PLAZA MAYOR

In 1535 when Francisco Pizarro arrived here decided that this would be the capital metropolis . A port with easy access to the Andes place .
So along the river Rimac urbanism design grid of the city, as sent Ordinances for founding new cities in the world. This is said to be traced by line and rule from the Plaza de Armas, so to facilitate the expansion of the city. And they did Pizarro and his men .
Each block had four lots. Pizarro , taking advantage of their status as founder and governor whole apple located in the north side of the square , between it and the Rimac river was awarded . The north lot on the east side of the square was for housing the priest , the south lot of the same side to the construction of the church and the north lot on the west side was to serve as a city hall , sharing other blocks between conquerors.
So this place has always been the Political and religious heart of the city.
In the center of the square a fountain was built in 1578. This pool was replaced by another make sent by Viceroy Garcia Sarmiento de Sotomayor , Count of Salvatierra , and inaugurated on September 8, 1651 , with some parts which is maintained until today.

During the colonial era , served as the main square market, such as a bullring and site execution of the condemned . She also developed in the autos which held the Holy Office of the Inquisition in which one of the three courts had in America was in Lima. The first auto de fe was held on November 15, 1573 and in the first sentence to be burned across America was issued . The convicted Mateo Salado was executed the same day in the " Gehenna " which was located approximately where the Plaza de toros de Acho is .
Another building on the square is the cathedral beautiful replica of the original destroyed by an earthquake in 1746. The building is a replica of the Cathedral of Jaen. Contains some Churrigueresco style altarpieces and the tomb of Francisco Pizarro , who is in the first chapel on the right , his remains were discovered in 1977 on the occasion of excavations in the crypt.

Next to the Cathedral of the Archbishop 's palace , a beautiful example of Colonial Revival, beautiful balconies , as there are several streets of the city rises . This building also received the scourge of different earthquakes in the 20s and had to be rebuilt .

In front of the Archbishop have the Municipality of Lima , dating from 1940 , the most interesting thing about this building is its facade and beautiful library . Next to this building is the Union club , social club with aristocratic airs .
The other major building in the square is the Government Palace, where the conqueror had built his house in the early years of conquest and where he was assassinated in 1541. The building was completed in 1940 and Versailles-style does not fit much with the rest of the square.