The Parque Reducto No. 2 is a 20,000 m² public park located at the intersections of Benavides and Luis Bedoya Reyes avenues, in Miraflores District, Lima, Peru. Located in a former redoubt built by the Peruvian Army during the War of the Pacific, it was declared a National Monument in 1944, and a Patriotic Sanctuary in 1965. The building formerly used as a train station now houses a museum dedicated to

Andrés Avelino Cáceres Andrés Avelino Cáceres Dorregaray (November 10, 1836 – October 10, 1923) served as the President of Peru two times during the 19th century, from 1886 to 1890 as the 27th President of Peru, and again from 1894 to 1895 as the 30th Preside ...

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The redoubts (''reductos'') were defenses built by the Peruvian Army in order to defend Lima from the Chilean Army during the War of the Pacific. In 1880, the Chileans had landed in Pisco and had successfully pushed north toward the city. There were ten in total: *Reducto No. 1: located at the esplanade of Chorrillos, it was where Battalion No. 2 was entrenched under the command of Colonel Manuel Lecca. Among its civilian defenders was Augusto B. Leguía. *Reducto No. 2: it housed Battalion No. 4, with 300 men, under the command of , who fought alongside other lawyers and deputies of the city. It received the troops of Belisario Suárez after their defeat at San Juan. *Reducto No. 3: located at the former ''Fundo La Palma'', it is where Battalion No. 6 fought under the command of lawyer Narciso de la Colina, supported by the troops of Justo Pastor Dávila. *Reducto No. 4: located in the same place, it house Battalion No. 8 under the command of Juan de Dios Rivero, then Minister of Finance, alongside other state employees. *Reducto No. 5: located in ''La Calera de la Merced''. Possibly where the 10th battalion fought under the command of the ''La Calera'' hacienda's owner, José M. León. *Reducto Nos. 6 and 7: located between ''La Calera'' and the ''Hacienda Vásquez'', under the command of

Juan Martín Echenique Juan Martín Echenique y Tristán (1841 – May 26, 1912) was a Peruvian politician and soldier who served as the Mayor of Lima from 1898 to 1899. He was the son of José Rufino Echenique, who served as President of Peru and Victoria Tristán. ...

. *Reducto Nos. 8, 9 and 10: located between the ''Hacienda Vásquez'' and an area formerly part of Ate District. 12 battalions were based here, who did not see action.№ 5,500 men in total fought in the first four redobuts, since the rest were dissolved by Nicolás de Piérola and did not see action. The Chilean troops were numbered at 8,000 men—supported by the Chilean Navy—with 3,000 Peruvians and 2,214 Chileans being killed in action. Some of the unidentified bodies at the site were subsequently moved to the crypt at the city's main cemetery. The park, located at the second redoubt, was declared a National Monument in 1944, and a Patriotic Sanctuary in 1965 (alongside redoubt No. 3—today No. 5—and the

Morro Solar Morro Solar (''morro'' in Spanish language, Spanish means: a rounded promontory) is a headland, situated in the district of Chorrillos District, Chorrillos, to the south of Lima, Peru. Morro Solar is notable for being a site of the Battle of San J ...

). It was subsequently remodelled in 1995 by then mayor of Miraflores,

Alberto Andrade Alberto Manuel Andrade Carmona (December 24, 1943 – June 19, 2009) was a Peruvian lawyer and politician, born in Lima who served as the Mayor of Lima from 1996 to 2002 and as a Congressman from 2006 until his death. Education He studied at ...

. It keeps the original

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built in 1881, alongside some cannons used during the war.

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Reducto N-2.jpg, Statue of

Monumento reducto n2 2.jpg, Busts of participants of the battle Reducto nro. 2 v.jpg, Locomotive Reducto nro. 2 i.jpg, Museum entrance MINISTRO VALAKIVI PRESIDIÓ CEREMONIA DONDE SE RESALTÓ HEROICIDAD DE COMBATIENTES EN BATALLA DE MIRAFLORES (23774217223).jpg, Ceremony for the 135th anniversary of the battle of Miraflores

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