encyclopedia online

start time	1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
official name	وسط ليما التاريخي
official name	Historic Centre of Lima
official name	Centro histórico de Lima
official name	Centre historique de Lima
official name	リマ歴史地区
official name	Historisch centrum van Lima
official name	Исторический центр Лимы
official name	利马的历史中心
volume as quantity	Larousse Encyclopedia online
area	766.7
applies to part	buffer zone