Plaza mayor through time

Lima 2010–2024 40 photos of this spot

40 recent photographs taken at the same spot in Lima, spanning 2010–2024. Have an older picture of it? Add it and start this spot's timeline.

The Palacio Municipal de Lima, seat of the city's municipal government, faces the Plaza Mayor in Peru's capital. This 2010 photograph shows the building at the historic heart of Lima's colonial-era city center.

Palacio municipal de Lima 2010 The Palacio Municipal de Lima, seat of the city's municipal government, faces the Plaza Mayor in Peru's capital. This 2010 photograph shows the building at the historic heart of Lima's colonial-era city center.

Eglise Santa Rosa, Lima 2011 A church dedicated to Santa Rosa in Lima, Peru, pictured in 2011. Rosa of Lima, canonized in 1671, was the first person born in the Americas to be declared a saint by the Catholic Church.

Palacio de gobierno, Lima, Perú 2012 The Palacio de Gobierno, official seat of Peru's presidency, stands on the Plaza Mayor in the heart of colonial Lima. This 2012 photograph shows the building that has served as the country's center of executive power since the era of Spanish rule.

Plaza de Armas - Lima Peru en 2012 Lima's Plaza de Armas, the square around which the city was founded by Francisco Pizarro in 1535, is shown here as it appeared in 2012. Colonial and republican-era buildings, including the cathedral and government palace, line its perimeter.

Palacio Municipal (Lima, Peru) 02 2012 The Municipal Palace of Lima, Peru, seen in 2012. The building houses the city hall and faces the Plaza Mayor, the historic heart of the Peruvian capital since its founding by Francisco Pizarro in 1535.

Palacio Municipal (Lima, Peru) 03 2012 The Municipal Palace of Lima, seen in 2012, faces the city's Plaza Mayor and houses the offices of the Lima city government.

Palacio Municipal (Lima, Peru) 04 2012 Another 2012 view of Lima's Municipal Palace, the seat of city government on the historic Plaza Mayor in Peru's capital.

Palacio Municipal (Lima, Peru) 05 2012 The facade of the Municipal Palace in Lima, photographed in 2012 on the square that has served as the city's civic center since its founding by the Spanish in 1535.

Palacio Municipal (Lima, Peru) 06 2012 A 2012 photograph of Lima's Municipal Palace, one of the buildings framing the Plaza Mayor alongside the cathedral and the Government Palace.

Palacio Municipal (Lima, Peru) 07 2012 The Municipal Palace of Lima in 2012, part of the ensemble of colonial and republican-era buildings surrounding the city's main square.

León en la entrada de "La casa de la gastronomía peruana" Centro de Lima 2014 A carved stone lion flanks the entrance to the Casa de la Gastronomia Peruana in downtown Lima, a museum dedicated to Peru's culinary traditions and history.

Plaza mayor 2017 A view across the Plaza Mayor of Lima, the central square around which the city was laid out following its founding in 1535. The plaza remains ringed by the Government Palace, the cathedral, and other historic civic buildings.

Santo Domingo, LIma 2017 The church and convent of Santo Domingo in Lima, a colonial-era Dominican complex associated with the early history of the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, founded in the 16th century as one of the Americas' first universities.

Plazoleta de Santo Domingo, LIma 2017 The Plazoleta de Santo Domingo sits beside the Convent of Santo Domingo in central Lima, part of the city's historic colonial core along with the nearby Plaza Mayor.

Detall de façana de casa del jirón de la unión 2017 Facade detail of a house on Jirón de la Unión, Lima's historic pedestrian shopping street, photographed in 2017. The street has connected the city's main squares since colonial times.

Plaza mayor 2017 Lima's Plaza Mayor, the historic main square at the heart of Peru's capital, photographed in 2017. The square has stood at the centre of the city since its founding in 1535.

Plaza mayor lima2 2017 Another 2017 view of Lima's Plaza Mayor, the historic main square of the Peruvian capital, surrounded by the cathedral, the presidential palace, and other colonial-era buildings.

Jirón de la unión02 2017 Jirón de la Unión, the pedestrian street linking Lima's Plaza Mayor to Plaza San Martín, photographed in 2017. The street has long been one of the city's principal commercial corridors.

Palacio Muncipal lado de Conde Superunda 2018 The Palacio Municipal, Lima's city hall, is shown from the side facing Jiron Conde de Superunda. The building stands on the Plaza Mayor, the city's colonial-era main square and the historic seat of municipal government.

Casa de correos y telégrafos de Lima 33 2018 The Palace of Post and Telegraphs in Lima, Peru, photographed in 2018. The building stands near the Plaza Mayor in the city's historic center, which was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1988.

Casa de Correos y Telégrafos. Lima 2018 The Casa de Correos y Telégrafos, Lima's former central post and telegraph office near the Plaza Mayor, photographed in 2018. The building reflects Lima's early 20th-century civic architecture.

Municipalidad de Lima en Cercado de Lima 2022 The Lima city hall building in the Cercado de Lima district, photographed in 2022. Cercado de Lima is the historic central district of the Peruvian capital, laid out around the Plaza Mayor shortly after the city's founding in the sixteenth century.

Plaza Mayor de Lima 4 2022 Plaza Mayor de Lima, Peru's central square, photographed in 2022. Laid out at the city's founding in 1535, the plaza is flanked by the Government Palace, the cathedral, and the city hall, and forms the core of Lima's UNESCO World Heritage historic center.

Plaza Mayor de Lima 3 2022 The Plaza Mayor of Lima, laid out when Francisco Pizarro founded the city in 1535, appears here in a 2022 photograph. It remains the ceremonial and political heart of Peru's capital, flanked by the Government Palace and the cathedral.

Historic Center of Lima 2023 A view of the Historic Center of Lima, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1988 centered on the city's colonial-era Plaza Mayor, photographed in 2023. Lima was founded by Francisco Pizarro in 1535.

Palacio de Gobierno del Perú 27 2023 The Government Palace of Peru, seat of the country's president on Lima's Plaza Mayor, photographed in 2023. The building stands within Lima's UNESCO-listed historic center.

Palacio de Gobierno del Perú 24 2023 Another view of Peru's Government Palace on Lima's Plaza Mayor, where a changing-of-the-guard ceremony is held daily in front of the building's balconied facade.

Palacio de Gobierno del Perú 25 2023 The Government Palace of Peru, seat of the country's presidency on the north side of Lima's Plaza Mayor, is shown in this 2023 photograph of the historic center, the square from which the Spanish colonial city was founded in 1535.

Pasaje Santa Rosa en Lima 03 2024 Pasaje Santa Rosa, a narrow pedestrian passage in the historic center of Lima, Peru's capital, photographed in 2024. Central Lima's colonial-era street grid remains largely intact around such passages.

Plaza Perú en Lima 01 2024 This 2024 photograph shows Plaza Perú, a public square in Lima, the capital of Peru, whose historic center is a UNESCO World Heritage Site known for colonial-era architecture.

Casa de correos y telégrafos de Lima 01 2024 The Casa de Correos y Telégrafos was Lima's central post and telegraph building, located near the city's historic Plaza Mayor. This photograph dates from 2024.

Jirón de la Unión, cuadra 2 en Lima 01 2024 Jirón de la Unión is a historic pedestrian street in central Lima linking the Plaza Mayor with the Plaza San Martín, long known as one of the city's main shopping thoroughfares. This photograph shows its second block in 2024.

Casa de correos y telégrafos de Lima 03 2024 The Casa de Correos y Telégrafos in central Lima, Peru, photographed in 2024. The historic post and telegraph building stands near Lima's Plaza Mayor in the city's colonial-era center.

Pasaje Santa Rosa en Lima 05 2024 Pasaje Santa Rosa, a pedestrian passage in the historic center of Lima, Peru, pictured in 2024. It lies close to the city's Plaza Mayor, within the colonial-era quarter that forms part of Lima's UNESCO World Heritage-listed center.

Pasaje del correo en Lima 01 2024 Pasaje del Correo, a pedestrian passage close to Lima's Plaza Mayor in Peru, within the colonial-era heart of the Peruvian capital that Spain founded in the sixteenth century. Photographed in 2024.

Jirón de la Unión, cuadra 2 en Lima 03 2024 A block of Jirón de la Unión, the pedestrian shopping street running through the historic center of Lima, Peru, long one of the city's principal commercial thoroughfares.

Pasaje del correo en Lima 03 2024 The Pasaje del Correo, a passage near Lima's central post office in the historic downtown of the Peruvian capital, part of the pedestrian network connecting the city's colonial-era plazas.

Casa de correos y telégrafos de Lima 02 2024 The Casa de Correos y Telégrafos in central Lima, photographed in 2024. The building once housed the city's postal and telegraph services and stands within Lima's UNESCO-listed historic center.

Pasaje Santa Rosa en Lima 04 2024 Pasaje Santa Rosa, a narrow pedestrian passage in the historic center of Lima, Peru, photographed in 2024 near the colonial-era Santo Domingo convent.

Jirón de la Unión, cuadra 2 en Lima 02 2024 A block of Jiron de la Union, the pedestrian shopping street linking Lima's Plaza Mayor and Plaza San Martin, photographed in 2024.