Over 160 architectural works organized by period and style for comprehensive exploration
Detailed routes for each mode of transportation to maximize city discovery
Vibrant color photographs provide vivid visual context for each site
Interwoven text explains historical, economic, and administrative background of each work
Covers pre-Columbian, viceregal, republican, and modern periods for a complete timeline
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Architectural Guide
Laura Torres Roa/Jorge Álvarez-Builla
The Peruvian capital is a city of paradox. The urban layout of its historic centre is the most perfect Cartesian grid in South America, yet mass migrations have generated large informal settlements. Its society lives in a permanent state of commercial frenzy, yet it has preserved t
