Showing posts with label National Capital. Show all posts
Showing posts with label National Capital. Show all posts

Lima, the City of the Kings



Lima is the capital of Peru and its largest and most important city. It is located on the central coast of Peru, on the shores of the Pacific Ocean in the valleys of the Chillón, Rimac and Lurin rivers. Forming a continuous urban area with the port of Callao.
Lima has developed a major tourism, which highlights its historic center, its archaeological sites, nightlife, museums, art galleries and festivals and popular traditions.
In the historic center you can visit the Convent of San Francisco, Plaza Mayor in conjunction with the XVI century cathedral, the Basilica and Convent of Santo Domingo and the Torre Tagle Palace.
Also you can see some sections of the colonial wall of the city of Lima. These fine examples of Spanish medieval fortifications were used to defend the city from attacks by pirates and privateers.
Lima is a city with a lot of history, called City of the kings beacause thats how it was called by the spanish during the Viceroyalty of Peru.















Brasilia, Brazil´s capital



Brasilia is the capital of Brazil, located in the central part of the country, about 950 km northwest of Rio de Janeiro.
Brasilia is one of the capital cities of more recent construction in the world, the construction of the city began in 1956, being Lucio Costa the principal urban planner and Oscar Niemeyer the principal architect.
It is an amazing city, the city was built as an airplane shape and it points to the southeast, but Lucio Costa insists that they tried to give a cross shape to the city. The land where it was built was barren and inhospitable. The city is known for its broad avenues, which also hold public buildings, two districts, one north and one south, which are divided into so-called "supercuadras" which as its name indicates grouped sets of huge buildings. Brasilia is a great city with a lot of places to know, everything in the city was planed and you have a very important cultural life in the city.











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