Plaza Mayor de Lima

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World Heritage Site component historic site public square tourist attraction

Plaza Mayor de Lima is the historic main square of Peru’s capital, renowned as the birthplace of the city and surrounded by key colonial-era buildings such as the Government Palace and the Cathedral of Lima.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Plaza Mayor of Lima 2
Lima Cathedral 1
Main Square of Lima 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World Heritage Site component ⓘ
historic site ⓘ
public square ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Plaza Mayor de Lima ⓘ
surface form: Main Square of Lima

Plaza de Armas de Lima ⓘ
cityStatusProclaimedBy Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
coordinateLocation -12.0464,-77.0428 ⓘ
country Peru ⓘ
culturalSignificance symbolic center of political and religious power in colonial Lima ⓘ
founder Francisco Pizarro ⓘ
fountainInauguration 1651 ⓘ
governingBody Municipality of Lima ⓘ
hasFeature benches ⓘ
gardens ⓘ
ornamental lighting ⓘ
hasFountain Central bronze fountain ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
historicalUse bullfights ⓘ
marketplace ⓘ
public executions ⓘ
inception 1535 ⓘ
isBirthplaceOf Lima ⓘ
surface form: City of Lima
languageOfSurroundingSignage Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn historic centre of Lima ⓘ
surface form: Historic Centre of Lima

Lima ⓘ
locatedInMunicipality Cercado de Lima ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone America/Lima ⓘ
mainAccessStreet Jirón Carabaya ⓘ
Jirón Huallaga ⓘ
Jirón Junín ⓘ
Jirón de la Unión ⓘ
originalUrbanPlanBy Francisco Pizarro ⓘ
partOf historic centre of Lima ⓘ
surface form: Historic Centre of Lima
pavingMaterial stone ⓘ
shape rectangular ⓘ
significantEvent proclamation of the Independence of Peru in Lima ⓘ
surroundedByBuilding Archbishop’s Palace of Lima ⓘ
Lima Cathedral ⓘ
surface form: Cathedral of Lima

Club de la Unión ⓘ
Government Palace of Peru ⓘ
Municipal Palace of Lima ⓘ
touristAttractionStatus major attraction for domestic and international visitors ⓘ
touristRegion Central Coast of Peru ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 1988 ⓘ
usedFor civic ceremonies ⓘ
political events ⓘ
public gatherings ⓘ
religious processions ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Plaza Mayor de Lima → alsoKnownAs → Plaza Mayor de Lima ⓘ
this entity surface form: Main Square of Lima
Archbishopric of Lima → cathedralLocatedIn → Plaza Mayor de Lima ⓘ
this entity surface form: Plaza Mayor of Lima
Jirón de la Unión → connects → Plaza Mayor de Lima ⓘ
Jirón Huallaga → connectsTo → Plaza Mayor de Lima ⓘ
historic centre of Lima → contains → Plaza Mayor de Lima ⓘ
subject surface form: Historic Centre of Lima
Government Palace of Peru → faces → Plaza Mayor de Lima ⓘ
Lima Cathedral → faces → Plaza Mayor de Lima ⓘ
Lima → hasLandmark → Plaza Mayor de Lima ⓘ
Lima → hasLandmark → Plaza Mayor de Lima ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lima Cathedral
Club de la Unión → locatedIn → Plaza Mayor de Lima ⓘ
Desamparados railway station → locatedNear → Plaza Mayor de Lima ⓘ
this entity surface form: Plaza Mayor of Lima
Lima Cathedral → locatedOn → Plaza Mayor de Lima ⓘ
Palacio de Gobierno → locatedOn → Plaza Mayor de Lima ⓘ
subject surface form: Palacio de Gobierno del Perú
Plaza San Martín → near → Plaza Mayor de Lima ⓘ
Club de la Unión → overlooks → Plaza Mayor de Lima ⓘ
Government Palace of Peru → significantPlace → Plaza Mayor de Lima ⓘ