Video: Glimpses of Peru, 1937
Allow your eyes to pop out at 1930’s Lima, Huancayo, Arequipa and Lake Titicaca in full motion colour!
February 11, 2010 | Culture & History
Posts Tagged "lima"
A tale of colonial ships and Peruvian gold
In May 2007, US company Odyssey Marine Exploration discovered $500,000,000 of Peruvian gold and silver coins from the sunken colonial ship Nuestra Señora del las Mercedes. Spain immediately claimed the bounty as property of the Spanish crown, as did Peru. The saga begins more than 200 years ago, and is one that is only now coming to an end.
January 15, 2010 | Culture & History, News
Colonial jewel in Peru’s capital to be restored with UN help
As part of a United Nations-backed plan to restore historical architectural gems that have deteriorated into slums, residents of Rimac, one of the poorest neighbourhoods in Peru’s capital, Lima, will start registering property titles as of 2010 in an effort to restore the priceless landmarks.
January 1, 2010 | Culture & History, News
What’s the difference between Peruvian Cebiche and others?
So, what’s the difference between the ceviche of Peru and the international dishes that share its name? To Javier Wong, perhaps Peru’s biggest ceviche expert and internationally renowned ceviche chef, the answer is simple: There is no other ceviche in the world.
December 4, 2009 | Peruvian Food
Lima pays homage to the delicious anticucho
On the banks of the river Rímac, on the beautiful and historic Alameda de Chabuca Granda with its ageing wooden balconies, in a space often occupied by fairs and special events, Lima today paid homage to the delicious anticucho.
November 29, 2009 | Culture & History, Opinion, Peruvian Food
Gastronomy is the new driving force for economic development
With the growing economic benefits Peru is enjoying thanks to its cuisine, as demonstrated by a second very successful gastronomic fair hosted in the capital of Lima not long ago, it is little surprise that a recent study by Arellano Marketing has produced figures that back up what is plain to see.
November 22, 2009 | News, Peruvian Food
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Lima’s Fog Nets, catching water for the city’s poor [Featured]
They look like huge abandoned volleyball nets facing west towards the Pacific Ocean on one of the many hillsides in the Peruvian capital, Lima. They started as an experiment two years ago and now they are giving a lifeline to some of Lima’s poorest residents.
The Peruvian capital gets an average of just over 40mm (1.5 inches) of rainfall a year but what it does not get in showers, it makes up for in fog.
October 20, 2009 | News
Arturo “Zambo” Cavero (1940-2009)
One of Peru’s greats, the embodiment of Peruvianism and the creole culture of Peru’s coastal regions, passed away today as a result of poor general health. The loss of this one man that became a symbol of Peruvian identity will be felt deeply across Peru and especially on the coast, but also across Latin American and the world. His inimitable voice captivated his listeners in a way that few other artists have ever been able to do, somehow making every word his sang sound unmistakeably and unequivocally PERUANO.
October 9, 2009 | Culture & History, News
Civil war threatens to break out in the Andean region of Puno
Civil war threatens to break out between two districts in rural Puno after the recent deaths of 1o people and many more injured in the community of Chacayaje in the district of Ituata.
October 6, 2009 | News
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Peru celebrates Independence Day with fountain of booze [Featured]
ITN News reports on the yearly tradition of the pisco fountain in the Plaza de Armas. It has long since become a popular part of the Fiestas Patrias celebrations. (Previous year’s)
July 27, 2009 | Lima City Guide, Opinion, Peruvian Food
Lima and Callao in Black and White
A collection of my photos of the city of Lima in black and white.
July 26, 2009 | Lima City Guide, Opinion
Cementerio Barquíjano
Walking along Av. Oscar R. Benavides, once called the Avenida Colonial that joined Callao with distant Lima, I happened upon this very pretty cemetery. It was Sunday and the large entrance was busy with families visiting lost relatives and flower sellers doing a brisk trade.
This public cemetery, built in 1859 is the final resting place of Chalacos (as the people from Callao are called) both rich and poor. The rich have built grand mausoleums while the poor suffice with a nook in a wall of tombs. Interestingly for such an old cemetery it is still in use, and it is a strange contrast to see much more modern mausoleums and graves alongside much older ones, or see old family plots more recently added to. It is also obvious, through the placing of fresh flowers and candles, whom among the dead are still remembered and mourned, and who have been forgotten.
June 17, 2009 | Lima City Guide, Opinion
