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All year round, but almost no rain year-round

Lima, capital of Chile, a world famous city of no rain.

Here all year round, no Thunder, no wind storm, ice, snow is unheard of. Of course, not all year drop of rain falls, but here's the rainfall is from thick wet fog formation of dew to feifei powder falling. Sky greyish, dark days not casual, puzzle hazy, over time, the road surface moist, dripping water, land and vegetation.

Walk in the city, you will see many House or even the roof, is more a house without a roof, wall paper paste is used across the whole city of! you don't even have to buy an umbrella! in city streets or even could not find sewer! these strange phenomenon actually Lima, no wonder.

On the contrary, if suddenly there was a big rain and to that of Lima, is the largest of the strange yet. At first glance, it seems that this sounds more like a barren wasteland man, what will become the capital of a country?

You will absolutely want to err, Lima, is a typical tropical desert climate, the West Pacific! precipitation small but subject to the influence of Peru cold, warm and humid, with average annual temperature around 19 ° c, while the coldest month average temperature is 16 ° c, while the hottest month with an average temperature of not more than 24 ° c all year round sunshine, sea breeze wafting, is worthy of the spring.

Located in the desert, but spotless

Lima city buildings and trees shedding its radiance, is called South America beautiful garden city.

Tree-lined streets, many parks throughout the city, on the land in the gap, not a flower, is planting; each residential are quiet and elegant area of greenery, trees, buildings, in front of the TV to the wall are lush expose all the greenery, a bunch of red flowers. It is precisely because of the greening of the work, although the Lima city and the West coast of the vast desert near at hand, but see diffuse or sand and dust storms. The city is very clean and fresh air, indoor furniture is not clean the still many days, tourist outing spotless returned to the hotel, feet shoes so Polish sparkling.

Peru's western coastal zones, the perennial drying no rain, forever, they form a vast desert regions.

Lima city in the desert siege, drove out of the city, roadsides, near dunes overlapping layers of sand and waves, distant, boundless desert and the vast Pacific Ocean surface cross maps, don't be a scene.

Long-term culture of colonial city but not defeated

Lima city is divided into the old city, new city in two parts.

Old town is located in the North of the city, near Rímac River, from the Northwest to the Southeast Street extension, with the Rímac River into a parallel shape. Street number to Peru by province and city name, block narrow, low houses, mostly built in the colonial period. Old town there are many square to urban centres in the most famous square. In this square, the streets into a radial extension around, leading to the city every corner of the street to large blocks of stone paving, old style.

There is the Fountain Square, wanton, lingers, flicker in the Sun, the city is especially lively.

At the eastern end of the square was built in the 17th century Catholic Church, maintained a strong Spain architectural style, the Church has the silver altar, building smart docking at the Chapel and the designer, then Spain, Plaza colonial army chiefs Pizarro's glass coffin. Other famous buildings around the square there is a built in 1938 in the Government building, built in 1945 municipal buildings and many commercial buildings, supermarkets, etc. Old town and scenery and beautiful Alameda Park, the most bustling commercial centre Uniao Street, expanse of bustling Avenue Nicolás de hyypia Laura Street, San Martin square, in the West Plaza gobololo and built in 1551 year of South America's oldest university mdash mdash;; University of San Marcos.