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Metropolitan Cathedral Of Lima
The Basilica Cathedral of Lima, commonly known as the Metropolitan Cathedral of Lima, and formerly the Iglesia Metropolitana de los Reyes, is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Lima, Peru. It is the seat of the Archdiocese of Lima. Its construction began in 1535 by under Francisco Pizarro and was completed in 1797, having been built in its present form between 1602 and 1797. Its patron saint is John the Apostle, Saint John, Apostle and Evangelist, to whom it is dedicated. Located on the eastern limit of the Plaza Mayor, Lima, Plaza Mayor, at the second block of the Jirón Carabaya, and is part of the Historic Centre of Lima. The Archbishop's Palace, Lima, Archbishop's Palace and Iglesia del Sagrario (Lima), Iglesia del Sagrario are located beside the cathedral. It is the oldest and largest church in Peru. History The Cathedral of Lima was built on the site of the Inca shrine of the Puma Inti and the palace of the Cuscoan prince Sinchi Puma, a direct descendant of the Inca Sinchi Roca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plaza Mayor, Lima
The Plaza Mayor (English: ''Town square''), also known as the Plaza de Armas, is the Plaza de Armas, main public square of the Historic Centre of Lima, historic centre of the city of Lima, Peru. It dates back to the foundation of the city by Francisco Pizarro on January 18, 1535. Delimited by Jirón Carabaya, Carabaya, Jirón Junín, Junín, Jirón Huallaga, Huallaga, and Jirón de la Unión, Unión streets, it is surrounded by a number of major landmarks, including the Government Palace (Peru), Government Palace, the Metropolitan Cathedral of Lima, Metropolitan Cathedral, the Archbishop's Palace, Lima, Archbishop's Palace, the Municipal Palace of Lima, Municipal Palace, and the Club de la Unión, Palacio de la Unión. History In 1523, King Charles I of Spain mandated the ''Procedures for the creation of cities in the New World''. These procedures indicated that after outlining a city's plan, growth should follow a grid centered on the square shape of the plaza. On the day of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Castillo Mattasoglio
Carlos Gustavo Castillo Mattasoglio (born 28 February 1950) is a Peruvian prelate of the Catholic Church whom Pope Francis named Archbishop of Lima on 25 January 2019 and made a cardinal on 7 December 2024. From completing his training in theology in 1987 until his episcopal appointment, he devoted himself to both pastoral care and theological education in Peru. Early career Carlos Castillo Mattasoglio was born in Lima on 28 February 1950. After attending the Dalton de Lince College and the San Agustín College of Lima, he studied at the National University of San Marcos from 1968 to 1973, earning a bachelor's degree in social sciences. At San Marcos, he joined the National Union of Catholic Students, led by Father Gustavo Gutiérrez, one of the principal voices in the Liberation Theology movement. He continued his studies at the Santo Toribio di Mogrovejo major seminary in Lima. At the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome he earned a bachelor's degrees in philosophy in 1979 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sinchi Puma , 17th-century Quechua painter
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Sinchi or Sinchis may refer to: * Sinchis, a police battalion during the 1981 internal conflict in Peru * Sinchi Amazonic Institute of Scientific Research, a Colombian research institute * Sinchi FC, a soccer club from China * Sinchi Roca, 13th-century Incan Emperor See also * Antonio Sinchi Roca Inka Antonio Sinchi Roca Inka (17th century), was a Quechua painter from Peru and part of the Cuzco School. Background His exact years of birth and death are not known, but Inka is from the town of Maras, Peru, located 40.8 kilometers northwest of Cuzc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inti
Inti is the ancient Inca mythology, Inca solar deity, sun god. He is revered as the national Tutelary deity, patron of the Inca state. Although most consider Inti the sun god, he is more appropriately viewed as a cluster of solar aspects, since the Inca divided his identity according to the stages of the sun.Conrad and Demarest 1984, pg.108 Worshiped as a patron deity of the Inca Empire, Pachacuti is often linked to the origin and expansion of the Inca Sun Cult.Steele & Allen 2004, pg. 246D'Altroy 2003, pg. 147 The most common belief was that Inti was born of Viracocha, who had many titles, chief among them being the God of Creation ex nihilo, Creation. The word ''inti'' is not of Quechua language, Quechua origin but a loanword from Puquina language, Puquina.Cerrón-Palomino, Rodolfo. (2013). Las lenguas de los incas: el puquina, el aimara y el quechua. Frankfurt, Alemania: Peter Lang Academic Research. Borrowing from Puquina explains why historically unrelated languages such as Q ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inca
The Inca Empire, officially known as the Realm of the Four Parts (, ), was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America. The administrative, political, and military center of the empire was in the city of Cusco. The History of the Incas, Inca civilisation rose from the Peruvian highlands sometime in the early 13th century. The Portuguese explorer Aleixo Garcia was the first European to reach the Inca Empire in 1524. Later, in 1532, the Spanish Empire, Spanish began the conquest of the Inca Empire, and by 1572 Neo-Inca State, the last Inca state was fully conquered. From 1438 to 1533, the Incas incorporated a large portion of western South America, centered on the Andes, Andean Mountains, using conquest and peaceful assimilation, among other methods. At its largest, the empire joined modern-day Peru with what are now western Ecuador, western and south-central Bolivia, northwest Argentina, the southwesternmost tip of Colombia and Incas in Central Chile, a large portion of modern- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iglesia Del Sagrario (Lima)
The Church of the Sanctuary () is a Catholic church in Lima, Peru. It is located on the second block of the Jirón Carabaya, between the Archbishop's Palace and the Cathedral, and facing the main square of the city. The building houses the baptism, marriage and death certificates of a number of important figures in the history of the city. History The church was built in 1665, with construction taking two years. An image of Our Lady of the Waters was donated to the church by Alonso Cortés de Monroy during the late 17th century. On January 29, 1711, Fernando Hurtado y Quesada, the son of the Count of Cartago, stole the ciborium containing the hosts and hid them under an orange tree next to an acequia in the Alameda de los Descalzos, eventually being found. To commemorate the controversial event, Viceroy Diego Ladrón de Guevara ordered that a church be built on the site of the discovery. The new church, finished in 1716, was named after Saint Liberata. The church was damage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archbishop's Palace, Lima
The Archbishop's Palace of Lima, the capital of Peru, is the residence of the Archbishop of Lima, and the administrative headquarters of the Archdiocese of Lima. It is located at the Plaza Mayor, in the Historic Centre of Lima. History Located on land that Francisco Pizarro allocated to be the residence of the head priest of Lima after the foundation of the city in 1535, the current building was opened on December 8, 1924, and is considered a prime example of Spanish Colonial Revival architecture that developed in Lima and in many places in Latin America during the early twentieth century. Arqandina, El Portal Peruano de Arquitectura''El Palacio Arzobispal''/ref> The old Archbishop's Palace was built on the place the Cabildo of Lima had occupied from 1535 to 1548, when that institution moved to its current location across the square. The building had six balconies of different styles and several entrances, displaying the Archdiocese coat of arms above the main gate. The arch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blog PUCP
Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (, PUCP) is a private university in Lima, Peru. It was founded in 1917 with the support and approval of the Catholic church, being the oldest private institution of higher learning in the country. The Peruvian historian and politician José de la Riva-Agüero y Osma would become his main benefactor by leaving him most of his assets as an inheritance, as it was then a more religious educational institution and linked to the Catholic Church; in contrast to his alma mater and original destination of his inheritance, the National University of San Marcos, where Riva-Agüero considered that liberal ideas and atheism predominated here. In July 2012, after an apostolic visitation, begun earlier, in 2011, by Peter Erdo, Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary, the Holy See withdrew from the university the right under canon law to use the titles ''Catholic'' and ''Pontifical'' in its name. Archbishop of Lima, Juan Luis Cipriani, was the main ad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metropolitan Municipality Of Lima
The Metropolitan Municipality of Lima () is the local government entity of the Lima Province and Lima District Lima (), also known as the ''Cercado de Lima'', is a Districts of Peru, district of the Lima Province, eponymous province of Lima, Peru. It is the oldest district of the province and as such, vestiges of the city's Viceroyalty of Peru, Spanish .... It is the only provincial municipality of special regime with faculties of regional government. It is established according to the 2002 ''Organic Law of Regional Governments'' (') and the 2003 ''Organic Law of Municipalities'' ('). Organization The organs of the Metropolitan Municipality of Lima are: * the Council ('); * the Mayor of Lima ('); and * the Metropolitan Assembly ('). The Council consists of the Mayor and five aldermen, according to the ''Municipal Elections Law'' ('). The Metropolitan Assembly is an advisory and coordinating body.Article 162 of the Organic Law of Municipalities Function and powers Ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jirón Carabaya
Jirón Augusto Wiese, better known as Jirón Carabaya, is a major street in the Damero de Pizarro, located in the historic centre of Lima, Peru. The street starts at its intersection with the Jirón Áncash, and ends at the Paseo de la República. It runs parallel to the Jirón de la Unión, and like said street, it connects the Plaza Mayor with the Plaza San Martín, ending at the Paseo de los Héroes Navales. History In 1862, when a new urban nomenclature was adopted, the road was named jirón Carabaya, after Carabaya Province (it was later renamed during the 20th century, being named after philanthropist ). Prior to this renaming, each block (''cuadra'') had a unique name: *Block 1: Pescadería, after a fish market that was later demolished. *Block 2: Gradas de la Catedral/Cruz de Gradas/Covachuelas, after the steps that lead to the Cathedral. Also at one point called ''Peligro'' by a foreigner. *Block 3: Bodegones/de la Requena, the former name coming from the warehouse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco Pizarro
Francisco Pizarro, Marquess of the Atabillos (; ; – 26 June 1541) was a Spanish ''conquistador'', best known for his expeditions that led to the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire. Born in Trujillo, Cáceres, Trujillo, Spain, to a poor family, Pizarro chose to pursue fortune and adventure in the New World. He went to the Gulf of Urabá, and accompanied Vasco Núñez de Balboa in his crossing of the Isthmus of Panama, where they became the first Europeans to see the Pacific Ocean from the Americas. He served as mayor of the newly founded Panama City for a few years and undertook two failed expeditions to Peru. In 1529, Pizarro obtained permission from the Monarchy of Spain, Spanish crown to lead a campaign to conquer Peru and went on his third, and successful, expedition. When local people who lived along the coast resisted this invasion, Pizarro moved inland and founded the first Spanish settlement in Peru, Piura, San Miguel de Piura. After a series of manoeuvres, Pizarro c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archdiocese Of Lima
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lima () is part of the Catholic Church in Peru which enjoys full communion with the Holy See. The Archdiocese was founded as the ''Diocese of Lima'' on 14 May 1541. The diocese was raised to the level of a metropolitan archdiocese by Pope Paul III on 12 February 1546. One of its archbishops was the saint Torribio Mogrovejo."Archdiocese of Lima" ''''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 29 February 2016"Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lima" ''GCatholic.org''. Gabrie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
