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UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Lima

2 UNESCO World Heritage Sites are in or near Lima.

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UNESCO sites in Lima

  • Historic Centre of LimaCultural · 1988 · 0 km

    Although severely damaged by earthquakes, this 'City of the Kings' was, until the middle of the 18th century, the capital and most important city of the Spanish dominions in South America. Many of its buildings, such as …

  • Qhapaq Ñan, Andean Road SystemCultural · 2014 · 27 km

    This site is an extensive Inca communication, trade and defence network of roads covering 30,000 km. Constructed by the Incas over several centuries and partly based on pre-Inca infrastructure, this extraordinary network…

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