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LIMA CITY TOUR & LARCO HERRERA MUSEUM
You will be picked up from your hotel at 09 am . The city tour begin with
the visit to the Plaza the Armas, which has been declared a World Heritage
Site by UNESCO. Running along two sides are arcades with shops: Portal de
Escribanos and Portal de Botoneros. In the centre of the Plaza is a bronze
fountain dating from 1560. Located in the Plaza is the Cathedral, note the
splendidly carved stalls, the silver covered altars surrounded by fine
woodwork, mosaic covered walls bearing the coats of arms of
Lima and Pizarro. Then you'll visit the Monastery of
San Francisco, this is famous for the Sivillian tilework and panelled
ceiling in the cloisters, the catacombs under the church and part of the
monastery are well worth seeing, You'll visit the old colonial streets in
the centre of the city.
After visiting Lima city we will go to the Larco
Herrera Museum , 18th century colonial-style museum houses the largest and
most impressive ceramic collection in the world, with about 55,000 pre-Colombian
clay pots on display. The collection concentrates on the refined ceramics of
the Moche Dynasty, the people who lived along the northern coast of Peru
between 200 and 700 AD. The Moche culture is recognized as accomplishing one
of the greatest imaginative languages of ancient Peru through the use of
creative pottery, providing clues to all aspects of their civilization
without the use of the written word. One can learn about their religion,
agriculture, transport, dance and music through their ceramic designs and
shapes. The Moche are also renowned for their fascinating erotic pottery and
the famous collection is on display in the separate 'Erotic Hall', depicting
sexual practices of several Peruvian cultures in a lifelike, explicit and
often humorous way. At the end of the services transfer to your hotel. (L)
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