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[[Image:Lima Río Rímac Bridge.jpg|thumb|right|''Puente de Piedra'', the stone bridge across the [[Rímac River]]]]
[[Image:Lima Río Rímac Bridge.jpg|thumb|right|''Puente de Piedra'', the stone bridge across the [[Rímac River]]]]
'''Puente de Piedra''' (The Bridge of Stone), is a bridge in [[Lima]], [[Peru]] in [[South America]]. It was built in 1608 by the [[architect]] [[Juan del Corral]] to link Lima with [[Rímac District|Rímac]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lima Peru Rimac, Plaza de Acho |work=Lima.info |access-date=10 July 2014 |url=http://www.lima.info/rimac.htm |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20150128021557/http://www.lima.info/rimac.htm |archive-date=28 January 2015}}</ref>
'''Puente de Piedra''' (The Bridge of Stone), is a bridge in [[Lima]], [[Peru]] in [[South America]]. It was built in 1608 by the [[architect]] [[Juan del Corral]] to link Lima with [[Rímac District|Rímac]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lima Peru Rimac, Plaza de Acho |work=Lima.info |access-date=10 July 2014 |url=http://www.lima.info/rimac.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128021557/http://www.lima.info/rimac.htm |archive-date=28 January 2015}}</ref>


==Construction==
==Construction==
The bridge gets its name from the stone masonry mortar which was believed to have been mixed with egg whites from sea birds to improve its consistency.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rimac |work=Go2Peru |access-date=10 July 2014 |url=http://www.go2peru.com/peru_guide/lima/rimac.htm |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20211202102934/https://www.go2peru.com/peru_guide/lima/rimac.htm |archive-date=2 December 2021}}</ref>
The bridge gets its name from the stone masonry mortar which was believed to have been mixed with egg whites from sea birds to improve its consistency.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rimac |work=Go2Peru |access-date=10 July 2014 |url=http://www.go2peru.com/peru_guide/lima/rimac.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211202102934/https://www.go2peru.com/peru_guide/lima/rimac.htm |archive-date=2 December 2021}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 19:41, 4 February 2023

Puente de Piedra, the stone bridge across the Rímac River

Puente de Piedra (The Bridge of Stone), is a bridge in Lima, Peru in South America. It was built in 1608 by the architect Juan del Corral to link Lima with Rímac.[1]

Construction

The bridge gets its name from the stone masonry mortar which was believed to have been mixed with egg whites from sea birds to improve its consistency.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Lima Peru Rimac, Plaza de Acho". Lima.info. Archived from the original on 28 January 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
  2. ^ "Rimac". Go2Peru. Archived from the original on 2 December 2021. Retrieved 10 July 2014.

12°02′36″S 77°01′47″W / 12.0434°S 77.0298°W / -12.0434; -77.0298