Damero de Pizarro

Plan of Lima in the year 1750.

The Damero de Pizarro or Lima square is as it is known to an area of ​​the historical center of Lima, capital of Peru. This area corresponds to the foundational layout of the city.

Its current boundaries within the city are the Rio Rímac to the north, Abancay Avenue to the east, Colmena Avenue to the south and Tacna Avenue to the west.

It is named for being the oldest and most central part of the city and because its urban layout maintains the classic Spanish style of perpendicular streets and avenues that form homogeneously square apples.

Also in this area are the main historical monuments of the city and several of the public buildings of the government of Peru including the Government Palace and the Cathedral of Lima.

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