Government Palace

Welcome, curious traveler, to the historic epicenter of Lima, Peru. You are standing before the Palacio de Gobierno, widely known as the Government Palace or the House of Pizarro. …

Standing here at the edge of the Plaza Mayor, the majestic facade of the Government Palace commands your absolute attention. Designed largely by the architect Ricardo de Jaxa Malachowski in the nineteen thirties, the exterior…

Crossing the threshold into the palace, we transition from the noisy, humid plaza into the hushed, cavernous interior of executive power. You step into the Hall of Tupac Amaru. …

Moving deeper into the complex, we enter the Jorge Basadre Room, named in honor of one of Peru's most vital intellectuals and historians of the Republic. Basadre famously coined the phrase that Peru is both a problem and a…

We now step into the breathtaking climax of the palace's public spaces. Welcome to the Golden Hall, known in Spanish as the Salon Dorado. …

Exiting the blinding, theatrical opulence of the Golden Hall, we step into an entirely different atmosphere. We are now in the Sevillian Courtyard, or Patio Sevillano. …

Our journey now brings us to the majestic Salon de la Paz, the Great Dining Room of the Government Palace. This colossal, awe inspiring space is designed for one primary, highly choreographed purpose, the grand state banquet. …

We finally transition from the grand public state rooms into the most heavily guarded and intimate sector of the entire complex, the Presidential Residence. This is the actual, functioning home of the sitting President of Peru…

We have now completed our extensive journey through the Palacio de Gobierno, exiting near the rear of the sprawling complex where the historic Rimac River flows steadily toward the Pacific Ocean. Looking back at the formidable,…