Join Smith alumnae as we explore Peru ... in Lima and Cusco. In Lima Explore the "City of the Kings" and see the Cathedral, Government Palace, Archbishop’s Palace, City Hall and visit San Francisco ...

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Beneath the Monastery of San Francisco in the heart of Lima, Peru lie the skeletal remains of 25,000 people. The Spanish Baroque monastery was built in the mid-16th century, and the catacombs ...

Many visitors to Peru skip exploring Lima ... Bones rest below the San Francisco Church in the catacombs and the Roman Catholic Lima Cathedral preserves its colonial façade.

Known as the birthplace of Lima, the Plaza de Armas (also known as Plaza Mayor) functioned as the heart of the Spanish colony dating back to 1535. Travelers say it's a must-see for every first ...

Bianca Padró Ocasio is a freelance journalist from Puerto Rico who has made Lima, Peru, her home. Sept. 12, 2024 Peru’s capital, with dramatic cliffs that separate its high-rises and colonial ...

Lima may lack the cosmopolitan ennui of Buenos Aires and the devil-may-care buoyancy of Rio, but Peru’s 473-year-old capital is still the perfect jumping-off point for backpackers and ...

On a vacation in Peru, Lima’s Monastery of San Francisco, begun in 1675, and the catacombs underneath it fascinated me. Approximately seventy thousand people are buried there, none with any ...