Parque de las Leyendas

The Park of Legends (Spanish: Parque de las Leyendas), formally the Dr. Felipe Benavides Barreda Park of Legends (Spanish: Parque de las Leyendas "Dr. Felipe Benavides Barreda"), is a zoo located in San Miguel District, Lima, Peru.

[2] The park was founded by renowned conservationist Felipe Benavides Barreda [es], from Lima, in the Pando area of San Miguel during the government of Fernando Belaúnde Terry in 1964.

These illustrations were removed around 2008, and currently, only the texts remain in the well-known attraction called the "Patio de Leyendas" (Courtyard of Legends) within the Cultural Park.

[12] In 2019, under the mayorality of Edde Cuellar, the zoo was temporarily closed due to irregularities and potential hazards found during an inspection by the district's municipality.

[13] In 2020, as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic in Peru, the zoo closed its doors in March, but was soon forced to reopen them to a limited public between the ages of 14 and 65 in order to be able to purchase food for the animals,[14][15] which had a monthly cost of S/.

Indian peafowl in the "Forest of birds"