Lima was founded by Pizarro on January 18, 1535 on the site of an old Indian agglomeration where ruins précolombiennes are still visible, moreover to 30 km is the religious site most important of the coastal area. Lima is May at October under a layer of clouds low and carrying moisture, on the other hand November to April is pleasant. At the beginning of the 17éme Lima century had only 25.000 inhabitants, the current population counts between 8 and 10 million inhabitants.
One generally begins the visit of Lima with the plaza of Armed. This place with the beautiful proportions constitutes truly the historical heart of the city. The majority of the monuments go up with the 16 & 17éme centuries. The style baroque, which division the majority of them, religious or civil, ensures the originality and the unit of this architectural framework hispano American.
The church of Santo Domingo, altered at the XVIIème century, contains the tombs of Santa Rosa of Lima, the first holy one of Americas and San Martin de Porres, all two the very popular ones in Peru.
The church and the convent of San Francisco, the chief of religious work of art of Lima. The church dating from the XVIème-XVIème-XVIIème century is the only building of the city to have survived the terrible earthquakes of 1687 and 1674.
The Palate Torre Tagle, built in 1735, its frontage is of style Andalusian baroque

Lima is rich in museums:
The National Museum of Anthropology and Archaeology: splendid ceramics collections Chavin, Nazca, Mochica, Chimu. Its rooms contain invaluable fabrics, mummies, sculptures, quipus incas.
The Museum of Gold, with that of Bogota, is the most important museum of the gold of America. Beautiful collection of objects ritual and jewels of gold, pre-incas and incas. Many parts of the time Mochica and Chimu: vases, diadems, pectoral, masks collars...
The Museum Larco Herrera, the Museum Pedro de Osma, the Amano Museum, the Museum of Nacion, etc...