European Route of Modernism - Lima, La Belle éPoque

Publish Time:2019-01-22 10:43:18Source:Municipalidad de Lima

【Introduction】:The Lima City Hall through the Tourism Office presents a new tourist route called "La Belle Époque ", which will show the stately buildings of the late nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth century, period named for the Second Empire and Art Nouveau styles, which gave rise to the new current of artistic renovation.

The Lima City Hall through the Tourism Office presents a new tourist route called "La Belle Époque", which will show the stately buildings of the late nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth century, period named for the Second Empire and Art Nouveau styles, which gave rise to the new current of artistic renovation.

The city of Lima has been incorporated into the EUROPEAN ROUTE OF MODERNISM-REM, led by the City Council of Barcelona, through a non-profit association and is made up of local governments and government institutions committed to the international promotion of Europe's modernist heritage of the world, its members exchange experiences of restoration of monuments, financing and development of sustainable tourism.

These manorial buildings were constituted by the aristocracy of the bourgeois upper classes, in many cases identified with their family coats composed of their initials instead of the heraldic shield, In our city, these constructions are located along Nicolás de Piérola avenue and Paseo de Colón street , as well as in the central zone of Jiron de la Unión street and neighboring areas.

The Tourism Department of the MML communicates that there are approximately 20 Art Nouveau buildings and an endless number of Second Empire classicist tendencies, some of them very well conserved, and others that have been destined for commercial use.

Our city is able to present up to two tourist routes. In this opportunity the art historian, Diego Cánovas Ferrández, guides and realizes the route that begins in the Plaza San Martín, Av. Nicolás de Piérola, Plaza Dos de Mayo, Nicolás de Piérola Avenue, Jirón de la Unión, to end up entering the Municipal Theater. The other route includes Paseo Colón street, Plaza Bolognesi and Paseo de los Héroes Navales.

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