Regatas Lima Regatas Lima Club de Regatas Lima (CRL) (translation= "Lima Regatta Club") is a sports club in Lima, Peru. It was founded in 1875 as a rowing club, and is one of the oldest sport clubs in South America. It fields sport teams in multiple sports, including: rowing, sailing, football (soccer), basketball, swimming, and others. Club de Regatas Lima is the biggest club in Peru. It has five venues. La Punta (where the rowing team trains and sleeps). La Cantuta (Is a country venue complete with grills, swimming pools and restaurants, even a small zoo) Villa, (a sports oriented venue, yet
Lima under General José de San Martín landed south of Lima in 1820 but did not attack the city. Faced with a naval blockade and the action of guerrillas on land, Viceroy José de la Serna e Hinojosa evacuated its capital in July 1821 to save the Royalist army. Fearing a popular uprising and lacking any means to impose order, the city council invited San Martín to enter Lima and signed a Declaration of Independence at his request. However, the war was not over; in the next two years the city changed hands several times. After independence, Lima became the capital