1746 - 1 Real Coin Potosi Mint

Festivals in honor of the Virgen del Carmen are celebrated in various regions in Peru on or around July 16. The Feast of the Virgen del Carmen in Paucartambo, however, is one of the most vibrant and significant religious and cultural celebrations in the country.

Every year on the third Sunday of July Peruvians celebrate one of their beloved and most consumed dishes: Pollo a la Brasa.

Since 1999, Pisco, Peru's national drink and famous grape brandy, has its very own day of celebrations each year on the fourth Sunday of July.

Fiestas Patrias, Peru’s National Holidays, are probably the most important and most enthusiastically celebrated event of the year in Peru.

As part of the official celebrations of Peru’s National Holiday, the Fiestas Patrias, on July 29 the Great Military Parade of Peru is held in Lima in honor of the Peruvian Armed Forces and National Police of Peru.