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Malecón de Miraflores
The malecón and the Costa Verde
Type	Malecón
Location	Lima, Peru
Open	24 hours

The Malecón de Miraflores is an esplanade in the coast of Lima, Peru. It's a major tourist attraction in the city.

Overview

The malecón crosses the district of Miraflores and is composed of three different sectors: the Malecón de la Marina, the Malecón Cisneros, and the Malecón de la Reserva. Another two malecones, 28 de Julio and Balta, separate the Malecón Cisneros from the other two malecones, being connected by the Puente Villena Rey.

The Malecón de la Reserva, the latter of the three malecones, was designed by Augusto Benavides Diez Canseco and features casonas by Ricardo de Jaxa Malachowski. It is limited to the south by the Bajada de Armendáriz, also known as the Quebrada de Armendáriz.

Landmarks

Larcomar

The Larcomar is a shopping center in the Miraflores district of Lima, Peru owned by Chilean company Parque Arauco S.A. It was opened on 27 November 1998. It is frequently visited by international tourists, as well as by locals from Miraflores and other parts of Lima. It is located on Avenida Jose Larco, and it is along the cliff next to the ocean (mar means 'sea' in Spanish) thus the name Larcomar. The Larcomar has indoor and outdoor areas, includes a cinema, bowling lanes, a food court, museum, tourist shops, Tony Roma's, T.G.I. Friday's, and Chili's restaurants, book stores, clothing stores, and electronics stores. It is directly across the street from the Marriott hotel.

Costa Verde

The Costa Verde, is a highway located along the coast of Callao and Lima. It unites the districts of La Punta, La Perla, San Miguel, Magdalena del Mar, San Isidro, Miraflores, Barranco and Chorrillos.

Maria Reiche Park

Maria Reiche Park
Type	Public park
Location	Lima, Peru
Open	24 hours

Maria Reiche Park (Spanish: Parque Maria Reiche) is a public park dedicated to the German-Peruvian archaeologist Maria Reiche.

The park, which opened in 1996, also legitimizes several reproductions of the Nazca lines, the main focus of Reiche's research in Peru. Among the Nazca formations that have been reproduced through plants and flowers are the figures of the Monkey, the Cat, the Hands, the Hummingbird and the Flower. These figures are illuminated at night by means of LED chains along the lines with a total length of 1,500 meters of illumination. The figures can best be seen from the neighboring street a little higher up. A commemorative tablet features text by Reiche.

Love Park

Formally the Alberto Andrade Carmona Park, it's the location of The Kiss, a sculpture by Víctor Delfín.

Manuel Bonilla Stadium

The Manuel Bonilla Sports Complex is a Peruvian sports center named after Manuel Bonilla Elhart, a child soldier and war hero of the War of the Pacific. This sports complex has a soccer stadium, a coliseum mostly used for volleyball, and a small auditorium.

Lugar de la Memoria Museum

The Place of Memory, Tolerance and Social Inclusion (Spanish: Lugar de la Memoria, la Tolerancia y la Inclusión Social, LUM) is a museum in Lima, Peru, dedicated to the Peruvian internal conflict of the 1980s and 1990s. It opened in 2015 and is managed by the Ministry of Culture. The LUM seeks to memorialize the victims of the conflict and provide a forum where different viewpoints on the conflict can be discussed.

Bicentennial Park

Bicentennial Park (Spanish: Parque Bicentenario) is a park opened due to and named after the Bicentennial of Peru. It features andenes built with anti-seismic technology.

Eduardo Villena Rey Bridge

Eduardo Villena Rey Bridge is an arch bridge in Miraflores, Lima, Peru. It joins the Malecón de Miraflores and crosses the Bajada Balta. The bridge became infamous for its suicides, being a popular spot worldwide for people to take their lives.

Gallery

• Larcomar in 2014.
• The Costa Verde.
• Plaque with text by Reiche at her park.
• The Hands, located at the same park.
• The Flower, ditto.
• The Hummingbird, ditto.
• The Condor, ditto.
• Manuel Bonilla Sports Complex
• Lugar de la Memoria Museum.
• Villena Bridge as seen from the Bajada Balta

See also

• Lima Bay

References

1. Valverde, Jaime (2016-05-05). "Malecón de Miraflores: la cuarta maravilla de América". Correo.
2. "Malecón de Miraflores". Visita Lima.
3. Córdova Tábori, Lilia (2021-01-28). "Miraflores: Así lucía el malecón 28 de julio en el verano de 1963". El Comercio.
4. Amaral, Aracy A. (1994). Arquitectura neocolonial: América Latina, Caribe, Estados Unidos (in Spanish). Fondo de Cultura Economica de España, S.L. ISBN 978-85-85373-08-5.
5. El Arquitecto peruano (8). 1944
6. Quiroz Galvan, Diana Mery (2019-05-23). ""La ruta Malachowski" en Miraflores y Barranco". El Comercio.
7. "MIRADOR-3". Municipalidad de Miraflores.
8. Rachowiecki, R.; Beech, C (2004). Lonely Planet Peru. Lonely Planet. p. 63. ISBN 1-74059-209-3.
9. ^ "Las figuras enigmáticas de las Pampas de Nasca, vuelven a brillar en el Parque María Reiche de Miraflores". Municipalidad de Miraflores. 2020-09-07.
10. "Parque María Reiche". Visita Lima.
11. Willis, Daniel (June 30, 2021). "A politics of placelessness? The limits of democratising memory in the Centro de Documentación e Investigación of Lima's Lugar de la Memoria". Memory Studies. 14 (3): 663–674. doi:10.1177/17506980211010935. S2CID 235381363.
12. ""The LUM as a necessary space to promote dialogue and the strengthening of democracy" | L.I.S.A. WISSENSCHAFTSPORTAL GERDA HENKEL STIFTUNG".
13. "Peru attempts to address years of violence with tolerance museum". the Guardian. June 20, 2014.
14. "Historia". Municipalidad de Miraflores.
15. Rosas, Yasmin (2021-11-16). "Miraflores: así está cambiando la quebrada de Armendáriz por la construcción de parque Bicentenario". El Comercio.
16. "Puente Villena: ¿cuál es la terrorífica historia detrás de esta construcción miraflorina?". La República. 2022-10-01.

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Pre-Columbian buildings	Huaca Huallamarca Huaca Pucllana Huaca Santa Catalina Pachacamac Puruchuco
Colonial buildings	Balconies of Lima Basilica and Convent of Nuestra Señora de la Merced Monument Plazoleta Basilica and Convent of San Francisco Catacombs Basilica and Convent of San Pedro Basilica of Santo Domingo Plazuela Casa de Aliaga Casa de Divorciadas Casa de Osambela Casa de Pilatos Casa del Oidor Casa Goyeneche Casa Hacienda Punchauca Casa Matusita Casa O'Higgins Casa Riva-Agüero Casona of the National University of San Marcos Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Museum of Art Theatre Cathedral Basilica of Lima Sanctuary Cementerio Presbítero Matías Maestro Cripta de los Héroes Church of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph Church of Saint Catherine of Siena Church of Saint Lazarus Church of the Good Death Church of the Holy Christ of Wonders Church of the Orphans Church of Our Lady of Copacabana Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church of Our Lady of Patronage Church of Saint Anne Church of Saint Augustine Church of Saint Liberata Church of Saint Mary Magdalene Convent of Our Lady of the Angels Cuartel Barbones Fort of Santa Catalina Iglesia de la Recoleta Mogrovejo Hospital Monastery of Saint Rose of Lima National Mint of Peru Palacio de la Magdalena Palacio de Torre Tagle Panteón de los Próceres Plaza de toros de Acho Real Felipe Fortress Royal College of the University of San Marcos Royal Hospital of Saint Andrew Sanctuary and Monastery of Las Nazarenas Sanctuary of Saint Rose of Lima Seminario de Lima St. Clare's Monastery Mill St. Sebastian's Church Trinitarian Church Walls of Lima
Other touristic buildings	Archbishop's Palace Association of Amateur Artists Atlas Building Bar Cordano BBVA Building Begonias Tower Casa Arenas Loayza Casa de Correos y Telégrafos Casa de las Trece Monedas Casa del Pueblo Casa Fernandini, Lima Casa Fernandini, Santa María del Mar Casa Roosevelt Casa Rusa Casa Sal y Rosas Casa Suárez Chinatown Arch Chocavento Tower Church of Our Lady of the Forsaken Club de la Unión Club Nacional Country Club Lima Hotel Cristo del Pacífico Delfines Hotel & Convention Center Desamparados station Diez de Octubre School Eduardo Dibos Colosseum El Ángel Cemetery Gamarra Government Palace Obelisk Gran Hotel Bolívar Gran Hotel Maury Guadalupe College Hermitage of Barranco Hospital Civil de la Misericordia Hotel Crillón Immaculate Heart of Mary Church Monument Institute of Hygiene Interbank Building Javier Alzamora Valdez Building La Atarjea La Colmena Building La Rosa Náutica Larcomar Teatro La Plaza Library of Congress Lima Civic Center Legislative Palace Lima Convention Center Lima Stock Exchange Building Luis Gálvez Chipoco Stadium Mesa Redonda Monumental Stadium Morro Solar War Monument Mosque of Lima National Geographic Institute National Library of Peru National Maternal Perinatal Institute National Stadium of Peru Palacio de la Exposición Palacio de Miraflores Palacio Municipal Palace of Justice Petroperú Building Public Ministry of Peru Quinta Heeren Quinta Leuro Quinta Presa Rospigliosi Castle Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus Church Sheraton Lima Historic Center Stone of Taulichusco The Westin Lima Hotel & Convention Center Torre Banco de la Nación
Museums and theatres	Aeronautical Museum Bodega y Quadra Museum Canout Theatre Casa Grau Naval Museum Combatants of the Morro de Arica Museum DIRCOTE Museum Gold Museum of Peru and Arms of the World Gran Teatro Nacional José Carlos Mariátegui Museum Larco Museum Lima Art Museum Metropolitan Museum Morro Solar Planetarium Municipal Theatre Museum Museum of Congress and the Inquisition Museum of Contemporary Art Museum of the Brain Museum of the Central Reserve Bank of Peru Museum of Elections and Democracy Museum of Italian Art Museum of Natural History National Afro-Peruvian Museum National Museum of Archaeology, Anthropology and History National Museum National Museum of Peruvian Culture Naval Museum Pinacotheca of Lima Teatro Colón Teatro Municipal Teatro Peruano Japonés Teatro Segura
Squares and promenades	Cinco esquinas Jirón de la Unión Pasaje Olaya Monument Paseo de los Héroes Navales Las llamas La yunta Paseo Colón Columbus Statue Pizza Blvd. Plaza de la Bandera Plaza Bolívar Plaza Bolognesi Plaza de la Democracia Plaza Dos de Mayo Plaza Francia Statue of Liberty Plaza Grau Monument Plaza Italia Plaza José Faustino Sánchez Carrión Plaza Manco Cápac Monument Plaza Mayor Fountain Plaza Perú Plaza Ramón Castilla Monument Plaza San Martín Lamp of the Three Graces Plazuela de las Artes Plazuela del Teatro Monument
Parks and zoos	Alameda Chabuca Granda Alameda de los Descalzos Museum Bridge of Sighs Campo de Marte Monument Costa Verde Pan-American Complex El Olivar Friendship Park Cultural Centre Museum Heroes of Independence Park Huachipa Zoo Malecón de Miraflores Love Park Villena Bridge Medicinal Botanical Garden Kennedy Park Lachay National Reserve Pantanos de Villa Wildlife Refuge Parque de la Exposición Fountain Parque de La Muralla Pizarro statue Parque de la Reserva Parque de las Leyendas Paseo de Aguas Plazuela Chabuca Granda Monument Reducto № 2 Museum University Park Clock
Education	Antonio Ruiz de Montoya University Cayetano Heredia University Federico Villarreal National University National Superior Autonomous School of Fine Arts Cultural Centre National University of Engineering National University of San Marcos Officers' School of the National Police of Peru Peruvian University of Applied Sciences Pontifical Catholic University of Peru Raúl Porras Barrenechea Institute Ricardo Palma University Technological University of Peru University of Engineering and Technology Campus University of Lima
Health	Archbishop Loayza National Hospital Dos de Mayo National Hospital Edgardo Rebagliati Martins National Hospital San Bartolomé National Hospital Víctor Larco Herrera Hospital
Nearby areas with beaches	Ancón Callao Base Port Chancay Port Chorrillos La Herradura Miraflores La Pampilla Pucusana
Former	Banco Comercial Barranco Lake Barranco Zoo Cabildo of Lima Casa Alcántara Casa Marcionelli Casa Oechsle Casa Tenaud Church of Our Lady of the Forsaken Church of Saint Mary of Charity Cine Tauro El Sexto Prison Gate of Lima Giacoletti Building Great Clock of Lima Hipódromo de San Felipe Hipódromo de Santa Beatriz Lima Penitentiary Limatambo Airport Limatambo Building Marsano Palace Moorish Arch Museo de la Nación National Stadium San Jorge Prison San Martín barracks Venetian Palace Saint Paul's College Viceregal Palace

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