Lima School Tour

Children play while waiting for the Changing of the Guard at the Government Palace at the Palacio de Gobierno. <br /> The Palacio is located on Plaza Mayor or the Plaza de Armas in downtown Lima. Founded by Francisco Pizarro in 1535, the city is located along the desert coast. After a disastrous 1746 earthquake, Spanish colonial architecture was built in the period following.
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