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Characterized by green areas and exclusive residential neighborhoods, especially
the traditional area of El Olivar (Olive Park), named that way because 1519
olive trees growing in the park, found in 1560 by the Count of San Isidro and
was declared National Monument in 1959. San Isidro has, in recent years, become
an important tourist and business center with modern buildings, hotels,
restaurants, and malls. The Huaca Huallamarca or Huaca Pan de Azúcar (Sugar
Loaf), a adobe pyramidal temple of Maranga Culture (200-500 AD) pre-inca, that
chronologically corresponds to the beginning of regional development. The place
is a result of a series of cultural superimpositions, the three most important
being the Lima, Wari, and Inca cultures. The Site Museum houses pieces found
during the excavations of the area. |
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