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Church of San Francisco (Iglesia de San Francisco) Lima

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2 reviews
12 travel blogs
11 photos

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# 2

of 80 attractions
in Lima

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Jun 1, 2008: ... prefer to live! Then we wandered to the Church of San Francisco, a lovely church very reminiscent in style to the Alhambra ...
Sep 11, 2009: ... (1535-1821) structures are the most famous in Peru. One is the Church of San Francisco (No, not the one in California!) It ...
May 27, 2009: ... a number of blocks around the city core, visited the Church of San Francisco, and enjoyed the early evening crowds of people. ...
May 31, 2009: ... time in the Barranco District or the Church of San Francisco...so i will be going back :) lima has 45 districts, we walked ...

San Francisco Monastery Lima

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2 reviews
19 travel blogs
5 photos

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# 8

of 80 attractions
in Lima

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Aug 14, 2008: ... Presidential palace are especially beautiful. I walked to the San francisco Monastery to see the Catacomb and some colonial ...
May 1, 2004: ... we drove to the centre of Lima, the Plaza de Armas, and visited the San Francisco monastery. We all got very confused about ...
Jul 2, 2005: ... Weird gringo! Our main aim was to visit the San Francisco monastery and it's famous catacombs which you can visit underneath ...
Nov 18, 2006: ... the Spanish conquistadors) but I did go into the San Francisco monastery which had an amazing library, with an estimated 25, ...

Convento de San Francisco Lima

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2 reviews
11 travel blogs
6 photos

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# 11

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Jan 15, 2008: ... tome otro les hago saber. Fuimos al centro de Lima al Convento de San Francisco. Alli ese lugar es famoso por sus ...
Jan 14, 2008: ... . it was very cool. then we went to the convento de san francisco. it was built in the 16th century and much of ...
Apr 14, 2007: ... (whew hoo!), followed by the much more interesting Convento de San Francisco (where the underground catacombs are), and then ...
Jul 5, 2007: ... We also visited the Iglesia and Convento de San Francisco where we explored the eerie catacombs where thousands ...

Iglesia de San Agustin Lima

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# 17

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San Pedro Church (Iglesia de San Pedro) Lima

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1 travel blog
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# 22

of 80 attractions
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Feb 11, 2009: ... of the free stuff as possible! We went into San Pedro church, which was absolutely beautiful inside. It looks pretty much ...

Presidential Palace (Palacio de Gobierno) Lima

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37 travel blogs
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# 25

of 80 attractions
in Lima

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Aug 14, 2008: ... of colonial buildings are still present. The Cathedral, Presidential palace are especially beautiful. I walked to the San ...
Jul 4, 2008: ... there�s the changing of the guard at the Presidential Palace which includes a brass band and lots of flighty ...
Apr 10, 2007: ... , to check out the two main plaza's and the presidential palace. Next it was off to the Church of St Francis. ...
Nov 2, 2008: ... part, including the changing of the guard at the presidential palace, and a tour of the Monasterio de San Francisco. The ...

Puente de Piedra Lima

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# 26

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May 29, 2008: ... historical district. I could have skipped it! I stood on the Puente de Piedra, looked down and saw that the river is brown, ...
Apr 12, 2008: ... in these areas. After the music we walked to the "Puente de Piedra" (stone bridge) which is supposed to be a tourist ...

Monastery of Santo Domingo (Iglesia y Monasterio de Santo Domingo) Lima

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# 32

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in Lima

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Oct 17, 2007: ... a yummy breakfast, and then we went to see the Monastery of Santo Domingo, famous for its library and catacombs.� The entry ...

Lima Cathedral

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206 travel blogs
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# 35

of 80 attractions
in Lima

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Aug 15, 2008: ... area, lots of colonial buildings are still present. The Cathedral, Presidential palace are especially beautiful. I walked to ...
Aug 10, 2008: ... architectures took me to the Cusco central Market ( the last cathedral was right next to the mercado). Venders are selling ...
Sep 12, 2004: ... - lots of colonial buildings and a really gorgeous grand cathedral, but there was just a lack of interesting anything there! ...
Mar 9, 2005: ... So the park was nice. And we went to a cathedral that has some relatively cool catacombs. Underground, skeletons, etc. ...

Puente Villena (El Paraiso de los Suicidas) Lima

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# 48

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El Congreso Lima

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# 52

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Archbishops Palace Lima

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3 travel blogs
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# 57

of 80 attractions
in Lima

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Mar 30, 2009: ... We saw the changing of the guard at the Government Palace, the Archbishops Palace, refused to pay to go in the cathedral to ...
Sep 23, 2008: ... , the house of Government, the city council, the Cathedral and Archbishops Palace all of which are stunning, There is an ...
Jul 18, 2007: ... great video footage. Also the Archbishops' Palace, the Palacio de Gobierno is the home to Peru's persident. We were lucky ...

Central Post Office Lima

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# 59

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Convento de los Descalzos Lima

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1 travel blog

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# 61

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in Lima

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May 26, 2006: ... � nouveau me chercher en voiture. Il me conduit au Convento de los Descalzos, un couvent situ� dans un vilain quartier de Lima. ...

Foreign Office Building (Torre Tagle Palace) Lima

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Fortaleza de Pachacamac Lima

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A.	Puente de Piedra
B.	Monastery of Santo Domingo (Iglesia y Monasterio de Santo Domingo)
C.	Central Post Office
D.	Presidential Palace (Palacio de Gobierno)
E.	Puente Villena (El Paraiso de los Suicidas)
F.	San Pedro Church (Iglesia de San Pedro)
G.	Iglesia de San Agustin
H.	Lima Cathedral
I.	Church of San Francisco (Iglesia de San Francisco)
J.	Convento de San Francisco
K.	Convento de los Descalzos
L.	Fortaleza de Pachacamac
M.	San Francisco Monastery
N.	Archbishops Palace
O.	El Congreso
P.	St. Gabriel's Church
Q.	Synagogue-Church
R.	The Church of the Annunciation
S.	Bahai Shrine
T.	Cana

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