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Amazing Lima/PERU { 32 images } Created 15 Oct 2014

Lima, the horrible gray city grew too fast. The city where the tourists go away quickly toward the mountainous part of the country. Lima is one of the most dynamic capitals in South America and is the heart of the booming economy of Peru. She grew up too fast and with still many infrastructure problems is rapidly changed during the last decade, thanks to the economic boom to national pride and the desire to have fun.
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  • Place in the vicinity of the historic center of Lima, the "Circuito Magico de las Aguas" is a scenic park with many fountains sometimes interactive. Founded in the early twentieth century has been reactivated recently and it is a bit 'the symbol of a city that likes to have fun even with simple special effects.
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  • The historic center of Lima is part of the Unesco World Heritage, some as many beautiful churches and a beautiful main square, however, are incorporated in a bad urban architecture grew up without plans, there are very few pedestrian streets. The majority of the local population , especially one that meets in the center. is of Andean origin and still belongs to the poorest classes
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  • Behind an imposing gate, every day at noon the presidential band has a concert at the population
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  • The historic center of Lima is part of the Unesco World Heritage, some as many beautiful churches and a beautiful main square, however, are incorporated in a bad urban architecture grew up without plans, there are very few pedestrian streets. The majority of the local population , especially one that meets in the center. is of Andean origin and still belongs to the poorest classes
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  • Street art has a discreet presence in the center of Lima
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  • Twilight on LIma's main sq ( Plaza de Armas) Cathedral and in the background Cerro de San Cristobal
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  • From a bridge on the "via expresa", in the San Isidro district
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  • The pre-Inca Lima appears to be some "huacas" (sacred places in the Quechua language) scattered throughout the valley Limeña and now incorporated into the modern city. The Huaca Huallamaca in san Isidro is an open-air museum. Others are in a state of neglect.
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  • The "Parque del amor" is a tiled garden on the cliff. And 'one of the key points of sightseeing, with a touch of romance
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  • In the bay of Lima you can learn to surf well, the waves are constant and never too high and rarely the sea is stormy, the school Olas Peru, where it formed the surfing world champion Sofia Mulanovic, like many others, operates in Costa Verde. gymnastics warm up before getting in the water is done directly on the sidewalk.
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  • The "Malecon" of Miraflores, where the air of the coastal desert is mitigated by the sea breeze.
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  • In the central park of Miraflores older people have a space to dance, the Town Hall also helps with the stereo and in the amphitheater Chabuca Granda, built in the middle of the park, they dance traditional Latin American dance music
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  • Despite the traffic of one of the many towns are peak hours many people is doing Jogging along the Malecon of Miraflores.
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  • The Tennis Club "Las Terrazas" de Miraflores is one of the many  exclusive shelters of local  high class, it was founded in 1918, when the area was totally different
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  • The Tennis Club "Las Terrazas" de Miraflores is one of the many  exclusive shelters of local  high class, it was founded in 1918, when the area was totally different
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  • With the noise of the traffic "via Expresa" a few tens of meters, every Saturday morning at the "Parque del Reducto numero dos" they are practicing various holistic disciplines, including one of the many kinds of yoga.
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  • The shopping center Larcomar is one of the key points of the Miraflores  walk, in good all season everybody inger waiting for the night.
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  • Savoring the Italian pasta that is part of Peruvian culinary  culture through the nineteenth-century emigration from the "beautiful country".  A lady of high-class listen culinary advice  to the a lady of Ayacucho. Peru has always been a country from the varied and good gastronomy. Thanks to the work of Chef Gaston Acurio, gastronomy has become an important part of a strong national pride. LIma celebrates  Mistura, an annual festival that is the meeting of the various souls of the country around the theme of food.
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  • A young student of one of the many cooking schools present in Lima performs in a show of breakdance to entertain the audience of Mistura. Peru has always been a country from the varied gastronomy good, thanks to the work of Chef Gaston Acurio, gastronomy has become an important part of a strong national pride. LIma celebrates with Mistura, an annual festival that is the meeting of the various souls of the country around the theme of food.
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  • A Peruvian menu in the center of town, at relatively low prices (6 soles = $ 2.15) only for a breakfast you can choose from ten dishes. Peru has always been a country from the varied gastronomy good, thanks to the work of Chef Gaston Acurio, gastronomy has become an important part of a strong national pride.
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  • At Juanito. Oldstyle cafeteria of Barranco, almost a symbol of the district
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  • The district of Barranco is considered "bohemian" as artists 'colony, but' it has become a trendy neighborhood inhabited by high society. The opening (in this photo :  gallery Lucia de la Puente) in the art gallery is a social event.
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  • The district of Barranco is considered "bohemian" as artists' colony, has become a trendy neighborhood inhabited by high society. the well-known Peruvian photographer Mario Testino has created his own museum in one of the historic homes in the neighborhood
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  • Starting in the forties of the last century Lima has grown a lot, the terrible period of terrorism has brought even more people fleeing from the country, the huge part of the extreme periphery is a slum with minimal services metaphorically called "pueblo joven" . The program "Barrio mio", promoted by the Progressive Alliance of Lima Metropolitana (Mayor Susana Villaran 2010-2014) has encouraged education and coesiona among the people, while increasing infrastructure such as the inclusion of trees in the streets. They are the citizens themselves must adopt them, plant them and treat them
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  • Starting in the forties of the last century Lima has grown a lot, the terrible period of terrorism has brought even more people fleeing from the country, the huge part of the extreme periphery is a slum with minimal services metaphorically called "pueblo joven" .
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  • Starting in the forties of the last century Lima has grown a lot, the terrible period of terrorism has brought even more people fleeing from the country, the huge part of the extreme periphery is a slum with minimal services metaphorically called "pueblo joven" . People of a "pueblo joven" during a workshop on the cultivation of ornamental trees
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  • Starting in the forties of the last century Lima has grown a lot, the terrible period of terrorism has brought even more people fleeing from the country, the huge part of the extreme periphery is a slum with minimal services metaphorically called "pueblo joven" .
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  • Starting in the forties of the last century Lima has grown a lot, the terrible period of terrorism has brought even more people fleeing from the country, the huge part of the extreme periphery is a slum with minimal services metaphorically called "pueblo joven" . The program "My Barrio", sponsored by the Municipal progressive "Lima Metropolitana" (Mayor Susana Villaran 2010-2014) has encouraged education and cohesion among the people, while increasing infrastructure such as stairways, to facilitate internal mobility.
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  • Son of typographers artist Elliot Tupac was made ​​famous on an international scale for a creative reworking of the popular graphics called "chicha"
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  • Son of typographers artist Elliot Tupac was made ​​famous on an international scale for a reworking of the popular graphics creatva called "chicha"
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  • At  La Noche de Barranco dancing to the rhythms of salsa band Sabor y Control. Very formal throughout the day, the youth of the rising middle class in the evening are unleashed in the local bohemians pubs.
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  • Julio Lopez, leader of the band La Sarita, created a music and a show that combines a punk-rock basis of strong elements of Peruvian popular culture
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