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Casa de la Gastronomía Peruana

The House of Peruvian Gastronomy was inaugurated on March 24, 2011 in the former Post and Telegraph House of Peru, a few meters from the Plaza Mayor of Lima. It was born as an institution of the Ministry of Culture with the aim of spreading the values of Peruvian cuisine, the origins of our culinary and affirming our cultural identity, which in recent years has achieved fair recognition worldwide.

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Real Felipe Fortress

The Fortress of Real Felipe is located in the bay of Callao (Constitutional Province of Callao). On 28 October of 1746 being approximately 10:30 at night there was a strong earthquake that caused a tsunami that destroys the old fortress called the old prison. This one had 13 bulwarks, it was made based crushed cane and mud.

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Italian Art Museum

The building has remained open since the inauguration. The project was given to the Italian architect Gaetano Moretti, who also designed The Chinese Fount, a gift from the Chinese community for the independence celebration. It's located in the second block of Avenue Paseo de la República in the Historic Center of Lima.

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Casa Museo José Carlos Mariátegui

One of the functions of the General Directorate of Museums of the Ministry of Culture is to ensure the dissemination, conservation and preservation of heritage to exhibit cultural property belonging to museum collections in their different modalities and ensure that Peruvians not only know their heritage but also Participate in her and her story.

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Contemporary Art Museum

The LiMAC project combines two diametrically opposed museum typologies: a 19th-century museum with a succession of rooms divided by walls — a classic exhibition gallery — and a 20th-century museum space with a freeform plan and a grid of columns supporting the roof.

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Automobile Museum Association Nicolini Peru Collection

There is a place in Lima that pays tribute to classic cars. This is the invaluable collection of Jorge Nicolini gathered in an impressive automotive museum. RPP had the opportunity to visit this exhibition that is also open to the public every day of the week.

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Lima Art Museum

The Palace of the Exhibition, building that houses the Museum of Art of Lima - MALI, is one of the most beautiful examples of the eclectic architecture of Lima. Conceived and built as the headquarters of the first major public exhibition in our country, the "Great Exhibition of Arts, Sciences and Industries", held on the occasion of the fifty years of independence, easily adapts to the functions of the museum

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Basílica y Convento de San Francisco de Lima

The crypts of San Francisco, which have gained fame with the name of catacombs for similarity to the Roman ones, are a series of underground vaults (under the chapels of the church), these were used until the early nineteenth century, and served as a burial to members of brotherhoods and brotherhoods.

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Larco Museum

The permanent exhibition of the Larco Museum is a space that stimulates and inspires, and where you can enjoy and understand the fascinating history of ancient Peru.

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Amano, Pre-Columbian Textile Museum

This institution is based on the initiative of the successful Japanese businessman, Yoshitaro Amano, to protect Peru's cultural heritage from destruction and looting.

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Pedro de Osma Museum

The Pedro de Osma Museum exhibits Peruvian artistic pieces from the fifth to the eighteenth century. The art works from Ancient Peru corresponds to the geographic area of the south Andes and belong to a private collection from Cuzco. Tiahuanaco and Inca cultures were developed on this territory.

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Huaca Huallamarca

This archaeological monument is duly preserved, and contrasts with the modern buildings that are located around it, being a clear testimony of the great legacy left by ancient societies. Archaeological works have shown that the building shows a long and continuous cultural sequence.

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