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LIMA
Descripcin Pintoresca
de
la
C. L.
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New York
City
EDW. MUECKE
Lima, Peru
Lima,
la
la capital
de
la
Repblica, es caractersticamente
pintoresca
el
THE
:a
de armas v
;dral
inmediato, cuan
el
devastador terremoto de
ado
la
perodo de
171*i,
que
nern co
mando
casi
edificio.
wards. The two great towers which stand up above the surrounding buildings when seen from afar, were built during the term of the viceroy Tabo-
ada
by the devastating
earthquake of 1746, when the city was almost reduced to ruins.
The city is built on the usual Spanish- American plan of parallel and cross
streets, with a large central plaza.
The Cathedral occupies one side of this
in
LA
.DUAL.
do
Estado,
ocupa
ad-
is
The
plaza
is
still is,
rainless clin
a stronghold of
Roman
Catholicism.
DADOR DE
PIZAKKU,
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y agradables. En
monumentos consagra-
la
ellos se
de Mayo, conmemorativo del combate contra la escuadra espaola en el Caen 1886, adornado con estatuas que simbolizan al Per y sus aliados de
llao,
and the avenues which surround the capital are broad and pleasant. There are a
number of fine monuments to native heroes and others in different parts of the
city.
Among these are: the marble statue to Columbus; the bronze statue of
Bolivar, with bas-reliefs upon the base representing the battles of Junin and
icucho the overthrow of Spain in South America; the "Second of May"
monument, commemorating the combat with the Spanish squadron at Callao in
1866, with bronze statues representing Peru and her allies at that time Chile.
Ecuador, and Bolivia: the Bolgnesi monument, in memory of the terrible a
(A
ENTRO).
aqir
cuerdo del
terrible
combate sobre
monumento
monumento Bol
Morro de Arica, durante
y Bolivia;
el
el
San Martin, en
el
la
en re-
guerra
ciudades de bispanoamrica.
Los
mosa, aunque
el
de
Lima
edificios pblicos
Morro of Arica during the Chilian war; and the monument to San
Martin, representing that famous general proclaiming the independence of
u.
All these monuments are handsome and costly structures of marble and
bronze, and in some cases they have served as models for similar monuments in
bat on the
cities.
INQUISICIN.
cientemente que se hagan muchas erogaciones. En todas las ciudades hispanoamericanas existe la tendencia construir aparatosos edificios de cimento
And
stucco,
Lima
houses
is
often ex-
ceedingly picturesque and handsome, and these examples are being wisely premodern work is the Exposition Park, with its buildings and the
served.
uated.
at the
JOLVAR,
cubridor.
rboles tropica
destinados al
otros asuntos.
josas y
museum, the
Los
lu-
principales
and
Lima
En
es asiento del
polticas,
Miraflores,
and
Barranco and
Chorillos.
Lima
is
dicial bodies
and
and the residence of the chief political and jufamous University of San Mar-
South America.
Among
Lima
in
CORO DE LA
J<
IV
DE SAN FRANCISCO.
exploracin las regiones poco conocidas y, en general, de promover el desarrollo cientfico en geografa, arqueologa, climatologa y en otras matt
pertinentes al Per.
Publica boletines quincenales consagrados su labor.
americanos.
El
los cen-
tro recin creado, que tambin se muestra en favor del adelanto cientfico en
Lima. Este Instituto se ocupa de investigar el amplio campo de los tiempos
prehistricos, incluyendo las razas del Per,
y en recopilar datos y
escritos
development
sci-
in
)EL
MERCADO.
museum.
The Atheneum
ms competencia
eludes a
is
PLAZA DK ARMAS.
Sociedad de Ingenieros, con un excelente edificio, biblioteca y gran nii
de miembros; las sociedades nacionales de Industria, de Minas y de Agricul-
edificio es
mundo, con
espectadores.
Las
rias de
muy
bien dispuesto y
gaUos consti-
El hipdromo, para
un gran
centro de atraccin
Cock-fighting
The Hippodrome
is
is
among
;o
COLN.
como miembros
ocupa
Lima, en
Entre ellos se cuentan el Nacional,
Fnix, formado por ingleses, el Italian
Hay
el
extran
primer pu
foreigners to
There are several first-class clubs in Lima, all of which admit
Union.
membership. Among them are the National, occupying first place, the
Casino, and the Cercle
the Phoenix (British), the Italian Club, the Spanish
Franc;
charact
There is a strong scientific and literary trend in the Peruvian
as time
which will assuredly develop and become of value to their continent
supeed, Lima is a storehouse of literaiy tradition and culture,
probably b
valuabli
>ther capital
when
the conti
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i,
PARQUE DE LA EXPOSICIN.
haber que ser ms estimado cuando todos los pueblos del mismo origen estn
Los peruanos hablan, quizs, el mejor y
ligados por relaciones ms ntimas.
de todos estos pases. En ello muestran marcado conms agradable
traste con el mtodo de discurso y de escritura de sus vecinos los chilenos, algo
1
cortado
brusco,
aunque
viril,
asemeja ms
se
al espaol
que hablan
las
peruanos
Entre
los
los virreyes,
more
Spanish heard in
all
these countries.
if virile
It
is
in
the best
marked
their
class.
writers
of the viceroys,
U\vy L.
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ntal
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fantstica, cualidades
JiuiiVJS
tre
Lima
las
L Vyv
prii
le
jrcito chileno,
ms
Fu
en-
nsiderada en
casi destruida
brutalmente
durante su ocupacin de
la capital,
merced los
Ricardo Palma, quien se consagr reorganizarla.
Al tratar de la literatura y ciencias del Per hay que consignar el nombre de
Antonio Raymond, italiano de nacimiento, quien dedic su vida estudiar y
tuciones
hombre de
letras
tal character;
valiosas,
Don
which qualities
still
among
their de-
Quechuas of to-day.
was considered to be
It was ruthlessly damaged by the
Chilians during their occupation, but was again brought together by the Peruvian man of letters, Ricardo Palma, and to-day is a most valuable institution.
In any mention of the science and literature of Peru the name of Antonio Raymond! must not be omitted. An Italian by birth, he devoted his life to the surin 1822, which
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como
En Lima
El
Times
Lo que
ms completas.
principal de todos es
El Co-
El Comercio para
el
Per.
veying and description of Peru, and his works upon its natural history, mineralogy, etc., as indeed his maps, are the most complete sources of information.
There are various newspapers published in Lima: foremost among which
is the Comercio, established in 1839.
What the Times is for Great Britain,
the Comercio is for Peru.
This paper has ever upheld public liberty, and
striven for the progress of the country.
It worked for the abolition of negro
slavery, and this was brought to an end in 1855.
It also upheld the rights of
the Indians, and has been instrumental in their betterment, in a large degree.
MmWmm,
>]'ritu
lumnas,
ruanos
rias,
tol-
se justifica el
le h
publicidad.
que contienen
partes del
que
Aunque
sus co-
mundo.
noticias, aqullas
nas
de
de
lo
que ocurre en
las de-
displayed in
is
its
and impartial
in its
Whilst
it
is
accut
ropean matters are sometimes tinged with North American rendering or prejudice, due to the New York news service.
El segundo
peridico de importancia es
las
maquinarias
que
los
diarios
muy
Next
in
ing paper,
importance
is
full of
are, in their
new and enterprising morning and evenof home and foreign matter. Both papers
the Prensa, a
the impression
is
En
etc.
Arequipa, Trujillo,
Cuzco, Iquitos y otras, se publican uno dos peridicos, los cuales hacen un toComo se ha dicho anteriormente, las principales
tal de doscientos en el pas.
contienen
mucha lectura til, las noticias extranjeras que
publicaciones
de estas
se reciben diariamente
en efecto,
icine, law,
etc.
In nearly all the
more newspapers are published, especially
Cuzco, Iquitos, etc., giving a total of two hundred news-
Arequipa, Trujillo,
much
As
stated, the
useful matter; the foreign news received daily by cable, and scien-
or descriptive articles.
They
possesses,
of
official,
EL BELLO MIRAFLOR]
as
como
los
empleados
oficiales inferiores
rivan su conocimiento del mundo exterior, de la lectura de estos rganos, esperando vidamente que la llegada de los vapores semanales que tocan en los puertos de la costa, permita al perezoso correo rural indgena, depositar su pesada
La
poblacin actual de
Lima
es
de 140,000 habitantes.
Est en comunica-
cin con el extranjero por medio de b'neas de vapores, que parten del Callao y
El Callao occupa el
otros puntos, para Europa y los puertos norteamericanos.
tercer puesto entre los puertos importantes de esta costa del Pacfico, corres-
remote interior villages, draws his breath of the outside world in his perusal of
these organs pounced upon eagerly, what time the weekly steamer, touching
at coast ports, permits the lagging rural Indian postman to deposit his heavy
in
mail-pack
The
present population of
Lima
is
1-40,000 inhabitants.
is
connected with
ports,
from Cal-
This, the third port in importance on the whole Pacific Coast (after
Francisco and Valparaiso), is about 8 miles from Lima, connected with the
lao, etc.
San
It
American
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Andes
del
famoso
ferrocarril de Oroya,
en la cima de la cordillera.
entre la ciudad
los
capital by
by
a hydro-electric
From Lima,
the
electric Unes,
to an elevation
of 1.j,G40 feet at the sununit of the mountains. Railway lines also connect the
city with several watering-places on the coast, as Miradores, Barranco, Chorriwhere fine residences exist, in a delightful climate, as before described.
The
by
vessels
which come
in
MUY
LA PUNJA. IX BALNEARIO
El
los
FAVORITO.
las tierras
el
la capital.
Con
el
el
la construccin
de
from
coast ports,
and the
railways,
and by what
is
grown
in the extensive
campia, or cultivated lands which surround the city, irrigated from the Rimac.
The population is increasing, and the price of food has been rising, a problem
which must be met by the tapping of further interior agricultural valleys by
a chapter
in stone
are
restful
and
interesting.
L
>
por
CALLAO.
la vieja
Cierto aire
se desvanezca esta
crit
El puerto
circ
un antiguo lugar
histrico.
Ha
DAKS1
DEL CALLAO.
cesivos bombardeos, por los libertadores de Chile y por la escuadra espaola;
vctima del pillaje de expediciones filibusteras de Europa y del bombardeo
los chilenos invi
lo
penetrado en sus aguas y pasajeros de todas las razas han hollado sus calles.
Es uno de los centros martimos ms importantes de toda la vasta costa
baada por el ocano Pacfico, desde Alaska Patagonia, y su posicin geo'_
fica,
no
es temerario predecirlo, le
la
futura
mundo.
La
El puerto goza
tercera parte de extranjeros, es de 30,000 almas al presente.
cost
dos millones
construccin
de un buen sistema de diques y muelles, cuya
mayor calado
libras esterlinas, el cual permite que los vapores mercantes de
de
world.
is
about two million pounds to construct, and which permit the largest ocean-going
steamers on the coast to come alongside. About one thousand vessels, with a toclearing
tal tonnage of about two and one-quarter million. tons, entering and
combined, represent approximately the bulk of annual maritime commerce in
recent years.
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