Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #6 in Lima, Peru

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Tour Facts

Number of sights 8 sights
Distance 3 km
Ascend 40 m
Descend 48 m

Experience Lima in Peru in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Activities in LimaIndividual Sights in Lima

Sight 1: Ají Peruano

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Capsicum baccatum var. pendulum, the yellow chili pepper, also called pickled pepper, green pepper or Cuzco pepper, is a cultivar of Capsicum baccatum that is grown in Peru. It is considered the most consumed chili pepper in the Andean country and one of the most used in Peruvian cuisine. According to Peruvian chef Gastón Acurio, it is the most important chili pepper in local gastronomy.

Wikipedia: Ají amarillo (ES)

808 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 2: Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Lima

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The Museum of Contemporary Art of Lima is an art museum dedicated to contemporary art located in Barranco District, Lima, Peru. The museum was designed by the Peruvian architect Frederick Cooper Llosa, and built on land donated by the Municipality of Barranco. It is run as a private non-profit organization.

Wikipedia: Museum of Contemporary Art of Lima (EN), Website

993 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 3: Mafalda

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Mafalda is an Argentine comic strip written and drawn by cartoonist Quino. The strip features a six-year-old girl named Mafalda, who reflects the Argentinian middle class and progressive youth, is concerned about humanity and world peace, and has an innocent but serious attitude toward problems. The comic strip ran from 1964 to 1973 and was very popular in Latin America, Europe, Quebec and Asia. Its popularity led to books and two animated cartoon series. Mafalda has been praised as masterful satire.

Wikipedia: Mafalda (EN)

792 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 4: Chabuca Granda

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Chabuca Granda

María Isabel Granda Larco, better known as Chabuca Granda, was a Peruvian singer and composer. She created and interpreted a vast number of Criollo waltzes with Afro-Peruvian rhythms.

Wikipedia: Chabuca Granda (EN)

1 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 5: José Antonio de Lavalle

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José Antonio de Lavalle

José Antonio de Lavalle y Arias de Saavedra was a Peruvian diplomat, writer and historian. He was Minister Plenipotentiary to Germany, Russia, Chile and Brazil and minister of Foreign Relations. He is known for having led the Peruvian Mission to Chile before the War of the Pacific and for signing Treaty of Ancón.

Wikipedia: José Antonio de Lavalle (EN)

66 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 6: Iglesia La Ermita de Barranco

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The Hermitage of Barranco, formerly known as the Templo de la Santísima Cruz and later as Santísima Cruz de Barranco, is a Catholic church building in Barranco District, Lima, Peru. It is located in the district's historic centre and once served as the district's capital and cathedral, next to the Bridge of Sighs, and has been closed since 1974 due to the damages caused by that year's earthquake.

Wikipedia: Hermitage of Barranco (EN)

219 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 7: Puttis

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A putto is a figure in a work of art depicted as a chubby male child, usually naked and very often winged. Originally limited to profane passions in symbolism, the putto came to represent a sort of baby angel in religious art, often called cherubs, though in traditional Christian theology a cherub is actually one of the most senior types of angel.

Wikipedia: Putto (EN)

82 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 8: La Danaide

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La Danaide

In Greek mythology, the Danaïdes, also Danaides or Danaids, were the fifty daughters of Danaus. In the Metamorphoses, Ovid refers to them as the Belides after their grandfather Belus. They were to marry the 50 sons of Danaus' twin brother Aegyptus, a mythical king of Egypt. In the most common version of the myth, all but one of them killed their husbands on their wedding night and are condemned to spend eternity carrying water in a sieve or perforated device. In the classical tradition, they came to represent the futility of a repetitive task that can never be completed.

Wikipedia: Danaïdes (EN)

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