Peru’s capital and most populous city is underrated, so don’t make the common mistake of heading straight out of town. With an Inca Kola in hand, this is a great place to go shopping in handicraft markets, which offer goods from all over Peru at bargain prices. Take a guided tour of the city’s highlights, including the Larco Museum, an archaeological gem with colorful gardens and a full wing dedicated to ancient erotic art. Watch parasailers from the seaside view at the Parque del Amor and explore the San Francisco church and convent, which has underground catacombs filled with neatly organized bones and skulls as well as a painting of the Last Supper showing the apostles sitting down to a meal of guinea pig. Pass an evening in Parque Kennedy in the trendy neighborhood of Miraflores, admiring paintings displayed by local artists and grabbing dinner at one of the restaurants that make up Pizza Alley.
Google held a contest called “Model Your City” in which citizens were asked to create detailed 3D models of their communities, which can be viewed on Google Earth around the world. After evaluating all proposals, five finalists were chosen: Continue reading
Google realizo un concurso llamado “Modela tu Ciudad” en el que se pedía a los ciudadanos crear modelos en 3D al detalle de sus comunidades, los cuales pueden ser vistos en Google Earth por todo el mundo. Después de evaluar todas las propuestas se escogieron 5 finalistas: Continue reading
I first visited the Cathedral in Lima, Peru, in 1979, and saw the mummy of Francisco Pizarro. The mummy had been placed there back in 1891, when Peruvian officials, wanting to prominently display the “Founder of Lima,” had the body moved from the chapel in which it had lain for the previous 350 years.
But was this really Pizarro? Just prior to my visit, workers cleaning a crypt beneath the altar found two wooden boxes, one containing the bones of five people—one missing a head! The other box held a lead casket on which was inscribed in Spanish, “Here is the skull of the Marquis Don Francisco Pizarro, who discovered and won Peru and placed it under the crown of Castile.”
Francisco Pizarro died a violent death. On June 16,1541, while he was having dinner in his governor’s palace, a group of men, led by the son of his ex-partner, Diego de Almagro, broke in and stabbed him to death. As he lay dying from multiple sword wounds, he drew a cross on the ground in his own blood, kissing it, and crying “Jesus.” Continue reading
Lima is well-known because of being the gastronomic Capital of South America, due to the originality of its cuisine. It inherited the pre-Hispanic and colonial culinary excellences, as well as the contribution of the oriental and occidental
cuisine. On the one hand, fish and seafood are the base of one dish like the “tiradito” (a soft version of the ceviche but with yellow chicli cream or chili pepper without onion), “arroz con mariscos”, “el pescado a la chorrillana” (onions, segments of chili and fried tomatoes), “conchitas a la parmesana” (baked “conchas de abanico” served with parmesan cheese), “chorito a la chalaca” (boiled mussels served with lemon, onions, tomatoes, chili, chili pepper and parsley finely chopped) and “jalea mixta” (shellfish, octopus and fish pulled mixture) and other delicacies. Continue reading
Peru’s capital and most populous city is underrated, so don’t make the common mistake of heading straight out of town. With an Inca Kola in hand, this is a great place to go shopping in handicraft markets, which offer goods from all over Peru at bargain prices. Take a guided tour of the city’s highlights, including the Larco Museum, an archaeological gem with colorful gardens and a full wing dedicated to ancient erotic art. Watch parasailers from the seaside view at the Parque del Amor and explore the San Francisco church and convent, which has underground catacombs filled with neatly organized bones and skulls as well as a painting of the Last Supper showing the apostles sitting down to a meal of guinea pig. Pass an evening in Parque Kennedy in the trendy neighborhood of Miraflores, admiring paintings displayed by local artists and grabbing dinner at one of the restaurants that make up Pizza Alley.
