Pueblo Libre was founded in 1557 as Magdalena Vieja, before
being renamed Free Town (Pueblo
Libre in Spanish) in 1821 by José de San Martín. The name was given because of
the great patriotism and desire for freedom San Martin saw from the people. Simón
Bolívar, a liberator from South America, lived in Pueblo Libre. His colonial
mansion is known today as the Museo Nacional de Arqueología, Antropología e
Historia Peru (The National Museum of Archaeology, Anthropology and History of
Peru) which has collections of artefacts from Peruvian culture
