Lima City Walls

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Remaings of the walls in the Lima City Walls park.
Remaings of the walls in the Lima City Walls park.

The Lima City Walls were built by Viceroy Melchor de Navarra y Rocafull between 1684 and 1687 to protect Lima against attacks from pirates and privateers.[1] They included 34 bulwarks and five gates; their total cost was estimated at 400,000 Spanish dollars.[2] The walls were torn down in 1872 under the presidency of José Balta as part of the expansion process of the city.[3]

[edit] See also

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Lewis Hanke, Los virreyes españoles durante la casa de Austria, vol. VII, pp. 18–29.
  2. ^ Lewis Hanke, Los virreyes españoles durante la casa de Austria, vol. VII, p. 27.
  3. ^ Jorge Basadre, Historia de la República del Perú, vol. V, p. 365.

[edit] Bibliography

  • (Spanish) Hanke, Lewis. Los virreyes españoles durante la casa de Austria. Madrid: Ediciones Atlas, 1980.
  • (Spanish) Basadre, Jorge. Historia de la República del Perú. 7th Edition. Lima: Editorial Universitaria, 1983.
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