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Lima
"The center of Lima is a heritage of great historical and artistic value, currently in an advanced state of decay, threatened by speculative pressures and not protected by appropriate laws and regulations. This book, published with the support of World Monuments Fund, presents the approach developed in the joint research carried out in the year 2009-2011 by the Faculty of Architecture of Sapienza University of Rome, Italy and FAUA - Facultad de Arquitectura, Urbanismo y Artes - of National University of Engineering of Lima, Peru: the research focused on identifying and evaluating the endangered heritage preliminary to the rehabilitation process. Part one introduces the historic city since its foundation by the Spaniards, also identifying tracks and remains dating before the Spanish period, well worthy of protection for future generations, through the use of hitherto unpublished maps....
