Golden idols of the Inca Period (Golden Museum, Lima)

Francisco Pizarro, the conqueror of the Inca Empire, also has his equestrian statue. It stands in Lima in the middle of a neighborhood that does not belong to the colonial era. In the picture, the statue stands on a corner of the Plaza de Armas. It was moved to the Parque de la Muralla in 2004. - Peru - Lima - 1969

Lima is both a colonial city and a modern capital. Decades ago, the Plaza de San Martin (pictured) was the commercial center of the city. Most of the department stores, offices and travel agencies were located in this area. - Today, Lima is considered the political, economic, industrial, cultural, financial and commercial center of the country. Internationally, it is the fifth largest city in Latin America. - Peru - Lima - 1969

The population explosion in South America goes hand in hand with urban overcrowding: in Lima, thousands of people who cannot find housing live crowded together in makeshift neighbourhoods known as barriadas. - At the foot of Cerro San Cristóbal - Rimac neighbourhood - Peru - Lima - 1969

The capital of Peru is a city of contrasts. You can see all different types of people in the crowds flowing past. An Indian woman who has come down from the mountains offers tropical fruit for sale. - Peru - Lima - 1969

In the slums, everyone tries to improve their living conditions as best they can. - At the foot of Cerro San Cristóbal - Rimac neighbourhood - Peru - Lima - 1969

A Cordillera Indian works in a petrol station in the capital. - 1969

The city of Callao was founded in 1537 by Francisco Pizarro on Callao Bay and quickly became the most important harbour for Spanish trade on the Pacific. Even today, the port of Callao handles 75% of Peru's total imports and exports, making it one of the most important fishing and trading ports in South America. - Southern partial view of the harbour of Callao near Lima. - Peru - Lima - 1969

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Dans le feu d'artifice des vagues, Inti, le Soleil-Père des Incas, se couche sur le Pacifique...

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Exhumés de tombeaux pré-inca et inca, ces très vieux instruments sont conservés au Museo Yoshitaro Amano de Lima, Pérou. Longue de 20,5 centimètres, une quena d'os blanc à quatre trous, ponctuée de petits cercles poinçonnés au centre, provient du site de Lauri-Chancay, sur la côte. Et de Chincha, plus au sud, l'autre quena en forme de bras prolongé d'une main et gravée d'un totem humain.

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Exhumés de tombeaux pré-inca et inca, ces très vieux instruments sont conservés au Museo Yoshitaro Amano de Lima, Pérou. Trouvée à Palpa, dans les sables des déserts, la zampoña (flûte de Pan américaine, 32 cm) est faite de bambous inégaux liés avec des cordelettes végétales. La petite zampoña on a trouvé à Lauri, Chancay.

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Sous la longue coiffe rectangulaire des Acllas et fardée de cinabre, une «femme choisie » d'argent doré semble tendre les bras à l'Inca (23 centimètres de haut). (Museo de Oro del Perû, Lima.)

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A 11 kilomètres de Lima, au bord de la Carretera central, la route des Andes, s'élève l'élégant palais pré-inca (XIIe) de Puruchuco, le «Seigneur au casque emplumé» soumis par les Incas. Nous voyons ici son merveilleux poncho cérémoniel au dos couvert de plumes jaunes d'ara. Masquée et couronnée d'argent bruni, la noble momie portait un couvre-nuque dont les motifs stylisés illustrent un art plumaire de toute beauté. Par-devant, le poncho est entièrement constellé de petits cercles d'argent et bordé de plumes noires et bleu turquoise. (Museo de Puruchuco, Lima, Pérou.)

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A peine haut de 10 centimètres, ce petit kero inca est délicatement peint de gracieux sujets nulle part ailleurs représentés sur ces vases des libations rituelles de chicha de maïs. (Museo Yoshitaro Amano, Lima, Pérou.)

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Pachacamac: Le plus grand sanctuaire de la côte péruvienne, consacré au dieu créateur de l'univers, fut investi par les Incas, comme en témoigne cette porte en «trapèze».

At the Plaza de Armas in Lima, a popular meeting place for tourists and locals alike, a shoe polisher sits on a small stool. He takes the opportunity to run his small business and polish people's shoes. - Peru - Lima - 1969

These women sell their fish at a market in the Rimac neighbourhood of Lima. The pelicans are waiting to get their hands on a bite. - Peru - Lima - 1969

Jirón de la Unión, on the west side of the Plaza de Armas in Lima. On the right the building of the ‘Club de la Unión’. - Peru - Lima - 1969

In the city centre of Lima, Avenida Nicolás de Piérola, from ‘Plaza Dos de Mayo’ towards ‘Plaza San Martín’ (Hasselblad with telephoto lens 500) - Peru - Lima - 1969

The Jirón de la Unión is a street in the Damero de Pizarro in the historic centre of Lima, capital of Peru. For many years it was the most important street in the city, characterised for being the most ‘aristocratic’ and where the most famous inhabitants of the city gathered. Later, with the deterioration of the historic centre of Lima, the Jirón de la Unión lost its aristocratic character to assume a totally commercial one after the recovery of the sector. Since 2005, with the revaluation plan for the historic centre of Lima, it has once again become one of the most commercial thoroughfares in the centre of Lima. In 2013, it was voted the sixth most expensive street in Latin America by Colliers International. - Peru - Lima - 1969

A street vendor rides his tricycle on the beach promenade of Ancón, a seaside resort on the northern outskirts of Lima. - Peru - Lima - 1969

Offering for the Pachamama - Hand - Length 10 cm - Private collection Lima - 1977

View over the Plaza San Martin towards the Cerro San Cristóbal. - Perú - Lima - 1969

View from Edificio Washington to Av. Arequipa and Av. Wilson (today Av. Garcilaso de la Vega). In the background the former Hotel Crillón. - Perú - Lima - 1969

The impressive presidential palace stands on the banks of the Rimac River. Here is the view from the Plaza de Armas. The palace was completed in 1938. - The changing of the guard takes place every day at exactly 12.00 noon. - Perú - Lima - 1969

The statue of Pizarro in Lima was unveiled on 18 January 1935 on the occasion of the celebration of the 4th centenary of the founding of the city. The monument was installed in the atrium of the Cathedral of Lima. In 1952 it was moved to the Plaza Pizarro, on the left side of the Government Palace (in the photo). Finally, in 2004, it was relocated to the Parque de la Muralla. - Peru - Lima - 1969

The Archbishop's Palace of Lima is located on the east side of the Plaza de Armas. The façade is in the neo-colonial style, with characteristic baroque elements and made entirely of reused stone. Above the main entrance, which is in neoplateresque style, there are two large balconies in neo-baroque style, carved from cedar wood and reflecting the sensualism of Andalusia. - Peru - Lima - 1969

The monumental complex of the Basilica and Convent of San Francisco de Lima is located in the historic center of Lima. The facade of the basilica is in the baroque style of Lima, it is graceful, coarse and monumental. - Peru - Lima - 1969

The Church of San Agustin is located in the historic centre of Lima and a few blocks from the Plaza Mayor of the capital. The front is an architectural work of Churrigueresque baroque style, overloaded with ornaments, carved in stone, which was finished in 1710. In the niches of the façade there are ten sculptures in addition to the image of San Agustín in the centre. - Peru - Lima - 1969

Grau Square is a square located in the centre of the city of Lima, capital of Peru. It is named after Miguel Grau Seminario, commander of the monitor Huáscar during the War of the Pacific. In the centre stands the monument, which is a beautiful granite and bronze ensemble. It reaches a height of 21 metres. - In the background is the Anglo Peruvian Building. - Peru - Lima - 1969

At the junction of Avenida Paseo de la República (Zanjón) and Avenida Canaval y Moreyra, a policeman directs traffic. Back or chest always means stop! - Peru - Lima - 1969

The lively cityscape of Lima is characterised by numerous street vendors. A broom seller is travelling with his wife and his tricycle, which is packed with brooms, sweepers and brushes, door mats and tin tubs. - The picture was taken at the intersection of Avenida Paseo de la República (Zanjón) and Avenida Canaval y Moreyra. - Peru - Lima - 1969

Near a market in the Rimac neighbourhood of Lima, a shoemaker sits on a crooked wooden chair waiting for his customers. The sewing machine in front of him may be ancient, but this mechanical monster can still stitch leather together with powerful stitches. - Peru - Lima - 1969

In the slums, everyone tries to improve their living conditions as best they can. The precarious buildings can be found right up to the edge of the gorge-like course of the Río Rimac - Peru - Lima - 1969

In the slums, everyone tries to improve their living conditions as best they can. - At the foot of Cerro San Cristóbal - Rimac neighbourhood - Peru - Lima - 1969

The tower of the «Aeropuerto Internacional Jorge Chávez» in Lima. The airport was opened in 1960 and has been modernised since 2001. At the end of 2024, the completely new airport will go into operation. - Peru - Lima/Callao - 1969

Vase in the shape of a kneeling figure from the Vicús culture, northern Peru. Vicús is regarded as a phase of experimentation, chronologically classified as a late phase of the Formative Period, as a wide variety of forms and technical solutions appear in pottery. Private collection, Lima, Peru. - Book: Picture 76 - Peru - 1969

One of the few, if not the only, textiles to have survived from the Chavín culture: painted cotton, once again featuring the familiar motifs of fangs, feathered serpents and condor talons. Museo Amano, Lima, Peru. - Book: Picture 62 - Peru - 1976

The Archbishop’s Palace of Lima (Palacio Arzobispal de Lima) on the Plaza Mayor in the historic centre is the official residence of the Archbishop of Lima. The building is an outstanding example of neo-colonial architecture in the Baroque style. Inaugurated in December 1924, the building features a richly decorated stone façade with imposing neo-Baroque elements. Particularly striking are the large, dark-brown wooden balconies made of carved cedar in the traditional Liman style with Moorish influences. The palace is situated right next to Lima Cathedral. – 1969

Street photographer in the Plaza de Armas in Lima. Wherever the Spanish founded a town, they also created a ‘parade ground’, around which the most important public buildings were grouped. - Book: Picture 183 - Peru - 1969

Around Peru’s capital, Lima, the pueblos jóvenes – the new neighbourhoods, also known as barriadas and which are nothing but slums – are springing up. Given the dire social situation and stagnating agriculture in the Andean valleys, the city is the main destination for a massive exodus from the countryside. - Book: Picture 187 - Peru - 1976

Lima – Ciudad de los Reyes. The City of Kings, so named because Francisco Pizarro founded it in 1535 on the Feast of the Epiphany. This illustration is taken from the book *Nueva Crónica y Buen Gobierno* by Felipe Huamán Poma de Ayala. His work contains hundreds of illustrations and was produced between 1583 and 1613. Given the scarcity of contemporary visual records, it holds a unique place; however, it must be borne in mind that the Conquista had already taken place fifty to seventy years earlier by the time Poma de Ayala set about depicting it, which is why his illustrations can only claim limited documentary value.

In the dazzling light of the waves, Inti, the Inca sun god, sinks into the waters of the Pacific … – 1969

Detail of a mummy shroud (manto) from the Paracas Necropolis culture, featuring human figures holding fans and ceremonial staffs. Museo Nacional de Antropología y Arqueología, Lima, Peru. - Book: Picture 71 - Peru - 1977

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