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Plaza Bolívar

Lima, Italy

Plaza Bolívar

Bolívar Square (Spanish: Plaza Bolívar), also known as Congress Square (Plaza del Congreso) or Inquisition Square (Plaza de la Inquisición), is a public square located at the second block of Abancay Avenue, in the neighbourhood of Barrios Altos in Lima, Peru. It is three blocks east of the city's ma

in square and forms part of the city's historic centre. Its other names come from the Legislative Palace, which serves as the seat of the Congress of Peru and the Former Tribunal of the Inquisition, a museum in the site which once housed both the tribunal and the senate. Gatherings and parades are held at the plaza during national holidays because it is named for Simón Bolívar, who is considered the liberator of the country.

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