Museo Larco
Overview
Rafael Larco Hoyle's 18th century vice-royal mansion in Pueblo Libre holds 45,000 catalogued Peruvian antiquities. Moche portrait vessels of astonishing individuality, the gold and silver of ancient Peru, and the famous erotic pottery gallery. Its storage, open to visitors, is a study collection for the world.
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