Rainbow colours are splashed across small houses in a once grey neighbourhood of Peru's capital city, creating the optical illusion of a giant mural across San Cristobal hill which can be seen from various vantage points across Lima. The San Cristobal neighborhood's mountainside display of painted houses and murals is seen above a lower-lying area of the city, in Lima, Peru November 9, 2021. REUTERS/Sebastian Castaneda The project in Lima's Leticia neighborhood started five months ago and is being headed by muralists Carla Magan and Daniel Manrique. The effort aims to improve the lives of those in the COVID-hit community and promoting tourism. "This hill was considered an unsafe area in the city. It was said that this neighbourhood was dangerous," said Manrique. "We decided to ch...
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