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Paseo Cívico De Tacna
The Paseo Cívico de Tacna, formerly known as the Plazuela de la Matriz during the Viceroyalty of Peru, Spanish era and as the Plaza Colón from 1892 to 1957, is the Town square, main square of the historic centre of Tacna, Peru. It features landmarks such as the city's Tacna Cathedral, cathedral, the Tacna Parabolic Arch, Monument to Heroes and the Tacna Ornamental Fountain, city fountain, delimited by San Martín Avenue. Important civic events in the city are carried out in the square: every Sunday of the civic calendar, in the midst of civic ceremonies, the Flag of Peru, national flag is raised and the oath of Francisco Bolognesi is renewed, culminating in a civic-military parade of the different educational, public and private entities. August 28 is the end point of the Procesión de la Bandera, Flag Procession, where it culminates with the raising of the flag after walking through the streets of the city, celebrating the Handover of Tacna, Reincorporation of Tacna to Peru aft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flag Of Peru
The flag of Peru was adopted by the government of Peru in 1824, and modified in 1950. According to the article 49 of the Constitution of Peru, it is a vertical triband (flag), triband with red outer bands and a single white middle band. Depending on its use, it may be Defacement (flag), defaced with different emblems, and has different names. Flag day in Peru is celebrated on 7 June, the anniversary of the Battle of Arica. Design and symbolism Coat of arms Meaning of the colors Red represents the blood that was spilled for the fight. White represents Purity and Peace. Colour approximations The current colors of the Peruvian flag were taken of the design of José de San Martín, San Martín and José Bernardo de Tagle y Portocarrero, Marquis of Torre Tagle, Torre Tagle. The reasons why red and white were chosen are unknown. Official tones determined by Peruvian laws do not exist. However, there are some particular initiatives in approximated equivalents in multiple color mod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avenida San Martín
San Martín Avenue ( es, Avenida San Martín) is the main thoroughfare of the historic centre of Tacna, Peru. It houses landmarks such as the Cathedral, the Parabolic Arch, the Ornamental Fountain, the of Jorge Basadre and the former Municipal Palace. When it reaches the cathedral, it splits into two avenues: Blondell and Callao. South of the cathedral is the city's main square, which it surrounds. History On November 28, 1910, when the city was under Chilean administration, a violent riot took place in the street against ''El Tacora'', a Peruvian newspaper owned by the Freyre family. The family's house was looted, and the people inside the building attacked as well, including the 89-year old Juana Arias de Freyre, who was dragged from her bed. The newspaper's contents were thrown to the street, being cleaned up by Peruvian locals that lived in the building's surroundings. The ''Zona Franca de Tacna'', a plan to impose a zero-sol tax for imported products, was announced b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diario Correo
Diario (Italian, Spanish "Diary") and ''El Diario'' (Spanish, "The Daily") may refer to: Newspapers, periodicals and websites * ''El Diario'' (Argentina) * ''Diario'' (Aruba) * ''El Diario'' (La Paz), Bolivia * ''Diario Extra'' (Costa Rica) *'' Diario Libre'', Dominican Republic *'' El Diario de Hoy'', El Salvador *''Diario de Centro América'', Guatemala * ''Diario'' (magazine) (1996–2009), Italy *''El Diario de Juárez'', Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico *''Diario de Morelia'', Mexico *''El Diario de Nuevo Laredo'', Mexico *'' Diario de Yucatán'', Mexico *'' O Diário'' (1976–1990), Portugal *'' E-Dyario'', Philippines *'' El Diario Vasco'', Basque Country, Spain * ''El Diario'' (Spain) *'' El Diario La Prensa'', New York City, United States *'' El Diario de El Paso'', Texas, United States * ''El Diario'' (Uruguay) Other uses * ''Diario'' (Cultura Profética album), 2002 *'' Diário'', a 2005 album by Mafalda Arnauth See also * Diario Extra (other) *Diario Oficia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tacna Province (Chile)
The Tacna Province was a territorial division of Chile that existed between 1884 and 1929. It was ceded by the Treaty of Ancón in 1883 and placed under military administration, and then created on the 31st of October 1884, incorporating the former Peruvian provinces of Tacna Province, Tacna and Arica of the also former Tacna Department, as well as a contested claim over Tarata, Peru#Occupation by Chile, Tarata, and was returned to Peru at midnight on the 28th of August 1929, under the terms agreed upon in the Treaty of Lima (1929), Treaty of Lima of the same year. History The province was first established on October 31, 1883 by a law promulgated by President Domingo Santa María which defined its limits as the Sama River to the north, the ''Quebrada de Camarones'' to the south, the Andes mountain range to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. This was under the conditions of Treaty of Ancón, by means of which Chile achieved dominion over the Tarapacá Department (Peru) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Handover Of Tacna
The Tacna Province was a territorial division of Chile that existed between 1884 and 1929. It was ceded by the Treaty of Ancón in 1883 and placed under military administration, and then created on the 31st of October 1884, incorporating the former Peruvian provinces of Tacna and Arica of the also former Tacna Department, as well as a contested claim over Tarata, and was returned to Peru at midnight on the 28th of August 1929, under the terms agreed upon in the Treaty of Lima of the same year. History The province was first established on October 31, 1883 by a law promulgated by President Domingo Santa María which defined its limits as the Sama River to the north, the ''Quebrada de Camarones'' to the south, the Andes mountain range to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. This was under the conditions of Treaty of Ancón, by means of which Chile achieved dominion over the Tarapacá Department, and possession of the provinces of Tacna and Arica for a decade, after whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Procesión De La Bandera
The Flag procession ( es, Procesión de la Bandera) is a civic-military ceremony held annually in the Peruvian city of Tacna on August 28 with the purpose of commemorating the date on which Tacna Province rejoined Peru after the period of Chilean occupation that lasted from 1880 until 1929, when the Treaty of Lima was signed, as a consequence of the War of the Pacific. It is part of the Cultural heritage of Peru since 2009. History The event that gave rise to the tradition occurred on July 28, 1901, when, still under Chilean administration, a civil association obtained authorization from the occupying country to have the Peruvian flag blessed in the San Ramón Church and paraded through the streets of Tacna on the occasion of celebrating the national holiday of Peru. The event was finally authorized by the Chilean authorities, under the commitment to be carried out under the absolute silence of the Peruvian citizens. Compliance with this agreement allowed it to be carr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco Bolognesi
Francisco Bolognesi Cervantes (November 4, 1816 – June 7, 1880) was a Peruvian military general. He is considered a national hero in Peru and was declared patron of the Army of Peru by the government of Peru on January 2 of 1951. Early life and education Francisco Bolognesi was born in Lima on November 4, 1816. He attended the Seminary of Arequipa until he was 16 and then entered into a career in commerce. His father, Andrés Bolognesi was of Italian-Peruvian background and was a violin player for the court of the Viceroy. Francisco Bolognesi had a son called Federico Pablo whose son was Federico Bolognesi Bolognesi (2nd Vicepresident of Peru). Federico Bolognesi Bolognesi had a daughter called Ana Maria Bolognesi who had two daughters called Ana Mamie and Selina Raguz Bolognesi. Military career He was involved with the military in July 1844, in an action at Carmen Alto, a local district of Arequipa, south region of Perú. While offered a position in the military, he ele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viceroyalty Of Peru
The Viceroyalty of Peru ( es, Virreinato del Perú, links=no) was a Spanish imperial provincial administrative district, created in 1542, that originally contained modern-day Peru and most of the Spanish Empire in South America, governed from the capital of Lima. The Viceroyalty of Peru was officially called the Kingdom of Peru. Peru was one of the two Spanish Viceroyalties in the Americas from the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries. The Spanish did not resist the Portuguese expansion of Brazil across the meridian established by the Treaty of Tordesillas. The treaty was rendered meaningless between 1580 and 1640 while Spain controlled Portugal. The creation during the 18th century of Viceroyalties of New Granada and Río de la Plata (at the expense of Peru's territory) reduced the importance of Lima and shifted the lucrative Andean trade to Buenos Aires, while the fall of the mining and textile production accelerated the progressive decay of the Viceroyalty of Peru. Even ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tacna Ornamental Fountain
Tacna Ornamental Fountain, is a fountain located in the Paseo Cívico of the centre of the city of Tacna, Peru. History There are various stories about this ornamental fountain. The most accepted was that this Pool was designed by the sculptor O'Lenhard and brought from Brussels, by the famous construction company Eiffel. However, it is undeniable that the statues in this fountain are by the French sculptor Mathurin Moreau. There are about twenty identical fountains around the world; Genoa, Boston and two in Buenos Aires's 9 de Julio Avenue. It is noted that it was acquired and gifted to the city of Tacna by the government of José Balta in 1869 or that it also arrived as part of the Uchusuma River contract. The installation work was carried out by the French technical expert Matias Richet and a Peruvian architect, surnamed Salazar, was in charge of the construction of the stone plinth. On April 19, 1885, the Public Works Department requested proposals for the transfer of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tacna Parabolic Arch
The Monument to the Heroes ( es, Monumento a los Héroes), popularly known as the Parabolic Arch ( es, Arco Parabólico), is a quarried pink stone monument located on the Paseo Cívico de Tacna, built in honor of the heroes of the War of the Pacific, Admiral Miguel Grau and Colonel Francisco Bolognesi. It was inaugurated on August 28, 1957 during the government of Manuel Prado Ugarteche with the name Monument to the heroes Admiral Miguel Grau Seminario and Colonel Francisco Bolognesi ( es, Monumento a los héroes Almirante Miguel Grau Seminario y Coronel Francisco Bolognesi). History The parabolic arch is a monument located in the civic centre of Tacna, designed by German technicians and donated to the country. It was inaugurated on August 28, 1959 during the government of Manuel Prado Ugarteche, dedicated to Admiral Miguel Grau and Colonel Francisco Bolognesi, both killed during the War of the Pacific and featured as statues. The construction of the monument was made of pi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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