Elías Aguirre and Alfonso Ugarte - who were they? Elías Aguirre Elías Aguirre Romero was born in 1843 in Chiclayo, Peru. At the age of eleven he moved to Lima and attended the high school of the brothers Manuel and Isidro Pérez and later of Jacobo López Castilla. In...
Peru – The gold of the Incas – The gold coins of the Lima Mint
A legend - all gold A beautiful legend says that long ago there was a beautiful garden. Golden grass grew in the garden with golden insects crawling on it, tall golden trees stretched up to the sky, and golden fruit dangled from the golden branches with sun-filled fruit. The garden...
