Plaza Mayor Lima Cathedral gallery canvas, unframed and in an espresso floating frame — Lima, Peru

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Plaza Mayor Lima Cathedral canvas in the four floating frame colors: black, espresso, natural and white

The back of the canvas: 1.25 inch deep, pine frame, hanger installed

Peru's Grand History Every Morning

Everything that comes with it

Ready to hang the day it arrives, stretched on a renewable pine frame
Museum-grade canvas, printed to order just for you
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Captured from a real viewpoint in Lima, then designed into art

Ready to hang — stretched on a renewable pine frame
Printed to order on museum-grade cotton-poly canvas
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About the view

Plaza Mayor Lima Cathedral

The view opens from plaza level, looking across the broad open square toward the Cathedral of Lima, its warm golden facade rising between tall palms whose feathery canopies catch the afternoon light. A tiered bronze fountain anchors the foreground, a trumpeting figure poised at its crown, the basin pooling in cool sage-green tones that contrast beautifully with the honey-colored stonework behind. The cathedral's twin towers climb into a soft blue-white sky, their ornate upper levels dissolving gently into the haze of a Lima afternoon. To the left, the amber and ochre of surrounding colonial buildings close the composition, while small figures scattered across the plaza give the scene a quiet human warmth.

The history & when to go

Construction of the Cathedral of Lima began in the sixteenth century, shortly after Francisco Pizarro founded the city in 1535, and the building has been rebuilt and expanded several times over the centuries following earthquakes and structural changes. It stands on the eastern edge of the Plaza Mayor, the historic heart of Lima's colonial centre, and remains one of the most significant religious buildings in South America. The cathedral houses the remains of Pizarro himself and contains a collection of notable religious art that spans several centuries.

Late afternoon is the finest time to visit in person, when the lowering sun turns the cathedral's facade a deep, almost burnished gold and the fountain catches the last of the light.

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Peru's Grand History Every Morning – Plaza Mayor Lima Cathedral Lima · Gallery Canvas

Name: Lima, Peru | Plaza Mayor Lima Cathedral | Gallery Canvas
Brand: The Painted Passport
SKU: 25348654572481832087
Price: 65.00 USD
Availability: InStock

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Sunlit baroque towers rise above Lima's grand Plaza Mayor, where a bronze fountain catches the afternoon light and palm fronds stir in the coastal air. This watercolor canvas study of the Plaza Mayor and Cathedral bathes the scene in warm gold and soft blue, evoking the quiet grandeur of Peru's historic heart.

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The canvas

Museum-grade cotton-poly canvas, printed to order — nothing sits in a warehouse.
Stretched over a renewable pine frame.
Arrives ready to hang, hardware included. No framing needed.
Five sizes, from 10″ × 8″ up to 48″ × 32″.

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Behind the Passport

Explore the world, one canvas at a time.

Hi, I'm Nathan. I grew up in Ohio dreaming about the places on the map I hadn't seen yet, so I started The Painted Passport to turn real photos of those places into watercolor canvas prints. There are 570+ destinations so far, with new ones added every week.

I hope a little piece of Lima finds a home on your wall.