"The first destination for the travellers to Peru is Lima, its capital city and center of South America during the colonial times when it was called the City of Kings. Here you will discover its friendly and lively people, rich culture and superb food. Lima is a metropolis of changes, place of contrasts and show case of all Peru. Once called the Garden City, Lima is a city to love or hate, where you will find space and time for doing everything. Being a neversleeping metropolis, its nightlife is full of fun and joy, and as choices are wide, contact with nature is possible at one or two hours of distance."
Peru Explorer
"Lima was founded on January 18, 1535 by Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro on the banks of the Rimac river that forms a splendid and strategically located valley. Lima, a name derived from the Quechua word for "that who speaks", grew rapidly around the runs of millenary civilizations that had developed in the valley. It soon became the most important and powerful city of Spanish America, a position it held throughout the XVI and XVII centuries while it was the commercial and cultural capital of the vice royalty of Peru. By the XVIII century, the establishment of Vice royalty of La Plata comprising the legendary Postosi silver mines led to the gradual decline of the Peruvian metropolis."
"El departamento de Lima se encuentra ubicado en la zona centro-occidental del país. Por el oeste es bañado por las aguas del océano Pacífico y por el este limita con los Andes. Tiene una extensión de 33 820 km2 y su población supera los 7 millones de habitantes, casi un tercio de todos los habitantes del Perú. Su capital es la ciudad de Lima, una de las más importantes de Sudamérica y Patrimonio Cultural de la Humanidad. Tiene un clima suave y fresco durante todo el año, debido a su proximidad a las playas y ausencia de lluvias."
The department/province of Lima is located in the southwestern portion of the country, borderd by the waters of the Pacific Ocean on the west and the Andes on the east. Lima covers 33,820 square kilometers and has a population of seven million, nearly a third of the country's population.
The capital of the province is Lima, one of the most important cities of South America and a Cultural Heritage City. Owing to the nearby coast and the absence of rain, Lima's climate is mild the year around.
The Museo de Oro from Peru Vision
"Visita guiada que permite apreciar la más deslumbrante colección privada de piezas de oro de las diversas culturas andinas pre-hispánicas, únicas en su género. Objetos y joyas de orfebrería de incalculable valor trabajadas en oro, conocidas internacionalmente en exposiciones realizadas en las principales ciudades del mundo."
Take this guided tour to enjoy the dazzling collection of unique gold items from pre-hispanic Andean cultures. Jewels and goldwork of incaculable worth have been shown in the main cities of the world.
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