• Peru Guide

  • Introduction to Peru
  • Weather
  • Things not to miss
  • Entry requirements
  • Money
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  • Lima
  • Around Lima
  • The south coast
  • Arequipa
  • Around Arequipa
  • The Titicaca Basin
  • Cusco
  • The Sacred Valley and Machu Picchu
  • Around Cusco
  • The Central Sierra
  • The North
  • The Jungle

• Cities

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Lima

Museo Naval

Address: Av Jorge Chavez 123, off Plaza Grau

Telephone: 4294793 ext 6794

Opening time: Mon– Fri 9.30am–2.30pm

Price: $1

The Museo Naval displays the usual military paraphernalia; uniforms, paintings, photographs and replica ships. Outside is the Canon del Pueblo, a large gun installed in a day and a night on May 2, 1866 during a battle against a Spanish fleet; it is also claimed to have deterred the Chilean fleet from entering Lima during the War of the Pacific.