ly ▁popular ▁after ▁ 1 7 4 6 ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁ensure ▁the ▁stability ▁of ▁buildings . ▁After ▁the ▁earth qu ake ▁of ▁ 1 9 4 0 , ▁Bruno ▁Ros elli , ▁a ▁Flor ent ine ▁art ▁history ▁professor ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁" def ender ▁of ▁bal con ies ", ▁endeav ored ▁to ▁salv age ▁numerous ▁bal con ies , ▁many ▁of ▁which ▁were ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 7 th ▁and ▁ 1 8 th ▁century ▁styles . ▁So ▁committed ▁was ▁he ▁to ▁their ▁salv ation ▁that ▁he ▁compared ▁the ▁bal con ies ' ▁importance ▁to ▁that ▁of ▁the ▁E iff el ▁Tower , ▁Stat ue ▁of ▁Liber ty ▁and ▁the ▁l ions ▁in ▁T raf al gar ▁Square . ▁However , ▁he ▁was ▁not ▁successful . ▁ ▁A do pt ▁a ▁Bal con y ▁ ▁The ▁rest oration ▁of ▁Lima ' s ▁bal con ies ▁was ▁spe ar head ed ▁by ▁Alberto ▁And rade , ▁Lima ' s ▁mayor ▁from ▁ 1 9 9 6 ▁to ▁ 2 0 0 2 . ▁His ▁A do pt ▁a ▁Bal con y ▁program ▁saw ▁various ▁foreign ▁emb ass ies , ▁companies ▁and ▁individuals ▁part aking ▁in ▁pres erving ▁the ▁bal con ies ▁in ▁exchange ▁for ▁tax ▁breaks . ▁These ▁efforts ▁have ▁rev ived ▁Lima ' s ▁conscious ness ▁of ▁its ▁identity ▁as ▁the ▁a ▁City ▁of ▁Bal con ies , ▁a ▁term ▁first ▁co ined ▁by ▁architect ▁Ad ol fo ▁V arg as . ▁The ▁abund ance ▁of ▁these ▁bal con ies ▁adds