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  1. Bajada de Baños: story on the “Barranco: Urban Life Above the Ravine” route

    The descent will trace the route from a fishermen’s path to seaside baths and the coastal road.

  2. Barranco Municipal Park: story on the “Barranco: Urban Life Above the Ravine” route

    Here you will learn how an exclusive celebration for affluent families was turned into a citywide event.

  3. Basilica and Convent of San Francisco and the Catacombs: story on the “Power and Law in Lima’s Historic Center” route

    The final stop will explain why separate brotherhood burial vaults became a shared network of catacombs.

  4. Casa de Aliaga: story on the “Power and Law in Lima’s Historic Center” route

    This stop connects the price of loyalty to the losing side with the way an estate was kept in one family.

  5. Catalina Recavarren Viewpoint: story on the “Barranco: Urban Life Above the Ravine” route

    You will learn how a public tribute to a poet appeared here before the viewpoint itself.

  6. Dédalo Arte y Artesanía: story on the “Barranco: Urban Life Above the Ravine” route

    The finale will show how rigorous selection in a shop changed both customers’ expectations and the work of makers.

  7. Government Palace: story on the “Power and Law in Lima’s Historic Center” route

    Here, the occupation of a private home will become a bid for the governorship.

  8. Huaca Pucllana: story on the “Miraflores: From Huaca Pucllana to the Pacific Cliffs” route

    Here you will see how a communal feast accompanied the destruction of an old courtyard and the construction of a new tier.

  9. Jirón de la Unión: story on the “Power and Law in Lima’s Historic Center” route

    Here, a unified address system meets the familiar block-by-block names.

  10. José Larco Avenue and Tarata Street: story on the “Miraflores: From Huaca Pucllana to the Pacific Cliffs” route

    This stop connects a commercial street with the memory of an attack that changed this neighborhood.

  11. Kennedy Park: story on the “Miraflores: From Huaca Pucllana to the Pacific Cliffs” route

    This stop will show how one-time aid to those affected secured a permanent place in the city for artists.

  12. La Ermita Church: story on the “Barranco: Urban Life Above the Ravine” route

    The history of the chapel links a local legend, wartime devastation, and long-running efforts to return the church to the community.

  13. La Marina Lighthouse Park: story on the “Miraflores: From Huaca Pucllana to the Pacific Cliffs” route

    Here, a working navigational beacon connects two distant stretches of the Peruvian coast.

  14. Larcomar: story on the “Miraflores: From Huaca Pucllana to the Pacific Cliffs” route

    Here, a park, shopping galleries, and the memory of a pilot will occupy different levels of the same site.

  15. Lima Cathedral: story on the “Power and Law in Lima’s Historic Center” route

    This stop will show how a document, an accidental discovery, and damage to bones changed an official identification.

  16. Love Park: story on the “Miraflores: From Huaca Pucllana to the Pacific Cliffs” route

    Here it becomes clear how a municipal commission turned a public kiss into the norm for a particular place.

  17. Malecón de la Reserva: story on the “Miraflores: From Huaca Pucllana to the Pacific Cliffs” route

    Here, the name of the waterfront will preserve the memory of the civilian battalions and the coastal battery.

  18. Manuel Beingolea Municipal Library: story on the “Barranco: Urban Life Above the Ravine” route

    You will find out how a municipal employee compiled the district’s history from an incomplete and biased archive.

  19. Mayor Eduardo Villena Rey Bridge: story on the “Miraflores: From Huaca Pucllana to the Pacific Cliffs” route

    This stop will show how a protective barrier gave rescuers time for a complex operation.

  20. Museo Larco: story on the “Ancient Peru and the Liberators in Pueblo Libre” route

    One family heirloom will open the way from private collecting to Peruvian archaeology.

  21. Museo Larco Gardens: story on the “Ancient Peru and the Liberators in Pueblo Libre” route

    Here, a family legacy takes the form of a museum that begins even before the exhibition halls.

  22. National Museum of Archaeology, Anthropology and History of Peru: story on the “Ancient Peru and the Liberators in Pueblo Libre” route

    This stop will show how archaeological collections were turned into a research institution.

  23. Pedro de Osma Museum: story on the “Barranco: Urban Life Above the Ravine” route

    Private drawing rooms help trace how a personal collection gradually gained permanent public access.

  24. Plaza de los Libertadores: story on the “Ancient Peru and the Liberators in Pueblo Libre” route

    The square explains why the memory of two liberators converged at one house.

  25. Plaza Mayor: story on the “Power and Law in Lima’s Historic Center” route

    Here it will become clear why the division of the new city began from the center of the square.

  26. Puente de los Suspiros: story on the “Barranco: Urban Life Above the Ravine” route

    You will hear how a song displaced the former names of an ordinary pedestrian crossing from the city’s memory.

  27. Quinta de los Libertadores (Sala de la Independencia): story on the “Ancient Peru and the Liberators in Pueblo Libre” route

    In the rooms of the estate, it will become clear which property decision made it a state residence.

  28. Santa María Magdalena Church: story on the “Ancient Peru and the Liberators in Pueblo Libre” route

    The finale returns to the document from which the parish and the future settlement began.

  29. Santo Domingo Convent: story on the “Power and Law in Lima’s Historic Center” route

    This stop traces how a service position within the community gave way to full membership.

  30. Simón Bolívar Avenue and Taberna Queirolo: story on the “Ancient Peru and the Liberators in Pueblo Libre” route

    Neighborhood commerce will link the history of an immigrant family with wine and the everyday life of Magdalena Vieja.

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