The city of Lima, Peru, is founded on January 18, 1535 by Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro on the central coast of Peru. The city was known as "Ciudad de Los Reyes" or "City of the Kings" because in the Julian calendar. in use at that time, the date corresponded to the holiday of Epiphany, when the Three Kings visited the baby Jesus,
Cathedral of Lima, Peru. (1854) - The Cathedral Foundation Stone was laid by Francisco Pizarro (1535)
Source: Exploration of the Valley of Amazon vol.1 by Lieutenant William Lewis Herndon, U.S.N. Author William Lewis Herndon (1813–1857)
