01213nas a2200133   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002100002200043245010200065300000900167490000700176520088200183022001401065       2015                            d1 aAngie Shimabukuro00aBarrios altos: characterizing of a set of traditional neighborhoods within lima s historic center  a6-170 v173 aSince 1991 a significant part of the Historic Center of Lima (HCL) has been included within the inscribed list of Cultural Heritage of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) area. Barrios Altos is a traditional urban sector, which is part of HCL and outstanding due to the remarkable richness of its cultural, tangible and intangible heritage but also for being a poor and marginalized sector with declining living conditions. With research and information gathered in France, Spain and Peru, this article aims to explain the historical situation of Barrios Altos, the patrimonialization process -national and humanity context- and preliminary findings on recovery of the HCL through awareness campaigns and municipal interventions at public spaces of this sector, among which stand two emblematic cases: the Central Market and Chinatown.  a1657-0308