The Ruins of a Church in Barranco

City Tour of Lima

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December 8th 2012
Today I’m taking a City Tour of Lima. We leave from Larcomar Shopping Center. We have a tour of Barranco. Barranco is a romantic and artistic center of Lima where artists, designers, and musicians gather, and it is a center of night life. It used to be a seaside resort in the 19th and 20thcenturies. Then we went to the Centro and went to St. Martin Square and the Plaza de ... read more

South America » Peru » Lima » Lima » Barranco

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Ancient Peru was the seat of several prominent Andean civilizations, most notably that of the Incas whose empire was captured by the Spanish conquistadors in 1533. Peruvian independence was declared in 1821, and remaining Spanish forces defeated in 1... ... read more