A few days after the arrival of Leo XIV to Peru, the routes by which the Supreme Pontiff will travel to attend the events in which he will participate during his stay in the capital and Callao have already been defined. It has been determined that the Pope travels 12 routes.
The plane that will transport Robert Prevost will land at approximately 5:30 pm on Wednesday, November 11. The papal delegation will travel through Faucett, La Marina, Sucre and Brasil avenues. At the Salesiano San Francisco de Sales school, you will board the popemobile. The entire movement of the leader of the Catholic church will be monitored by a helicopter.
Then, the Pope will tour Plaza Bolognesi, Paseo Colón, Av. Garcilaso de la Vega, Av. Tacna, and will go up the Conde de Superunda street. In the Plaza Mayor he will tour its surroundings and enter the Government Palace to meet with President Keiko Fujimori. Your arrival will be between 6 pm and 6:15 pm
As a security measure, the Police have established a restriction area that includes Av. Tacna, Av. Emancipación, Av. Abancay, the Amazonas strip and the back of the Government Palace. The Blue corridor will detour along Av. Alfonso Ugarte, while the Purple corridor will move towards Av. Huánuco.
After his meeting with the president, León Given this, some 15 conventional public transport routes will modify their routes along Canada, Guardia Civil, San Borja Norte and La Cultura avenues.
In addition, the La Cultura station on Metro Line 1 will remain closed. Likewise, services 201, 204, 206 and 209 of the Rojo corridor will stop making stops at the La Cultura bus stop on Av. Aviation
The next day, November 12, the Supreme Pontiff will once again take a popemobile tour around the Plaza Mayor to access the Lima Cathedral.
During his visit to the National Stadium, León The authorities have ordered the closure of vehicular access at the intersection of 28 de Julio avenues and Paseo de la República Avenue, as well as on Petit Thouars Avenue.
Your exit will be through the west tribune, you will take José Díaz Street, Petit Thouars Avenue to go to the Apostolic Nunciature, located on Salaverry Avenue.
To participate in the mass at the Las Palmas base, to be held on November 16, the Pope will enter through Jorge Chávez Avenue. At 1 pm you will go to Air Group No. 8 to take off for Rome.
Security measures
The Police have established three security rings during the events in which the Pope will participate. The first ring will be in charge of agents from the Directorate of State Security and members of the Supreme Pontiff’s personal security.
The second and third ring will be covered by basic police personnel from the different police regions of the cities where the Pope will remain, as well as by agents from specialized units, who will be previously trained and retrained.
This is the tour that the Pope will take in Lima on November 11. (Photo: Peruvian Episcopal Conference)
In Lima, 22,464 PNP agents will be deployed, who will provide service in the scenario area and will be placed on the routes to the events. In regions, there will be 14,685 police officers.
Nearly 2,000 traffic police officers will be in charge of the routes, cuts and detours in Lima, while 24 motorized vehicles will make up the pontiff’s escort, reported the head of the Traffic Directorate of the National Police, General Humberto Alvarado López.
The use of the popemobile
The Pope’s travel, after his arrival by Air Group No. 8, on November 11, will be in a closed vehicle to Brasil Avenue for a matter of “time and security,” indicated Monsignor Guillermo Inca Pereda, deputy general secretary of the Peruvian Episcopal Conference.
He stressed that, starting from the Basilica of Mary Help of Christians, on Brasil Avenue, the route will be by popemobile until its arrival at the Plaza Mayor of Lima.
It is the route that the Pope will take on his second day of stay in Peru. (Photo: Peruvian Episcopal Conference)
The next day, the Supreme Pontiff will leave the Apostolic Nunciature, in Jesús María, in a closed vehicle, and then he will get on the popemobile at the Civic Center and proceed along Av. Garcilaso de la Vega and Tacna. At the Sanctuary of the Nazarenes you will stop and make a brief prayer before the Lord of Miracles, and then you will arrive at the Cathedral through the Jr. Count of Superunda.
Mario Casaretto, Disaster Risk Management manager of the Municipality of Lima, told El Comercio that the Police will place high fences around the Pope’s events, while low fences will be placed in the Conde de Superunda strip and around the Plaza Mayor. On large avenues, police officers will carry out containment work to prevent people from invading the road or impeding the progress of the papal delegation.
