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Show u Peru. Capital Chief among Peru's cities 1 Lima, the capital, built by Fran-elsco Fran-elsco Plzarro in 1533, with a portion por-tion of the ransom wrunft from the Inca ruling in Cuzco, when that city was overthrown. The founder, found-er, Plzarro, chose virgin territory for his new capital city and "began "be-gan from scratch" with the building build-ing of Lima so that the latter sprang full-fledged Into lielng the jewel - like "City of the Kings," which for centuries was the seat of the Spanish government In South America, the home of the viceroy, and the social and cultural center of the continent. |