La Cultura

La Cultura is a Lima and Callao Metro station on Line 1. The station is located between and . It was opened on 11 July 2011 as part of the extension of the line from to .
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  • Opening hours:
    Monday—Saturday: 5:00 AM—10:00 PM
    Sunday: 5:30 AM—10:00 PM
  • Type: Metro station
  • Description: lima metro station
  • Also known as: La Cultura metro station” and “La Cultura station
  • Address: Avenida Aviación, San Borja
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Gran Teatro Nacional del Perú and Museum of the Nation.

Theater building
The is a multi-purpose theatre and concert hall in , . It is part of the Cultural Tridium, and is flanked by the and the .

Museum
The Museo de la Nación is one of two major museums of Peruvian history in , . It is much larger than the other main museum in Lima, the Peruvian National Museum of Archaeology, Anthropology, and History. is situated 210 metres east of La Cultura.

Public bookcase
Photo: Xauxa, CC BY 3.0.
The is the national library of , located in Lima. It is the country's oldest and most important library. Like the majority of Peruvian libraries, it is a non-circulating library. is situated 130 metres southwest of La Cultura.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Santa Beatriz and East Lima.

Quarter
is a in . It is the southernmost area of the district. It limits to the north, with the historic centre of Lima; to the east, with ; to the south, with ; and to the west, with . is situated 3½ km northwest of La Cultura.

Eastern Lima describes the districts of La Molina, Cieneguilla, Ate Vitarte, Santa Anita, San Juan de Lurigancho, Lurigancho-Chosica, Chaclacayo in , .

is a suburb or barrio of the capital city of . is known as Ciudad Heroica or the Heroic City. There are many parks, gardens, high rise apartment buildings, hotels, restaurants and shops.

La Cultura

Latitude
-12.08673° or 12° 5′ 12″ south
Longitude
-77.00378° or 77° 0′ 14″ west
Inception
July 11th, 2011
Operator
AATE
Network
Línea 1
Open location code
57V4WX7W+8F
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5308688295
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q5963124
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “La Cultura”. Photo: CanalesQuintanilla, CC BY-SA 3.0.