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Visit Casa Aliaga
Casa Aliaga is a colonial mansion granted in 1535 by conquistador Francisco Pizarro to his captain Jerónimo de Aliaga. It is described as the only house of that era still belonging to the same family, which makes it a rare, lived-in window onto Lima's colonial center.
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Lima's historic center is a UNESCO World Heritage Site filled with Spanish colonial architecture, best explored on foot in the city's breezy Pacific air. The suggested route radiates from the Plaza Mayor through the colonial downtown to the 16th-century Cathedral, which took eighty years to build in the grandiose style of the Spanish Empire. It is a suggestion for free time rather than a fixed booking — mingling with locals and eating in award-winning restaurants are part of the day's framing.
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