Cercado de Lima
TheCercado de Lima('Walled Lima'),Damero de Pizarro('Pizarro's Checkerboard'), orLima Cuadrada('Squared Lima') is an area of thehistoric centerofLima(capital ofPeru) located within theold walls of the city.[1]
Location and history
[edit]The area of the Cercado de Lima corresponds to the original layout of the city. Its current boundaries within the city are theRímac Riverto the north,Abancay Avenueto the east,Colmena Avenueto the south andTacna Avenueto the west.
Its name derives from it being the oldest and most central part of the city and because its urban layout maintains the classic Spanish style of streets and perpendicular avenues that form homogeneously square blocks.[2]
The area contains the main historical monuments of the city and several of the public buildings of thegovernment of Peruincluding theGovernment Palaceand theCathedral of Lima.[3]
References
[edit]- ^"Historical Centre of Lima City".Viaja Perú.E-Latin Travel.RetrievedNovember 3,2017.
- ^Martín, Eva María; Nieto, Aurelio (2014)."Sudamérica".Territorio y Turismo Mundial(in Spanish). Madrid: Editorial Universitaria Ramón Areces. pp. 395–397.ISBN978-84-9961-160-0.RetrievedNovember 3,2017.
- ^Augustin, Reinhard (2017).El Damero de Pizarro: El trazo y la forja de Lima(in Spanish). Lima: Municipality of Lima. pp. 395–397.ISBN978-9972-726-13-2.RetrievedNovember 3,2017.