Lima Anniversary: ​​travel back in time and explore the capital’s past with Google Earth

Google celebrates the anniversary of Lima with the special collection “Discover Lima” that invites travelers to take a virtual guided tour, with spherical photos and in high resolution, to the most emblematic places of the capital of Peru that today, January 18, 2022, celebrates 487 years of foundation. Whether from a PC or from a cell phone, users from all over the world can contemplate the vast cultural wealth of the city, considered one of the largest in South America.

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The collection begins with the “Most outstanding points of the old town of Lima” such as Plaza San Martín, the Basilica and convent of Nuestra Señora de la Merced, the Club de la Unión, the Basilica and convent of Santo Domingo, the Casa Aliaga built in 1535 and where Francisco Pizarro and his descendants lived; the Plaza Mayor and its historical monuments such as the Government Palace, the Archbishop’s Palace and the Cathedral, to finish with the Convent of San Francisco.

Undoubtedly, Lima is a city that exudes art and culture in all its corners, so in this Google Earth collection you are also invited to visit the other attractions of the capital such as “Miraflores and the boardwalk”, “Barranco”, ” Pueblo Libre” and “Lima con ninos” where four spaces are shown that arouse the curiosity of the little ones such as the Friendship Park, the Gold Museum of Peru, the Reserve Park and the Parque de las Leyendas zoo.

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In addition, in Google Earth we can see a high-resolution map of what Lima was like in 1865, thanks to David Rumsey’s digitized collection. In this detailed plan, one of the first to be made of the Peruvian capital, the old walls and fortifications of the city appear, some of which are still standing. Includes a legend to help find streets and public buildings. This material is superimposed on current cartography so that students, researchers and enthusiasts can experience the history of the “City of Kings” from a different perspective.

And with Timelapse, a Google Earth tool that allows you to observe the transformation of the Earth between 1984 and 2020, users can see how the layout of Lima has changed in 36 years.

This is what the map looks like to explore the city in Google Earth. (Photo: Google)

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What is and how to use Google Earth?

Google Earth is a virtual globe through maps created with satellite technologies and spherical photographs. With its famous ‘Street View’ tool, you can take virtual tours of streets, museums, theaters, archaeological sites and much more.

And that’s not all. It has an entire educational section with games and quizzes to test what you know about the world. In addition, the “I’m feeling lucky” button, another of Google Earth’s features, will randomly take you to a place on Earth that you may not have known about.

To access this platform and all its resources, simply go to the website earth.google.com through the Chrome browser or from a mobile device by downloading the application for iOS or Android.

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