LIMA'S PLAZA DE ARMAS, PRESIDENTIAL PALACE, LIMA CATHEDRAL, AND CATACOMBS OF SAN FRANCISCO CONVENT

We visited the beautiful Plaza De Armas of Lima and the famous catacombs of the San Francisco Convent with the Cardons.  Lima is a fascinating city that has beautiful districts and residential areas and it's Spanish colonial-style historic center is the best preserved in the Americas!  But, most of the 9 million people live in very simple and poor conditions.

 Doors of the Baroque style convent.

 Many pigeons gather here to be feed by the people.

 We entered the middle door to take a tour of the convent and to see the catacombs.

 These doors are immense and the Baroque facades were fascinating and very ornate!

 

This is part of the Presidential Palace! 

You can see the guards standing at attention, behind this gate!

 The palace through the gates.

 Steve and President Cardon are visiting with a guard in the army.

Lima City Hall!

Lovely doors to a museum!

Santo Domingo Convent is an example of neoclassic style!

This museum shows the food and agriculture of Peru!

 This map shows where food is grown or caught!

Symbols for different foods. 

The "Last Supper" with guinea pig served.  This is considered a delicacy here.  We have not tried it!!!

The different breads of this area!

This was a wonderful way to show the foods and different preparations in Peru. 

 This is the courtyard of the museum!

The quinua plant is very nutritious and we use it on our cereal, in yogurt, and salads.  We walked back to the plaza to see the grand Lima Cathedral and other buildings with Moorish architecture.  

 The beautiful Lima Cathedral!

A new batch of flowers were planted in the Plaza!

These doors are amazing and must be about 40 feet high!

 A wedding was about to take place and the bride and groom and flower girls all arrived in a white limo!

You can see into the very ornate and gold interior of the Cathedral.

Others were waiting for the next wedding to take place.

 This is the archbishop's home attached to the cathedral. 

The bride and groom are kneeling at the alter!

The Moorish influence is seen in the window boxes and are seen in most of the buildings in the Plaza!

These cute girls are standing in front of the door of the archbishop!

This is the balcony for the archbishop!  It was a very enlightening and educational tour and we thank our great friends, Lavor and Marilyn Cardon for showing us the best things in Lima!