Iquitos Sights

  1. Casa de Fierro

    Every guidebook tells of the 'majestic' Casa de Fierro (Iron House) designed by Eiffel (of Tower fame). It was made in Paris in 1860 and imported piece by piece into Iquitos around 1890, during the opulent rubber-boom days, to beautify the city. Although three different iron houses were imported, only one, at the southeast corner of the Plaza de Armas, survives.

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  2. Museo Etnográfico

    Picturesquely located along the Malecón is an old building housing the small Museo Etnográfico, which includes life-sized fiberglass casts of members of various Amazon tribes. You'll find the Biblioteca Amazónica onsite as well.

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  3. Pilpintuwasi Butterfly Farm

    A visit to this fascinating little venture is highly recommended. Pilpintuwasi Butterfly Farm is ostensibly a conservatorium and breeding center for Amazonian butterflies, including the striking blue morpho ( Morpho menelaus ) and the fearsome-looking owl butterfly ( Caligo eurilochus ) with a big owl-like eye on its wing.

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