Puente Villena Rey through time

Lima 1931–2020 11 photos of this spot

11 photographs taken at the same spot in Lima, spanning 1931–2020 — 2 of them from before 1980. Line them up and watch the place change.

The residence of the Chilean embassy in Lima is shown in this 1931 photograph, reflecting the diplomatic architecture of the Peruvian capital in the early twentieth century, a period of expanding foreign missions in the city.

Embajada de Chile en Peru Residencia 1931 The residence of the Chilean embassy in Lima is shown in this 1931 photograph, reflecting the diplomatic architecture of the Peruvian capital in the early twentieth century, a period of expanding foreign missions in the city.

(El Comercio ) Vista de la Avenida Larco en Miraflores 1973 Avenida Larco in the Miraflores district of Lima, Peru, as it appeared in September 1973, sourced from the newspaper El Comercio. The avenue has long been one of Miraflores' principal commercial streets, running from the city center toward the Pacific coastline.

Parque Reducto No. 2 2011 Parque Reducto No. 2 in Lima, Peru, occupies the site of a 19th-century fortification built to defend the city; this 2011 photograph shows the park as it appears today.

Peru - Lima 169 - worn architecture 2012 This 2012 photograph documents aging architecture in Lima, Peru, whose historic center retains a mix of colonial-era and early-20th-century buildings, many showing the wear of decades of coastal humidity.

Estatua de JFK Lima 01 2012 A statue of U.S. President John F. Kennedy stands in Lima, Peru, photographed in 2012. The monument is located in Miraflores' Parque Kennedy, a park named in his honor.

El Parque del Amor (Love Park), Lima, Peru 2014 Parque del Amor in the Miraflores district of Lima, Peru, a clifftop park overlooking the Pacific Ocean, photographed in 2014.

Puente Villena Rey 2016 The Puente Villena Rey, a footbridge across the Rimac River in Lima, Peru, appears in this 2016 photograph, connecting the historic center to the Rimac district.

Municipalidad de Miraflores 2018 The municipal building of Miraflores serves as the seat of local government for this seaside district of Lima, Peru, known for its parks and cliffside promenades above the Pacific. Photographed in 2018.

Casa de Rauul Porras Barrenechea 2019 The house of historian Raul Porras Barrenechea in Lima's Miraflores district has been preserved as a museum dedicated to the noted 20th-century Peruvian scholar of history and literature. Photographed in 2019.

Fachada Parroquia Virgen Milagrosa 2019 This is the facade of the Parroquia Virgen Milagrosa, a Catholic parish church in Lima's San Isidro district built in the early twentieth century in a modernist style unusual among the capital's older colonial churches.

Casona-Avenida Arequipa-Miraflores 2020 This 2020 photograph shows a casona, or historic mansion, on Avenida Arequipa in the Miraflores district of Lima, one of several such houses that survive along the avenue from Lima's early twentieth-century growth.