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The past is omnipresent in the Peruvian capital city of Lima. Though the city was formally founded by Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro in 1535, the area has formal architecture that dates back ...
News Peru » Lima » History: Lima’s Far-Right Mayor Shuttered a Memorial Museum in an Effort to ‘Control the Narrative’ of Peru’s History
The far-right mayor of Lima, Peru, recently closed a local museum memorializing those that died in the violent conflicts between the country’s government and a Maoist guerilla group in the 1980s and ...
News Peru » Lima » History: Some of Peru's Oldest Ruins Are Right in the Middle of Lima
Travelers to Peru usually make a beeline to the country’s cultural icons, like the ruins of Machu Picchu or the Incan heartland of Lake Titicaca, and for good reason: Peru's World Heritage sites are ...
News Peru » Lima » History: Final leg of Lima’s Local History Hunt trail opened
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. LIMA —The fifth and final segment of Lima's Local History Hunt trail system was unveiled Thursday during ceremonies hosted by the ...
News Peru » Lima » History: ‘3,000 Years of History Are Literally Just Beneath Our Feet’
In Lima, home to 10 million Peruvians and more than 1,000 archaeological sites, the discovery of an ancient tomb is just the latest encounter with an omnipresent past. By Mitra Taj Photographs by ...
News Peru » Lima » History: Black history honored in Lima
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Feb. 1—LIMA — Nationally, February is known as the month to commemorate Black history. One local resident decided to honor local ...