Arnaldo Panizo
Arnaldo Panizo Avasolo (May 7, 1839 - May 7, 1892) was a Peruvian general of the 1857–1860 Ecuadorian–Peruvian War and the War of the Pacific as well as a key commander of the Lima campaign. Family Arnaldo Panizo was the son of Rear Admiral Juan José Panizo y Talamantes, a naval hero assassinated during the revolution of Mariano Ignacio Prado and Lizardo Montero Flores on June 24, 1865, and Dolores Avasolo y Ailuardo. Panizo Abasolo first married his cousin Elena Otero Abasolo, with whom he had six children: Alberto, César, Vidal Canuto, Francisco, Amanda and María Luisa. The latter died during childbirth, an unfortunate event that also caused the death of her mother. Remaining a widower, Arnaldo Panizo contracted a second marriage the following year with Benjamina Vargas O'Dowling, a Peruvian woman from Iquique. With Benjamina Vargas, Panizo Abasolo had six other children: Aníbal, Arnaldo, Gonzalo, Rebeca, Elena and Doloritas, the last one dying at the age of four. Mi ...
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Lima
Lima ( ; ), originally founded as Ciudad de Los Reyes (City of The Kings) is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón River, Chillón, Rímac River, Rímac and Lurín Rivers, in the desert zone of the central coastal part of the country, overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Together with the seaside city of Callao, it forms a contiguous urban area known as the Lima Metropolitan Area. With a population of more than 9.7 million in its urban area and more than 10.7 million in its metropolitan area, Lima is one of the largest cities in the Americas. Lima was named by natives in the agricultural region known by native Peruvians as ''Limaq''. It became the capital and most important city in the Viceroyalty of Peru. Following the Peruvian War of Independence, it became the capital of the Republic of Peru (República del Perú). Around one-third of the national population now lives in its Lima Metropolitan Area, metropolitan area. The city of Li ...
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