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Calle Contumaza
Cercado, Lima

Calle Contumaza
Run-down calle Contumaza contains three blocks of lovely architecture, much of it Art Nouveau, somehow managing to avoid the incursion of ugly new buildings. The city has started a formal effort for its conservation as cultural patrimony.
website: no website known
address: between calles Pachitea and Apurímac
poster: Magilavy contact for error correction

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