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
André Lima (environmentalist) Capital of Sao Paulo and the Subcommittee on Environment of the OAB/SP. In the following three years, he worked at SOS Mata Atlântica Foundation as legal advisor. In 1999, Andre Lima moved to Brasilia to work on Socio-Environmental Institute (ISA), through which he was appointed adviser between 2002 and 2004, the National Council for Combating Discrimination (CNCD) of the Ministry of Justice (MJ). Since 1992, Andre Lima has been working in environmental movements and non-governmental organizations in the environmental area. From 2006 to 2010, he worked as monitor and collaborator of the Association for Ecological Development of the Federal District.