Lima Summit were held there. Lima is the headquarters for banks such as Banco de Crédito del Perú, Scotiabank Perú, Interbank, Bank of the Nation, Banco Continental, MiBanco, Banco Interamericano de Finanzas, Banco Financiero, Banco de Comercio and CrediScotia. It is a regional headquarters for Standard Chartered. Insurance companies based in Lima include Rimac Seguros, Mapfre Peru, Interseguro, Pacifico, Protecta and La Positiva. Lima is the capital city of the Republic of Peru and Lima province. As such, it is home to the three branches of the Government of Peru. The executive branch is headquartered in the Government Palace, located in
St. Rose of Lima Cathedral, Carúpano St. Rose of Lima Cathedral, Carúpano The St. Rose of Lima Cathedral () also called Carúpano Cathedral, is a Catholic temple protected as a historical monument located in the city of Carúpano, in the Paria Peninsula, Sucre State, in the South American country of Venezuela. The last major change to this building was in 1959. It was built under invocation of Santa Rosa de Lima and belongs to the set of monuments Bermúdez Municipality since 1996 under Decree 8377 of 2 October of that year; in the category of "Historic Monument". The original temple was founded in 1742. The current