Historic Centre of Lima Historic Centre of Lima Located principally in the city centre or Cercado de Lima and Rímac areas, the Historic Centre of Lima is among the most important tourist destinations in Peru. The city of Lima, the capital of Peru, was founded by Francisco Pizarro on 18 January 1535 and given the name City of the Kings. Nevertheless, with time its original name persisted, which may come from one of two sources: Either the Aymara language "lima-limaq" (meaning "yellow flower"), or the Spanish pronunciation of the Quechuan word "rimaq" (meaning "talker", and actually written and pronounced "limaq" in the nearby Quechua
Nova Lima Nova Lima Nova Lima is a municipality of about 87,000 people, whose downtown is located about 20 kilometers of Belo Horizonte, the capital of the south-eastern Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. Mining is one of the main economical activities of the city, including the extraction of Iron Ore and Gold. The most famous mine in the city is Morro Velho (Old Hill), a gold mine of depth. Historically, the city was known as "Campos de Congonhas", "Congonhas de Sabará" and until 1923 as "Villa Nova de Lima". The city belongs to the mesoregion Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte and to the