A report on Lima, Buenos Aires, Madrid and Miami

"The coat of arms of the Kingdom of Peru" created in 1590 by Guamán Poma and Martín de Murúa. (J. Paul Getty Museum).
Our Lady of Buen Aire in front of the National Migration Department
A section of the Muslim Walls of Madrid. For a list of all the walls, see: Walls of Madrid.
The colonial Lima's coat of arms official since 7 December 1537.
Juan de Garay founding Buenos Aires in 1580. The initial settlement, founded by Pedro de Mendoza, had been abandoned since 1542.
View of Madrid from the west, facing the Puerta de la Vega. Drawing by Anton van den Wyngaerde, 1562
Approximately 400 men voted for Miami's incorporation in 1896 in the building to the left
Pachacámac, built 3,000 years ago, was one of the most important pre-Columbian centres of pilgrimage on the Peruvian Coast.
Aldus verthoont hem de stadt Buenos Ayrros geleegen in Rio de la Plata, painting by a Dutch sailor who anchored at the port around 1628.
Baths in the Manzanares in the place of Molino Quemado (detail), by Félix Castello (c. 1634–1637)
The mouth of Miami River at Brickell Key, February 2010
"The City of the Kings of Lima, royal high court, principal city of the kingdom of the Indies, residence of the viceroy, and archbishopric of the church", painting of 1615 by the Inca painter Guamán Poma. Royal Library, Denmark.
Emeric Essex Vidal, General view of Buenos Ayres from the Plaza de Toros, 1820. In this area now lies the Plaza San Martín.
View of Calle de Alcalá in 1750 by Antonio Joli
View from one of the higher points in Miami, west of Downtown Miami. The highest natural point in the city of Miami is in Coconut Grove, near the bay, along the Miami Rock Ridge at 24 ft above sea level.
Renaissance Lima Metropolitan Cathedral, built between 1602 and 1797.
Impression of the Buenos Aires Cathedral by Carlos Pellegrini, 1829.
The Second of May 1808 by Francisco de Goya
Typical summer afternoon thunderstorm rolling in from the Everglades
Baroque Basilica of San Francisco, built between 1657 and 1672.
View of the Avenida de Mayo in 1915
1861 map of the Ensanche de Madrid
Map of racial/ethnic distribution in Miami, 2010 U.S. Census. Each dot is 25 people:
José de San Martín during the Declaration of Independence of Peru in the Plaza Mayor de Lima, on July 28, 1821.
Construction of the Obelisk of Buenos Aires on the 9 de Julio Avenue, 1936.
People seeking refuge in the metro during the unsuccessful Francoist bombings (1936–1937) over Madrid during the Spanish Civil War
Downtown is South Florida's main hub for finance, commerce and international business. Brickell Avenue has the largest concentration of international banks in the U.S.
Lima as seen from the International Space Station
9 de Julio Avenue, 1986.
Woman in Moratalaz by 1974
As seen in 2006, the high-rise construction in Miami has inspired popular opinion of "Miami manhattanization"
Lima at night from space
Catalinas Norte is an important business complex composed of nineteen commercial office buildings and occupied by numerous leading Argentine companies, foreign subsidiaries, and diplomatic offices. It is located in the Retiro and San Nicolás neighborhoods.
2011 Anti-austerity protests in the Puerta del Sol
Brickell Avenue in Downtown Miami's Brickell Financial District
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Satellite view of the Greater Buenos Aires area, and the Río de la Plata.
Madrid as seen by the Sentinel-2 satellite in October 2020
PortMiami is the world's largest cruise ship port, and is the headquarters of many of the world's largest cruise companies
Government Palace of Perú
Buenos Aires Botanical Garden
Viaje de Amaniel
The Royal Caribbean International headquarters at the Port of Miami
Palace of Justice, Lima
Heavy rain and thunderstorm in Plaza San Martin. Thunderstorms are usual during the summer.
Municipal police agents from the 2018 promotion
Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, the second-largest performing arts center in the United States
Lima City Hall
The Buenos Aires City Hall in the right corner of the entrance to the Avenida de Mayo
Plaza Mayor, built in the 16th century
Lowe Art Museum on the campus of the University of Miami
People of Lima.
Metropolitan Police of Buenos Aires City
Royal Palace of Madrid built in the 18th century.
Hard Rock Stadium is the venue for the Miami Dolphins of the NFL, the Miami Hurricanes of college football, and College Football Playoff's (CFP) Orange Bowl
Market in the Plaza of the Inquisition (Lima) by Johann Moritz Rugendas, ca. 1843.
The Immigrants' Hotel, constructed in 1906, received and assisted the thousands of immigrants arriving to the city. The hotel is now a National Museum.
The Círculo de Bellas Artes
Casino Miami, known as "The Yankee Stadium of Jai Alai"
Pueblos jóvenes on the outskirts of Lima in 2015. Today, many of them are consolidated.
Villa 31, a villa miseria in Buenos Aires
The Edificio España.
Bayfront Park on Biscayne Bay, February 2017
Financial center of San Isidro
The Metropolitan Cathedral is the main Catholic church in the city.
Retiro Park
Miami City Hall at Dinner Key in Coconut Grove. The city's primary administrative offices are held here.
The Lima Stock Exchange building.
The Buenos Aires Stock Exchange, the main stock exchange and financial center of Argentina.
The Temple of Debod, an ancient Egyptian temple dismantled and rebuilt in the Parque del Oeste.
Florida International University, with its main campus in nearby University Park, is the largest university in South Florida and the fourth largest university by enrollment in the United States. It is also one of Florida's primary research universities
The Catacombs of the Basilica of San Francisco was the Old cemetery of the city during all the colonial times, until 1810. It contain bones of some 70,000 colonial people.
Headquarters of the National Bank of Argentina, the national bank and the largest in the country's banking sector.
Casa de Campo park
Founded in 1925, the University of Miami in nearby Coral Gables is Florida's top ranked private institution of higher education
Huaca Pucllana, pre-Columbian archaeological site located in the district of Miraflores.
Buenos Aires Bus, the city's tourist bus service. The official estimate is that the bus carries between 700 and 800 passengers per day, and has carried half a million passengers since its opening.
The Campo del Moro gardens near the Royal Palace
Miami Senior High School, founded in 1903, is Miami's first high school
The Rococo Casa de Osambela completed in 1805.
Monument to the Carta Magna and Four Regions of Argentina in the neighborhood of Palermo
The Manzanares flowing through the Monte de El Pardo.
Former headquarters of the The Miami Herald
Balconies were a common colonial architectural feature in the historic center. In the image the Palacio de Torre Tagle completed in 1735.
The Centro Cultural Kirchner (Kirchner Cultural Center), located at the former Central Post Office, is the largest of Latin America.
Mount of El Pardo and Soto de Viñuelas inside the city of Madrid
The Venetian Causeway (left) and MacArthur Causeway (right) connect Downtown and South Beach, Miami Beach.
Causa limeña
Homage to Buenos Aires, a mural located at the Carlos Gardel station of the Buenos Aires Underground. It represents a typical scene from the city and several of its icons, such as singer Carlos Gardel, the Obelisco, the port, tango dancing and the Abasto market.
Parque de El Capricho completed in 1815
State Road 886 (Port Boulevard) connects downtown and PortMiami by bridge over Biscayne Bay.
Rococo Basilica of Santo Domingo, built between 1678 and 1766. It holds the tombs of the saints Rose of Lima, Martín de Porres and John Macias.
Buenos Aires Museum of Modern Art.
The Madrid Stock Exchange
The Metrorail is the city's rapid transit system and connects the city's central core with its outlying suburbs.
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Cuatro Torres Business Area
Tri-Rail is Miami's commuter rail that runs north–south from Miami's suburbs in West Palm Beach to Miami International Airport.
Colonial Casona and Chapel of the National University of San Marcos, it is the second oldest university in the Americas.
The interior of El Ateneo Grand Splendid, a celebrated bookstore located in the barrio of Recoleta.
New housing in the Ensanche de Vallecas
Edificio Ministerio de Educación (Ministry of Education), San Borja.
Tango dancers during the World tango dance tournament.
Mercamadrid facilities in South-Eastern Madrid
Jorge Chávez International Airport
The Buenos Aires Philharmonic.
Fitur fair in Ifema
The Port of Callao.
Gaumont Cinema opened in 1912.
Building works of Caleido in August 2018
Sistema Integrado de Transporte Bus System in Arequipa Avenue (Route 301)
A screening at Parque Centenario, as part of the 2011 edition of BAFICI
Madrid de los Austrias. It is the part of Madrid with the most buildings of the Habsburg-period.
El Metropolitano.
A fashion show at the Planetarium in 2013, as part of BAFWEEK.
Set of La 1's newscast services, Telediario.
Lima Metro.
View of Bolívar Street facing the Cabildo and Diagonal Norte, on Buenos Aires' historical center. The city's characteristic convergence of diverse architectural styles can be seen, including Spanish Colonial, Beaux-Arts and modernist architecture.
The Prado Museum
Traffic Jam in Javier Prado Avenue
Teatro Colón.
Las Meninas, by Diego de Velázquez, 1656 (Prado Museum)
San Isidro, Lima from above.
Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires, a public high school in Buenos Aires, and it is one of the most prestigious in Argentina and Latin America.
The Lady of Elche, an iconic item exhibited at the National Archaeological Museum
Francisco Pizarro and Diego Almagro portrayed in 1615 by the Inca painter Guamán Poma. Royal Library, Denmark. <ref>{{cite book|url=http://www5.kb.dk/permalink/2006/poma/44/en/text/?open=idm46287306358272|title=Nueva corónica y buen gobierno|page=17|year=1615|author=Guamán Poma|website=Royal Library, Denmark website}}</ref>
University of Buenos Aires' Law School in Recoleta
Facsimile of the Madrid Codex exhibited at the Museum of the Americas
Captain Luis de Ávalos de Ayala kills Manco Inca Yupanqui in the conquest of Lima. Chronicle made in 1615 by the Inca painter Guamán Poma. Royal Library, Denmark. <ref>{{cite book|url=http://www5.kb.dk/permalink/2006/poma/394/en/text/?open=idm46287306144304|title=Nueva corónica y buen gobierno|page=157|author=Guamán Poma|year=1615|website=Royal Library, Denmark website}}</ref>
July 9 Avenue
Chalcography for an edition of Francisco de Quevedo's El Parnaso Español (1648)
View of Lima and the Tapada limeña (a colonial women fashion) in a painting of 1842 by d'Orbigny and Benoît. Museum of the Americas, Spain. <ref>{{cite book|url=https://bvpb.mcu.es/es/consulta/registro.do?id=469709|website=Virtual Library of Bibliographic Heritage (Spain) site|title=Viaje pintoresco a las dos Américas, Asia y África : resúmen jeneral de todos los viajes y descubrimientos de... (1842)|series=Viaje pintoresco alrededor del mundo, a las dos Américas, Asia y Africa,4-6|year=1842|publisher=Imprenta y libreria de Juan Oliveres}}</ref>
Aeroparque Jorge Newbery
Portrait of Benito Pérez Galdós, by Joaquín Sorolla, 1894
Lima as seem from the Rímac District, painting of 1850 by Batta Molinelli.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.pucp.edu.pe/blog/juanluisorrego/2010/04/09/la-flora-de-lima-introduccion/|title=La flora de Lima: introducción|date=9 April 2010|author=Juan Luis Orrego Penagos|publisher=Pontifical Catholic University of Peru}}</ref>
A Mitre Line Trenes Argentinos train in Retiro railway station
Interior of the National Library of Spain
Colonial Calle de los Judíos (Jewish quarter) (Lima) in 1866 by Manuel A. Fuentes and Firmin Didot, Brothers, Sons & Co. University of Chicago Library.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NhpEAQAAMAAJ&dq=Lima+or+Sketches+of+the+Capital+of+Peru%2C+Historical%2C+Statistical%2C+Administrative%2C+Commercial+and+Moral+Paris%3A+Firmin+Didot%2C+Brothers%2C+Son&pg=PP13|title=Lima or Sketches of the Capital of Peru, Historical, Statistical, Administrative, Commercial and Moral|author1=Manuel A. Fuentes|author2=Firmin Didot, Brothers, Sons & Co.|year=1866|location=University of Chicago Library}}</ref>
Map of the Greater Buenos Aires Commuter Rail Network
Nightlife in the Centro District
Colonial Calles de la Oca and de Bodegones (Lima) in 1866 by Manuel A. Fuentes and Firmin Didot, Brothers, Sons & Co. University of Chicago Library.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NhpEAQAAMAAJ&dq=Lima+or+Sketches+of+the+Capital+of+Peru%2C+Historical%2C+Statistical%2C+Administrative%2C+Commercial+and+Moral+Paris%3A+Firmin+Didot%2C+Brothers%2C+Son&pg=PP13|title=Lima or Sketches of the Capital of Peru, Historical, Statistical, Administrative, Commercial and Moral|author1=Manuel A. Fuentes|author2=Firmin Didot, Brothers, Sons & Co.|year=1866|location=University of Chicago Library}}</ref>
EcoBici.
The Teatro Real
Puente de Piedra Bridge, the former Arco del Puente Gate and the Walls of Lima in 1878 by El Viajero Ilustrado. Old Fund of the University of Seville.<ref>{{cite web|title=Puente De Piedra, Lima|website=Old Fund of the University of Seville|url=https://www.flickr.com/people/37667416@N04}}</ref>
200 Series rolling stock at San José de Flores station, Buenos Aires Underground.
Festivities of San Isidro Labrador in the pradera, 2007.
The Museo de la Nación houses thousands of artifacts spanning the entire span of human occupation in Peru.
Buenos Aires Underground map
High heels race in WorldPride Madrid 2017
Museum of Italian Art It's the only European arts museum in Peru, under the administration of the National Culture Institute.
Metrobus, Paseo del Bajo.
People in costumes during the proclamation (pregón) of the 2013 Carnival
Larco Museum is a privately owned museum of pre-Columbian art that is housed in an 18th-century vice-royal building built over a 7th-century pre-Columbian pyramid.
Buquebus high-speed ferries connect Buenos Aires to Uruguay
The Las Ventas bullring
National Museum of the Archaeology, Anthropology, and History of Peru is the largest and oldest museum in Peru.
Campo Argentino de Polo, home of the Argentine Open Polo Championship, the most important global event of this discipline
The Madrid Derby at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium
Plaza de toros de Acho, the plaza is classified as a national historic monument. It is the oldest bullring in the Americas.
La Bombonera during a night game of Copa Libertadores between Boca Juniors v. Colo Colo.
2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Final at the Palacio de Deportes
Estadio Nacional of Peru Its current capacity is 40,000 seats as stated by the Peruvian Football Federation.
Luna Park
2009 Madrid Open Women's Final at the Caja Mágica
Estadio Monumental "U" It is the highest capacity soccer stadium in South America and one of the largest in the world.
The rectorate of the Complutense University of Madrid
Lima Golf Club (San Isidro District)
School of Mines, Technical University of Madrid
Campo de Marte is one of the largest parks in the metropolitan area of Lima.
Students of the IE Business School
Lima City Hall
The M-607 meets the M-30 north of the municipality.
The network of high capacity roads in Spain features its most important node in Madrid.
M-30 tunnel parallel to the Manzanares
AVE rolling stock at the Madrid Atocha station
Interior of the terminal 4 (T4) of the Madrid–Barajas Airport.

During most of the 17th century, Spanish ships were menaced by pirates, so they developed a complex system where ships with military protection were dispatched to Central America in a convoy from Seville (the only port allowed to trade with the colonies) to Lima, Peru, and from it to the inner cities of the viceroyalty.

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The 1687 earthquake marked a turning point in the history of Lima, since it coincided with a recession in trade due to economic competition with other cities such as Buenos Aires.

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