"Lima: the city of gardens" by Eric

As in former times because during the time of colonialisation Lima was made the capital of "New Spain", most of the urban areas, including its parks were designed following the archetypes of a Mediterranean city in the Nineteenth Century.
The main square is surrounded by exquisite colonial architecture and most of the buildings have been restored for prolonged use such as governamental organizations, cultural centres, museums, social clubes, libraries and cafes. The Cathedral and some other religious buildings have been upgrated with latest techniques for preservation of historical monuments and a lightning project had been installed creating a special atmosphere at night, it is just a pleasure to walk around these side of the city percieving History and sense for details. Most of the woodland has been cut down to make way for new public spaces like the big park called "El parque de la Reserva" which probably is one of the best contemporary landscape projects because it makes use of hidraulic energy in order to create water sculptures at different intervals of times.Lima was always considered as the city of gardens even if there's not as much sun during the year, more than that, it never rains! However the government has improved the public budget and many parks and gardens have sprang up. The most dramatic change was that the railway ("Tranvias") had been replaced with the motorway ("Via expressa") which has been recently extended 3 km South-West and 2 km North-East. Somehow the transport system has been improved but still not enough for such a huge city.
Overall, Lima is a city plenty of contradictions. I remember the long winters with gray sky all the time, but its warm-hearted people make a big difference.