List of sites of interest in the Lima Metropolitan area

List of sites of interest in the Lima Metropolitan area

The following is a list of important sites of interest in and around the city of Lima, Peru.

  • Historical Center of Lima

Contents

Beaches and Waterfront

Museums

The Museum of the Nation
  • Arts & Peruvian Popular Traditions Museum
  • Museum of Italian Art
  • Larco Museum (Museo Larco)
  • Lima Wall Museum
  • Japanese Immigration Museum
  • Miguel Grau House-Museum
  • Morro de Arica soldiers Museum
  • Museum of Natural History , Lima (Museo de Historia Natural)
  • Museum of the Nation (Museo de la Nación)
  • National Museum of the Archaeology, Anthropology, and History of Peru (Museo Nacional del Arqueología, Antropología, e Historia del Perú)
  • Presbítero Maestro cemetery
  • Ricardo Palma House-Museum

Shopping Centres

Colonial Buildings

The cathedral at night.
The Palace of Justice at night
Remaining walls of colonial fortifications in the Lima City Walls park.

Islands

  • San Lorenzo

Amusement Parks

Zoos

  • Parque de las Leyendas, San Miguel
  • Centro Ecologico Recreacional de Huachipa, Ate

External links

Museums

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Culture · History · Landmarks · Notable people · Mayors · Other elected officials · Transportation
Districts
Central Lima Breña · La Victoria · Lima · Rimac
South Central Lima Barranco · Jesús María · La Molina · Lince · Magdalena · Miraflores · Pueblo Libre ·San Borja · San Isidro · San Miguel · Santiago de Surco · Surquillo
Cono Este Ate · Cieneguilla · Chaclacayo · El Agustino · Lurigancho (Chosica) · San Juan de Lurigancho · San Luis · Santa Anita
Cono Norte Ancón · Carabayllo · Comas · Independencia · Los Olivos · Puente Piedra · San Martin de Porres · Santa Rosa
Cono Sur Chorrillos · Lurín · Pachacamac · Pucusana · Punta Hermosa · Punta Negra · San Bartolo · San Juan de Miraflores · Santa María del Mar · Villa el Salvador · Villa María del Triunfo
Callao Bellavista · Callao District · Carmen de la Legua Reynoso· La Perla · La Punta · Ventanilla

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