Around Limethe capital of Peru that has just completed 488 years of its Spanish foundation by Francisco Pizarrothere are some curiosities that we remember:
LOOK: How was the city of Lima founded?
Origin of his name
The historian María Rostworowski explained that the name of Lima comes from the coastal Quechua speech that pronounced the ‘ere’ as ‘ele’. ‘Lima’ or ‘Límac’ was the pronunciation of ‘Rímac’ by the indigenous people.
Lima walls.
Walled city
In 1684 the wall that surrounded Lima was built by order of Viceroy Melchor de Navarra y Rocafull against possible pirate attacks that never occurred. In 1868, the government of José Balta ordered its demolition.
devil stone
At the crossroads of the Junín and Cangallo shreds is the Devil’s Stone. Almost a meter high, it has a hole. According to Ricardo Palma, the hole was made by the devil when fleeing from a procession of the Lord of Miracles.
The Devil’s Stone.
a medieval castle
In block 4 of Jirón Segura is the Rospigliosi castle, of medieval style. It was built in 1929, by the architect Carlos Rospigliosi, to house the King of Spain Alfonso XIII, who never came to Lima.
many convents
When Lima had 25,534 inhabitants, in 1616, there were 2,518 religious in habit and 40 convent houses. Successive viceroys ordered that friars and nuns no longer continue to come from Spain because there were so many here.
Rospigliosi Castle.
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The map of Lima with the distribution of lots, from 1535, was lost when it was discarded by mistake along with old papers.
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