Lima Navidad through time

EU: Façade of the Monastery Church of San Francesco in Lima, Peru (1859) 1859 The façade of the Monastery Church of San Francesco in Lima, Peru, photographed in 1859, part of a colonial-era religious complex in the historic center of the city.

Lima Plaza Mayor y Municipalidad 1860 Lima's Plaza Mayor and its Municipalidad, or city hall, photographed around 1860. The square has formed the ceremonial and civic center of the Peruvian capital since the city's founding in 1535.

Two Story Building with One Story Flat Roofed Building in Front, Lima MET 1862 Credited to the photographer Richardson, this 1862 view of Lima captures a two-story building rising behind a long, flat-roofed structure with a covered veranda, its yard piled with sacks, bales, and carts of goods awaiting transport.

Calle Malambito (Lima) 1899 Calle Malambito in Lima, Peru, photographed in 1899. The street lay within the old colonial core of the Peruvian capital, a city founded by the Spanish in 1535 and long known by its historic epithet, the 'City of Kings.'

EU: katedral, fotografi, photograph (1904) 1904 Lima's cathedral on the Plaza Mayor is shown in this 1904 photograph, the seat of the Archbishopric of Lima whose construction dates back to the sixteenth century.

EU: katedral, fotografi, photograph (1904) 1904 Another 1904 view of Lima Cathedral, the colonial-era church at the heart of the Peruvian capital's historic Plaza Mayor, seat of the Archbishopric of Lima since the sixteenth century.

EU: Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Apostle and Evangelist, Lima (1904) 1904 The Cathedral Basilica of Saint John the Apostle and Evangelist in Lima, Peru, photographed in 1904, one of the city's principal colonial-era landmarks facing the Plaza Mayor.

EU: The Basilica Cathedral of Lima, Plaza Mayor (1904) 1904 The Basilica Cathedral of Lima on the Plaza Mayor, photographed in 1904.

EU: Katedral, fotografi, photograph (1904) 1904 This 1904 photograph depicts the cathedral in Lima, Peru, taken as part of a Swedish scientific expedition documenting South America in the early twentieth century.

EU: Katedral, fotografi, photograph (1904) 1904 Another 1904 image from the same Swedish expedition shows the cathedral in Lima, Peru, built on the city's central plaza during the Spanish colonial era.

EU: Gata, fotografi, photograph (1904) 1904 A street scene in Lima, Peru, recorded in 1904 by a Swedish expedition photographer documenting daily life and architecture in the Peruvian capital during the early years of the twentieth century.

EU: Cathedral, photography, ph (1904) #2 1904 This 1904 photograph shows a cathedral in Lima, Peru. Lima's cathedral, facing the city's main square, traces its origins to the sixteenth century and has been rebuilt several times after earthquakes.

EU: Cathedral Basilica of Lima, photograph (1904) 1904 The Cathedral Basilica of Lima, photographed in 1904. The church on the city's main square traces its origins to the founding of Lima by Francisco Pizarro in 1535.

EU: Street scene, Lima (Parti av Lima), photograph (1904) 1904 A street scene in Lima, the Peruvian capital, photographed in 1904, a period when the city's colonial-era center still shaped much of its streetscape.

EU: katedral, fotografi, photograph - Lima Cathedral side (1904) 1904 This 1904 photograph shows a side view of Lima Cathedral, the colonial-era church facing the Peruvian capital's central Plaza Mayor.

EU: katedral, fotografi, photograph - Lima Cathedral front (1904) 1904 The main facade of Lima Cathedral, fronting the Plaza Mayor in the heart of the Peruvian capital, is pictured here in 1904.

EU: katedral, fotografi, photograph (1904) 1904 Lima's cathedral, photographed in 1904, facing the city's main square in the former capital of Spain's Viceroyalty of Peru, a city whose colonial-era churches still dominated its skyline at the time.

EU: katedral, fotografi, photograph (1904) 1904 Lima Cathedral, on the city's Plaza Mayor, photographed in 1904. The cathedral traces its origins to the sixteenth-century founding of Lima and has been rebuilt several times after earthquakes.

EU: katedral, fotografi, photograph (1904) 1904 Another 1904 photograph of Lima Cathedral, Peru, the seat of the Archdiocese of Lima and one of the oldest churches on the Plaza Mayor since the city's founding by Spanish colonists in 1535.

EU: Parti av Lima (1904) 1904 A view of part of Lima, Peru, photographed in 1904, during a period when the Peruvian capital was expanding well beyond the old colonial core laid out around its Plaza Mayor.

EU: gata, fotografi, photograph (1904) 1904 A street in Lima, Peru, photographed in 1904, capturing everyday city life in the Peruvian capital at the start of the twentieth century, decades before its rapid modern expansion.

EU: street, photography, ph (1904) 1904 This 1904 photograph shows a street in Lima, Peru, the country's capital and largest city, at the start of the twentieth century, when the city's older colonial core still shaped its streets and buildings.

Plaza Dos de Mayo a inicios del siglo XX 1908 Plaza Dos de Mayo is shown here in the early twentieth century, photographed in 1908. The Lima square takes its name from the 1866 Battle of Callao and features a monument commemorating Peru's naval victory over Spain.

Callemantas 1910 This 1910 photograph, titled 'Callemantas,' shows a scene in Lima, Peru's capital, during the early twentieth century, a period when the city's colonial-era streets still carried their traditional Spanish names ahead of later renumbering.

Air View of Lima from the Coast(GN04823A) 1915 Aerial view of Lima, Peru, taken from over the coast, showing the layout of the Peruvian capital and its surroundings in the early twentieth century, before the city's later expansion inland.

Colegioguadalupe 1918 The Colegio Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe in Lima, Peru, a historic public school founded in the 19th century, photographed in 1918.

EU: Fotografi från expedition till Peru Motiv av ruinstaden Cajamarquilla belägen cirka 25 kilometer från Lima. (1920) 1920 Photographed during a 1920 expedition to Peru, this image shows the ruined city of Cajamarquilla, a pre-Columbian archaeological site of adobe structures roughly 25 kilometers from Lima.

(Vista de la Avenida Leguía (hoy Arequipa) y, a la izquierda la Casa hacienda Risso) 1920 A view along Avenida Leguia, present-day Avenida Arequipa, in Lima, Peru, in 1920, with the Casa Hacienda Risso visible on the left along this developing residential boulevard.

EU: Fotografi fran expedition till Peru 1920, Cajamarquilla (1920) 1920 A photograph from a 1920 Swedish expedition to Peru, showing the pre-Columbian archaeological site of Cajamarquilla near Lima, one of the largest adobe settlements of ancient coastal Peru.

EU: Fotografi från expedition till Peru 1920, ruinstaden Cajamarquilla nära Lima (1920) 1920 Ruins at Cajamarquilla, a pre-Columbian archaeological site near Lima, Peru, photographed during a 1920 expedition. The adobe city, built by cultures that predate the Inca, lies in the desert valley east of the capital.

Peru - - Street in Lima 1924 This 1924 street view in Lima shows a two-story house with wrought-iron fencing and a rooftop railing, telephone poles and palm trees lining the wide, quiet residential avenue beyond.

Peru - - Facade of Church of San Agustin 1924 The heavily ornamented facade of Lima's Church of San Agustin fills this 1924 photograph, an automobile parked at the curb while passersby rest on a stone bench in the foreground.

Peru - - Palacio de la Exposicion in Lima 1924 Framed by tall palm trees, Lima's Palacio de la Exposicion appears in this 1924 photograph with its arcaded facade and ornamental parapet, automobiles passing along the avenue in front.

(CCC No. 2, 1924) - The Foundation Company ha Construído la Avenida del Progreso. La puerta comercial de Lima al Comercio Exterior 1924 Construction crews of the Foundation Company work on Lima's Avenida del Progreso in this 1924 photograph, part of infrastructure meant to link the Peruvian capital more directly with its port for foreign commerce.

(CCC No. 15. 1926) - Fotografía aérea de una parte de la antigua Plaza de Acho (...) 1926 This aerial photograph captures the area around Lima's Plaza de Acho, whose bullring, built in the Rimac district in the eighteenth century, ranks among the oldest still in use in the Americas.

(CCC No. 36, 1927) - La modernización del centro de Lima 1927 Dated 1927, this photograph documents the modernization underway in central Lima, part of a wave of urban renewal projects in the Peruvian capital during that decade.

2 de mayo 2 in 1928 1928 A street scene in Lima, Peru, photographed in 1928, one image from a numbered series documenting the Peruvian capital in the late 1920s, decades before the city's later twentieth-century expansion.

2 de mayo 2 in 1935 1935 Palm trees encircle a multi-tiered ornamental fountain in this 1935 photograph of a Lima plaza, its bronze basins rising in the classic Peruvian colonial style above a low garden wall and flowerbeds.

2 de mayo 2 in 1935 1935 Automobiles line the curb before a grand domed building in this 1935 Lima street scene, pedestrians crossing the open square in front of its long columned facade and iron streetlamps.

2 de mayo 2 in 1935 1935 Elaborately carved wooden balconies project from a Baroque-fronted building in this 1935 photograph of central Lima, tram tracks curving through the cobbled street below as figures pass on foot.

2 de mayo 2 in 1935 1935 An elevated 1935 view surveys a large Lima plaza with its central garden and radiating pathways, arcaded buildings, a church tower, and distant hills framing the square beyond.

EU: Academia de Bellas Artes patio, Lima, photograph (1947) 1947 The courtyard of the Academia de Bellas Artes in Lima, Peru, photographed in 1947. Founded in the early twentieth century, the academy trained generations of Peruvian painters and sculptors and remains one of the country's oldest art schools.

EU: Academia de Bellas Artes, fotografi, photograph (1947) 1947 Lima's Academia de Bellas Artes, the Academy of Fine Arts, is the subject of this 1947 photograph, documenting one of the Peruvian capital's cultural institutions in the years following the Second World War.

EU: PMa PE Lima (2018) 2013 A view of Lima, Peru's capital and largest city on the Pacific coast, is shown in this photograph from 2013, taken in a metropolitan area whose historic center traces its founding to Spanish colonial times.

70 Plaza de Armas Lima Peru 2014 The Plaza de Armas in Lima, Peru, photographed in 2014. Founded in 1535 as the central square of the Spanish colonial capital, it remains the historic and administrative heart of the city.

Arquitecura 2015 This 2015 photograph documents architecture in Lima, Peru's capital, a city whose historic center mixes Spanish colonial-era buildings with structures from its more recent growth as a modern metropolis.

Monument a la Victoria del Dos de Mayo a la plaça homònima 2017 The Monument to the Victory of May 2 at Plaza Dos de Mayo in Lima, Peru. The monument commemorates the 1866 Battle of Callao, in which Peruvian forces repelled a Spanish naval attack on the port near the capital.

Plaza Dos de Mayo del Districte 2017 Another view of Plaza Dos de Mayo in central Lima, Peru, home to a monument marking the 1866 Battle of Callao against Spanish naval forces. The plaza sits along one of Lima's older downtown avenues.

Plaza Dos de Mayo amb el Monument a la Victoria 2017 Plaza Dos de Mayo in Lima, Peru, with its central Monumento a la Victoria, built to commemorate Peru's 1866 naval victory over Spain at the Battle of Callao. Photographed in 2017.

Edificis de la Plaza Dos de Mayo 2017 Buildings surrounding Plaza Dos de Mayo in Lima, Peru, a square in the Cercado de Lima district near the city's historic center. Photographed in 2017.

Edifici cremat de la Plaza Dos de Mayo de Lima 02 2017 A fire-damaged building on Plaza Dos de Mayo in Lima, Peru, photographed in 2017. The square lies in the Cercado de Lima district near the historic city center.

Avenida Alfonso Ugarte amb l'estatua de la Plaza Dos de Mayo de Lima al fons 2017 Avenida Alfonso Ugarte in Lima, Peru, with the statue at Plaza Dos de Mayo visible in the background. Photographed in 2017.

Edifici del Museo Nacional de la Cultura Peruana03 2017 The Museo Nacional de la Cultura Peruana building in Lima, Peru, which houses collections of the country's folk art and traditional crafts. Photographed in 2017.

Lima Navidad 2017 Central Lima, Peru, decorated for the Christmas season in 2017. Lima is Peru's capital and largest city, and its historic core is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Edifici cremat de la Plaza Dos de Mayo de Lima 2017 A fire-damaged building on Lima's Plaza Dos de Mayo, photographed in 2017, in a square of the Peruvian capital dating to the 19th century.

Edifici cremat de la Plaza Dos de Mayo 2017 A fire-damaged building fronting Plaza Dos de Mayo in Lima, photographed in 2017. The plaza, built to commemorate the 1866 Battle of Callao, sits at a busy junction on the edge of the city's historic center.

Plaza Dos de Mayo de Lima el febrer de 2017 04 2017 Plaza Dos de Mayo in Lima, photographed in February 2017. The roundabout plaza commemorates the 1866 Battle of Callao and sits at the edge of the city's historic center.

AV. NICOLAS PIEROLA PRIMERAS CDRAS C 2018 Another stretch of Avenida Nicolás de Piérola in Lima, Peru, captured in 2018. Long known informally as La Colmena, the avenue runs through the historic center of the Peruvian capital, one of downtown's principal thoroughfares.

EU: PMa PE Lima (2018) 2018 A yellow-painted colonial church with twin bell towers stands behind a fence in central Lima, Peru. Brightly colored facades are common among the churches and convents of Lima's historic center, a UNESCO World Heritage site.

2 de mayo 2 2019 Fiestas del 2 de Mayo en el barrio madrileño de Malasaña

Casona 1 Plaza Dos de Mayo - Lima 2019 A colonial-era casona overlooks Plaza Dos de Mayo in Lima, a square laid out around a monument to the 1866 Battle of Callao against a Spanish fleet, photographed in 2019.

Casona 2 Plaza Dos de Mayo - Lima 2019 Another colonial-style casona faces Plaza Dos de Mayo in central Lima in this 2019 photograph, part of the square commemorating Peru's 1866 naval defense of Callao.

Casona Plaza Dos de Mayo - Lima 2019 A historic mansion, or casona, fronts Plaza Dos de Mayo in Lima, Peru, in this 2019 photograph of the square built to mark the 1866 Combate del Callao.

Plaza Dos de Mayo 2 - Lima 2019 Traffic and pedestrians circle Plaza Dos de Mayo in Lima in this 2019 image, a roundabout square built around a monument to the 1866 defense of Callao.

Plaza Dos de Mayo 1 - Lima 2019 Plaza Dos de Mayo, a roundabout in central Lima commemorating the 1866 naval battle against Spain, is pictured in this 2019 photograph of the Peruvian capital.

Monumento dos de mayo 2020 The Monument to the Battle of May 2 in Lima, Peru, commemorating Peru's 1866 naval victory over Spain at Callao during the Chincha Islands War. Photographed in 2020.

2 de mayo 2 in 2020 2020 A street scene in Lima, Peru's capital on the Pacific coast, a city founded by Spanish conquistadors in 1535. Photographed in 2020.

Tercera Toma de Lima 18 2023 Fotografía de la Tercera Toma de Lima