Spanning a canyon leading down on cobblestones through the steep, rocky palisades from Miraflores to the Pacific is this iconic bridge. It's named for a mayor of Miraflores, Eduardo Villena Rey (1879-1951). The responsible architect was Héctor Ángel Velarde Bergmann (1898-1989), who by avocation was also an acclaimed novelist and short-story author. The bridge was inaugurated in 1968 and completely renewed in 2016. Its illumination dates from 2021 in honor of the bicentennial of Peru's independence.