Jirón Apurímac is a

street A street is a public thoroughfare in a built environment. It is a public parcel of land adjoining buildings in an urban context, on which people may freely assemble, interact, and move about. A street can be as simple as a level patch of dirt, ...

in the

Damero de Pizarro The Cercado de Lima (''Walled Lima''), Damero de Pizarro (''Pizarro's Checkerboard''), or Lima Cuadrada (''Squared Lima'') is an area of the historic center of Lima (capital of Peru) located within the old walls of the city. Location and hist ...

, located in the

historic centre of Lima Located principally in the city centre or Cercado de Lima and Rímac areas, the Historic Centre of Lima is among the most important tourist destinations in Peru. Foundation The city of Lima, the capital of Peru, was founded by Francisco Piz ...

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. The street starts at its intersection with Abancay Avenue, behind the

Javier Alzamora Valdez Building The Javier Alzamora Valdez Building ( es, Edificio Javier Alzamora Valdez) is located in the historic center of Lima, Peru. It stands at the intersection of Abancay and Colmena avenues, next to the University Park. Formerly the headquarters of ...

, and continues until it reaches Jirón Carabaya.

History

The road that today constitutes the street was laid by Francisco Pizarro when he founded the city of Lima on January 18, 1535. In 1862, when a new urban nomenclature was adopted, the road was named jirón Apurímac, after the

department of Apurímac Apurímac () is a department and region in southern-central Peru. It is bordered on the east by the Cusco Region, on the west by the Ayacucho Region, and on the south by the Arequipa and Ayacucho regions. The region's name originates from the Que ...

. Prior to this renaming, each block (''cuadra'') had a unique name: *Block 1: San Cristóbal, after a church of the same name that was destroyed in the earthquake of 1746. It is currently the ''Portal Pumacahua'', also known as the ''Portal San Martín'' and is no longer part of the street but part of San Martín Square. *Block 2: Cueva, after Alfonso de la Cueva y Ponce de León, who lived there. *Block 3: Corazón de Jesús, after the church of the same name, the first church built with that dedication. *Block 4: Chacarilla, where the

College of Our Lady of Guadalupe The College of Our Lady of Guadalupe is a Secular education, secular public education school in Lima, Peru. Originally founded on Jirón Apurímac, Chacarilla Street in the Guadalupe neighbourhood on November 14, 1840, it moved in 1909 to its curr ...

was originally founded. The street, in its intersection with the Jirón Azángaro, is the location of the Iglesia de los Huérfanos.

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