One street in this city is the Alameda de los Descalzos, which is named for this city's barefoot monks.
One street in this city is the Alameda de los Descalzos, which is named for this city's barefoot monks. The most popular festival in this city honors an image of a black Christ drawn by a slave in colonial times and is called the Senor de los Milagros or the Lord of the Miracles. This city, popularly called the (*) Octopus, holds much of its population in shanty towns called pueblos jovenes. It is the site of the National University of San Marcos, the oldest university in South America. This city, which has its seaport at Callao, draws its water from the Rimac, Lurin, and Chillon Rivers. This city is bounded on the east by a desert that separates it from the Andes mountains. Originally called Ciudad de los Reyes, it was founded in 1535 by Francisco Pizarro. For 10 points, name this capital of Peru.
One street in this city is the Alameda de los Descalzos, which is named for this city's barefoot monks.
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