PLAZA MAYOR
The Plaza Mayor (formerly called "Plaza de Armas") was the old heart of Lima and its foundation place. The Plaza Mayor (Main Square) was the scenery for the Independence Declaration on July 28, 1821 and it marked the beginning of the end of the Spanish colonial rule in Peru and South America. It is also the landmark and central point of all the area known as "Damero de Pizarro" (Pizarro's Square), which has been classified as a "Cultural Heritage of Humankind" since 1992. The Plaza Mayor is surrounded at the north by the Government Palace. At the east is located the Archbishop's Palace, built in this century with a superb balcony, and we find the Lima Cathedral at the right hand of it. In front of it, there is the Municipal Palace, with an arcade corridor in the ground floor and two canyons in the balcony, recently found during the square restoration.
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