Lima has many more sunny days than its inhabitants claim. The urban layout of its historic centre – the famous checkerboard – is the most perfect Cartesian grid in South America, yet the suburbs are the global capital of informality. Lima society lives in a permanent state of commercial frenzy, yet it has preserved the oldest traditions in the continent. The best-known works of architecture are viceregal and republican, yet pre-Columbian ruins are scattered around the city in a manner that can only be found elsewhere in Cairo. Its modern movement is more cheerful than that of the old continent, midway between Brazil and California. And the invasions, a heterodox and radical phenomenon, have generated an astonishing form of urban development. The book describes more than 160 works, organised in routes that range from the territorial to the neighbourhood scale and are designed to explore the city by boat, car, train, bus, bicycle or on foot. It covers the predominant styles of architecture in each period as well as the remains of the pre-existing landscape and the infrastructures that articulate the city today. Interspersed in the texts are references to the civilising mechanisms that have underpinned the construction of the works, the economic activities that have made them possible, and their public administration. Until now, Lima has shown the world a gloomy, unattractive ambience. Herman Melville described it as 'the strangest, saddest city thou can'st see', César Moro as 'Lima la horrible', and Héctor Velarde as 'Lima la gris'. This guide offers a different picture, one of a vibrant, cheerful and insanely glorious city, with bright colour photographs inviting visitors and residents to see it in a new light. 利马的晴天比当地居民声称的要多得多。其历史中心——著名的棋盘——的城市布局是南美洲最完美的笛卡尔网格,但郊区是全球非正式之都。利马社会生活在商业狂热的永久状态中,但它保留了非洲大陆最古老的传统。最著名的建筑作品是总督府和共和国,但前哥伦布时期的废墟散布在城市周围,这种方式只有在开罗的其他地方才能找到。它的现代运动比位于巴西和加利福尼亚州中间的旧大陆更令人愉快。入侵,一种异端和激进的现象,已经产生了一种惊人的城市发展形式。 这本书描述了160多件作品,这些作品的组织路线从地区到街区,旨在乘船、汽车、火车、公共汽车、自行车或步行探索这座城市。它涵盖了每个时期的主要建筑风格,以及先前存在的景观和当今城市的基础设施的遗迹。文本中穿插着对支撑工程建设的文明机制、使其成为可能的经济活动及其公共管理的提及。
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