This is a list of important buildings in Lima, the capital of Peru.

The Historic Centre of Lima is a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1991.

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Pre-Columbian sites

Name Image Date when built Civilizations who built it Source Location
Pachacámac 3rd century-15th century Lima culture, Inca Empire, Wari culture, Ichma culture
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LocationPachacámac District.
Coordinates12°15′29″S 75°54′00″W / 12.25806°S 75.90000°W / -12.25806; -75.90000 (Pachacámac)
Huaca Pucllana 400-700 DC Lima culture
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LocationLeft bank of the lower valley of the Rímac River.
Coordinates12°06′40″S 77°02′02″W / 12.11111°S 77.03389°W / -12.11111; -77.03389 (Pachacámac)
Garagay [es] 1400 BC Chavín culture
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Location"Urbanización El Pacífico", near the intersection of Angélica Gamarra and Universitaria avenues, in the district of San Martín de Porres, 20 minutes from the historic center of Lima.
Coordinates12°00′13″S 77°05′15″W / 12.00361°S 77.08750°W / -12.00361; -77.08750 (Garagay)
Huaca Huallamarca 200 BC Pinazo culture
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Locationresidential area of the San Isidro district, in Lima.
Coordinates12°05′50″S 77°02′25″W / 12.09722°S 77.04028°W / -12.09722; -77.04028 (Huaca Huallamarca)

Important Colonial buildings

Name Image Built Architectural style Architect(s) Belonged to the religious order Source Location
Lima Metropolitan Cathedral 1602-1797 Renaissance, Gothic, Neoclassical, Baroque and Plateresque Francisco Becerra, Juan Martínez de Arrona, Juan Rher, Matías Maestro [1]
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Locationoccupies the east side of the Plaza Mayor of Lima, on Calle Gradas de la Catedral, block 2 of the current Jirón Augusto Wiese.
Coordinates12°02′49″S 77°01′47″W / 12.04694°S 77.02972°W / -12.04694; -77.02972 (Lima Metropolitan Cathedral)
Basilica and Convent of San Francisco 1657-1672 Baroque, Rococo Constantino de Vasconcellos, Manuel Escobar Franciscans [2]
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Locationintersection of the third block of the Jirón Áncash (Calle San Francisco) with the first block of the Jirón Lampa (Calle Soledad).
Coordinates12°02′44″S 77°01′39″W / 12.04556°S 77.02750°W / -12.04556; -77.02750 (Basilica and Convent of San Francisco, Lima)
Remains of the Colonial Walls of Lima 1684-1687 Melchor de Navarra, Duke of Palata [3]
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LocationRemains are in Parque de La Muralla and in Barrios Altos.
Coordinates12°02′40″S 77°01′35″W / 12.04444°S 77.02639°W / -12.04444; -77.02639 (Basilica and Convent of San Francisco, Lima)
Basilica and Convent of San Pedro 1568-1638 Neoclassical Martín de Aizpitiarte Society of Jesus [4]
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LocationJirón Azángaro (Calle del Gato) with the fourth block of Jirón Ucayali. One block from Abancay Avenue, in Cercado de Lima (Lima 1), three blocks from the Plaza de Armas.
Coordinates12°02′57″S 77°01′44″W / 12.04917°S 77.02889°W / -12.04917; -77.02889 (Basilica and Convent of San Pedro, Lima)
Basilica and Convent of Santo Domingo 1688-1766 Rococo and Mudéjar Manuel d'Amat i de Junyent, Diego Maroto, Juan Martínez de Arrona, Miguel Güelles and Juan de Uceda Dominican Order [5]
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Locationintersection of the first block of Jirón Camaná (Calle Pescante) with the second block of Jirón Conde de Superunda (Calle Veracruz).
Coordinates12°02′39″S 77°01′55″W / 12.04417°S 77.03194°W / -12.04417; -77.03194 (Basilica and Convent of Santo Domingo, Lima)
Palacio de Torre Tagle 1678-1766 Baroque and Mudéjar José Bernardo de Tagle y Bracho, 1st Marquis of Torre Tagle [6]
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LocationJirón Ucayali.
Coordinates12°02′56″S 77°01′46″W / 12.04889°S 77.02944°W / -12.04889; -77.02944 (Palacio de Torre Tagle)
Casa de Osambela late 18 century-1805 Rococo Martín de Osambela, Marquis of Osambela [7]
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Locationfacing Jirón Conde de Superunda.
Coordinates12°02′38″S 77°01′57″W / 12.04389°S 77.03250°W / -12.04389; -77.03250 (Palacio de Torre Tagle)
Puente de Piedra Bridge 1610 Juan del Corral
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LocationHistoric Center of Lima.
Coordinates12°02′36″S 77°01′47″W / 12.04333°S 77.02972°W / -12.04333; -77.02972 (Puente de Piedra)
Casa de Aliaga 1536-1810 Renaissance, inside is preserved colonial richly decoration Juan José Aliaga y Sotomayor
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LocationJirón de la Unión, Historic Center of Lima.
Coordinates12°02′39″S 77°01′49″W / 12.04417°S 77.03028°W / -12.04417; -77.03028 (Casa de Aliaga)
Church of San Agustín (in 1908 the bell-tower was torn down) 1573-1751 Churrigueresque P. Ixar de Mendoza, Pedro de Noguera, Juan García Salguero, Luis de Espíndola Order of Saint Augustine [8]
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Locationintersection of the fourth block of Jirón Camaná (Lartiga street) with the second block of Jirón Ica (San Agustín street).
Coordinates12°02′48″S 77°02′00″W / 12.04667°S 77.03333°W / -12.04667; -77.03333 (Church of San Agustín, Lima)
Basilica and Convent of Nuestra Señora de la Merced 1535-1798 Churrigueresque Miguel de Orenes, Cristóbal Gómez, Francisco Javier Domínguez, Cristóbal Caballero, Alonso de Morales Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy [9]
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Locationintersection of block 6 of Jirón de la Unión (Calle La Merced) and the first block of the Jirón Antonio Miró Quesada (Calle Jesús Nazareno).
Coordinates12°02′54″S 77°01′58″W / 12.04833°S 77.03278°W / -12.04833; -77.03278 (Basilica and Convent of Nuestra Señora de la Merced)
Casona and Chapel of the National University of San Marcos 1605-1748 Baroque University [10]
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LocationAv. Nicolás de Piérola 1222 - Parque Universitario, Lima.
Fort of Santa Catalina 1806-1809 Neoclassical [11]
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LocationJirón Inambari N° 790, corner with the 12 block of Jirón Andahuaylas (Calle Costado del Cuartel), in the Plazuela de Santa Catalina in the Barrios Altos of Lima.
Coordinates12°03′21″S 77°01′38″W / 12.05583°S 77.02722°W / -12.05583; -77.02722 (Fort of Santa Catalina, Lima)
Palacio Goyeneche 1771 Baroque Ignacio Cavero y Vásquez de Acuña [12]
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LocationJirón Ucayali, historic center of Lima.
Church and Convent of los Descalzos 1592 Baroque Franciscans [13]
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LocationAlameda de los Descalzos, Rímac district.
Coordinates12°02′01″S 77°01′28″W / 12.03361°S 77.02444°W / -12.03361; -77.02444 (Church and Convent of los Descalzos)
Church of Santa María Magdalena [es] 1587 Baroque, Isabelline Gothic
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LocationPueblo Libre district.
Coordinates12°04′41″S 77°03′47″W / 12.07806°S 77.06306°W / -12.07806; -77.06306 (Church of Santa María Magdalena, Lima)
Church of Nuestra Señora de Copacabana 1619-1746 Baroque [14]
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Locationblock 4 of the jirón Chiclayo, in the Rímac district.
Sanctuary and Monastery of Las Nazarenas 1727-1771 Baroque Manuel d'Amat i de Junyent, Sebastián de Antuñano [15]
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LocationJirón Huancavelica.
Coordinates12°02′47″S 77°01′48″W / 12.04639°S 77.03000°W / -12.04639; -77.03000 (Santuario y Monasterio de Las Nazarenas)
Casa de Pilatos 1590-early 19th century Baroque
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LocationJirón Áncash 390, Lima.
Coordinates12°02′46″S 77°01′38″W / 12.04611°S 77.02722°W / -12.04611; -77.02722 (Casa de Pilatos, Lima)
Church of Nuestra Señora del Patrocinio 1688-1754 Baroque
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LocationJirón Atahualpa, Rímac.
Coordinates12°02′10″S 77°01′32″W / 12.03611°S 77.02556°W / -12.03611; -77.02556 (Church of Nuestra Señora del Patrocinio (Rímac))

References

  1. ^ Manuel García Irigoyen (1898). Historia de la Catedral de Lima, 1535-1898. Imprenta de El País. pp. 5, 8, 10, 16, 19, 21, 25.
  2. ^ Benjamín Gento Sanz (1945). San Francisco de Lima: estudio histórico y artístico de la iglesia y convento de San Francisco de Lima. Imprenta Torres Aguirre. pp. 89, 118, 119, 126, 127, 132.
  3. ^ Porfirio Sanz Camañes (2004). Las ciudades en la América hispana: siglos XV al XVIII. Silex Ediciones. p. 146. ISBN 8477371350.
  4. ^ Emily A. Engel (2019). A Companion to Early Modern Lima - Brill's Companions to the Americas. Brill. p. 350. ISBN 978-9004335363.
  5. ^ Mirta Linero Baroni; Juan Ramón Muñíz Álvarez (2015), "Restos de azulejería. Los Azulejos" (PDF), Aportaciones arqueológicas al análisis del arte decorativo murario en Panamá del siglo XVI - Azulejería sevillana del convento de Santo Domingo, Panamá Viejo, Patronage Panamá Viejo, Association of Independent Professionals of the Archeology of Asturias, p. 12
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  7. ^ The Rough Guide to Peru. England: Rough Guides. 2015. ISBN 978-0241246924.
  8. ^ Victor Díaz de Tuesta. La iglesia de San Agustín de Lima (Apuntes históricos) (PDF). Spain: Augustinian Theological Study of Valladolid.
  9. ^ Eva María Martín Roda, Aurelio Nieto Codina (2014). Territorio y Turismo Mundial: Análisis geográfico. Editorial Universitaria Ramon Areces. p. 396. ISBN 978-8499611600.
  10. ^ Sandro Medina Tovar (November 25, 2017), "Casona sanmarquina: 402 años de existencia. Casa y memoria del Perú" (PDF), San Marcos al día (the official magazine of the National University of San Marcos)
  11. ^ Robert Burford (1836), Description of a view of the city of Lima, and the surrounding Country: now exhibiting at The Panorama, Leicester Square (PDF), T. Brettell, p. 6
  12. ^ César Antonio Molina (2020), Lima, la sin lágrimas, La Línea Del Horizonte Ediciones, ISBN 978-8417594831
  13. ^ Carlos Prince (1890). Lima antigua, Volume 3. p. 38.
  14. ^ "Iglesia Nuestra Señora de Copacabana", medium.com
  15. ^ Lima antigua, Volúmenes 1-3. Imprenta Universal de C. Prince. 1890. p. 35.
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