Lima, Peru December 2008
In the pre-Columbian era, the location of what is now the city of Lima was inhabited by several amerindian groups under the Ychsma polity, which was incorporated into the Inca Empire in the 15th century.[3] In 1532, a group of Spanish conquistadors led by Francisco Pizarro defeated the Inca ruler Atahualpa and took over his Empire. As the Spanish Crown had named Pizarro governor of the lands he conquered,[4] he chose the Rímac valley to found his capital on January 18, 1535 as Ciudad de los Reyes (City of the Kings).[5] In August 1536, the new city was besieged by the troops of Manco Inca, however, the Spaniards and their native allies defeated the Inca rebels.[6] WikiPedia Rich, powerful, beautiful—and cooled by westerlies from the north-flowing Humboldt Current—Lima was the seat of the vice regency of Spain's colonial cities. Built to the 1573 Law of the Indies, which set out strict dictates for every detail of design, construction, and placement of churches and public buildings, Lima flourished with wealth flowing from the silver mines at Potosí. The old city, one of UNESCO's World Heritage treasures, is now surrounded by affluent suburbs and vast slums. Reference National Geographic |
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