The Sheraton Lima Historic Center, known as the Sheraton Lima Hotel & Convention Center until 2022, is a luxury hotel located in the historic centre of Lima, Peru. The hotel is part of the

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, which includes a multi-purpose building and a shopping mall, which was itself built above the grounds of the former

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arrived in Peru at the end of the 1960s, and began construction of its hotel on the south side of the Lima Civic Center where the

was formerly located. The building where it was built formed, together with the ''Torre de Lima'' of the Civic Centre, a classic view of the predominant Lima skyline during the 1970s. The hotel opened its doors on 1 March 1973, as the Sheraton Lima Hotel. Despite rumours of ghosts of the former prison haunting the place, the hotel opened without incident. In its early years, it housed people such as

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actress Lupita Ferrer and singer

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, Cuban singer

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and Spanish singer

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. Being located in the ''

Paseo de los Héroes Navales The Promenade of the Naval Heroes ( es, Paseo de los Héroes Navales) is a public park located in the Historic Centre of Lima, historic centre of Lima. It occupies the first block of the ''Vía Expresa Luis Fernán Bedoya Reyes, Paseo de la Repúb ...

'', the hotel has had an active participation in the political life of Peru, serving as a dais for the political rallies that have been held in said plaza. During the events of 5 February 1975, known as the ''

Limazo The Limazo (from Lima and the Spanish suffix ''azo'', meaning blow or violent), also known as the Febrerazo, was a police strike and attempted coup that occurred in the city of Lima that began on February 3, 1975. The unrest was allegedly instiga ...

'', the hotel, as well as the neighbouring ''Lima Tower'' of the Civic Centre, were damaged by a fire amid riots in their immediate surroundings. In the year 2000 the stage was raised during the Four Quarters March. On 30 May 2016, Natalie Paola Rikeros, a 17-year-old Venezuelan girl travelling with a Hare Krishna group, committed suicide by jumping from the hotel's rooftop after sneaking into the building's stairwell. The girl was erroneously identified by local police as a

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Colombian girl under the name Paola Dominice Pérez, and the information was spread by early reports. The event drew a crowd on the street below, and was caught on film by bystanders. In August 2022, the hotel officially changed its name to ''Sheraton Lima Historic Center'' to "strengthen its ties" with the historic centre of Lima.

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Footage of a fire in the Hotel during the ''Limazo''
captured by an AP cameraman (5 February 1975) {{coord missing, Peru Hotels in Lima Buildings and structures in Lima Lima District

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