Miguel Grau Square

The Plaza Grau is a public square located in the center of Lima, Peru. It is located at the intersection of the Paseo de la República with the Paseo Colón, Miguel Grau Avenue and the Paseo de los Héroes Navales.

Photo: Paulo Guereta, CC BY 2.0.

Type: Park
Description: plaza in Lima, Peru
Also known as: “Plaza Grau” and “Plaza Miguel Grau”
Address: Vía Expresa Almirante Miguel Grau, Cercado de Lima, Lima

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Lima Art Museum and Italian Art Museum.

Lima Art Museum

Museum

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The Lima Art Museum is an art museum in Lima, Peru. The museum is located in the Palacio de la Exposición. The museum was inaugurated in 1961. The collection includes ceramics, textiles, sculptures, and paintings spanning almost 3,000 years of history, from the pre-Columbian to Contemporary periods. Lima Art Museum is situated 150 metres southwest of Miguel Grau Square.

Italian Art Museum

Museum

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The Museum of Italian Art is a public museum in Lima, Peru. It is the only European arts museum in Lima. Openened in 1923, it is now managed by the Peruvian Ministry of Culture. Italian Art Museum is situated 190 metres northwest of Miguel Grau Square.

Parque de la Exposición

Park

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The Park of the Exhibition, known between 1999 and 2004 as the Grand Park of Lima, is a park located in the neighbourhood of Santa Beatriz, itself part of the buffer zone of the historic centre of Lima, Peru. Parque de la Exposición is situated 240 metres south of Miguel Grau Square.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Santa Beatriz and Central Lima.

Santa Beatriz

Quarter

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Santa Beatriz is a neighbourhood of Lima District. It serves as the district's southernmost area, bordered to the east by Paseo de la República Avenue, to the south by Lince, and to the west by Jesús María.

Central Lima

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Central Lima, Peru comprises the districts of Lima, Breña, Jesús María, Lince, La Victoria, San Luis, El Agustino and Rímac.

Lima

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Lima is the capital of Peru and its largest city. Founded in 1535 by the Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro, the modern city is a curious mix of the modern mega city with some 'islands of modernity', large but orderly slum areas and colonial architecture in downtown.

Miguel Grau Square

Categories: square and recreation area
Location: San Martín, Peru, South America
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Latitude

-12.05981° or 12° 3′ 35″ south

Longitude

-77.03578° or 77° 2′ 9″ west

Named after

Miguel Grau

Open location code

57V4WXR7+3M

OpenStreetMap ID

way 156138437

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

Wikidata ID

Q6079570

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In Other Languages

“Miguel Grau Square” goes by many names.

Spanish: “Plaza Grau”

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