The Lima Wall of Shame (Spanish: Muro de la Vergüenza) was a wall in Lima, Peru, created for the stated purpose of improving security in wealthy neighbourhoods by increasing urban segregation.[1] The far-left terrorism and violence of the Shining Path in the 1980s and early 1990s was also an issue of concern when the first portions of the wall were built.[1] The wall was gradually built from from 1985[1] onwards to separate rich settlements such as La Molina and Santiago de Surco from pueblos jóvenes such as San Juan de Miraflores and Villa María del Triunfo. It became known as the "Wall of Shame" and by 2019 it was ten kilometres (6.2 mi) long.[2][3] The wall means that people who work service jobs in affluent areas must commute for several hours to work.[4] It was destroyed in 2023.[1][5]