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Torre Tagle Palace

Lima, Peru

Torre Tagle Palace is a palace known for its European architecture that is in downtown Lima. Don Jose Bernardo de Tagle y Bracho ordered its construction in 1715. It was suppose to be for personal use as a home. The palace is currently the home of the Peruvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The architecture of the Torre Tagle Palace is famous because it is a mix between European and Peruvian. You can recognize the palace by its carved columns and two dark wood balconies in the front. It is considered that the palace has trueLimeño, which means Lima, architectural originality.

If you go to the palace today, you would find the building almost exactly the same as it was when it was first built. It is still known and can still be recognized by its unique mix of European and Peruvian architecture. It is still the “jewel of colonial architecture.”

By: April Lanka