Casa de Aliaga

Museum

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Casa de Aliaga, or the Aliaga Home, is a fascinating home and museum.  Jerónimo de Aliaga was one of Francisco Pizarro's most trusted lieutenants during the exploration and conquest of Peru, and he was rewarded in 1535 with a huaca, or Indian temple, which he converted into a home.  In places, the original stonework is still visible.  The home has since remained in the Aliaga family for an astonishing seventeen generations.

Today it is a restored colonial home, and features a series of rooms that represent life in Lima in the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries. 

Casa de Aliaga is not open to the public: all visits must be arranged beforehand through Lima tours (phone: 51-1-424-9066 or 424-7560).