Italy Square ( es, Plaza Italia), formerly known as
Saint Anne
According to Christian apocryphal and Islamic tradition, Saint Anne was the mother of Mary and the maternal grandmother of Jesus. Mary's mother is not named in the canonical gospels. In writing, Anne's name and that of her husband Joachim come o ...
's Square ( es, Plaza Santa Ana),
is a
public square in the
Barrios Altos
Lima is a district of Lima Province in Peru. Lima district is the oldest in Lima Province and as such, vestiges of the city's colonial era remain today in the historic centre of Lima, which was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1988 ...
neighbourhood of
Lima,
Peru. It was the second square built by the
Spanish during the
colonial era and later served as one of the four squares where the
independence of Peru was declared in the city.
History
The second square to be laid out in Lima,
[ it took its original name from the Indian hospital located next to it. Of this hospital, only the chapel remains, currently functioning as a church.][ With the construction of the neighbourhood or redoubt of ''Cercado de Indias'', later known as ''Santiago del Cercado'', a series of streets were laid out that would give rise to the current neighbourhood of ]Barrios Altos
Lima is a district of Lima Province in Peru. Lima district is the oldest in Lima Province and as such, vestiges of the city's colonial era remain today in the historic centre of Lima, which was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1988 ...
.
In 1821, José de San Martín declared the Independence of Peru in this square, as he had previously done in the Plaza de Armas and the square of La Merced. In the middle of the 19th century, in its surroundings, the largest Italian neighbourhood of the city was established, highlighting among them the Quinta Carbone and the Quinta Baselli. In honour of one of its greatest neighbours, the Italian naturalist Antonio Raimondi, it was renamed ''Plaza Italia'' after the inauguration of the monument in 1910 by then president Guillermo Billinghurst.
Gallery
Iglesia del Corazón de Jesús (San José), Barrios Altos.jpg, Church of the Heart of Jesus (a.k.a. San José)
Santa Ana Lima Peru.jpg, Church of Saint Anne
Estàtua d'Antonio Raimondi a la plaça Itàlia, Lima02.jpg, Statue of Antonio Raimondi
Placa de l'estàtua d'Antonio Raimondi a la plaça Itàlia, Lima.jpg, Detail of the statue's base
Façana d'edifici a la Plaça Italia de Lima.jpg, Surroundings of the square
Façana d'edifici de la plaza Italia, Barrios Altos.jpg, Ditto.
Plazasantaana facultaddemedicinasanfernado unmsm.jpg, 19th century view of the square
See also
* Italian Peruvians
* Plaza Mayor, Lima
*Plaza Bolívar, Lima
The Plaza Bolivar is also known as the Plaza of Congress or Plaza of the Inquisition as it is surrounded by the Legislative Palace which is the seat of the Congress of Peru, and the site of the former Tribunal of the Inquisition. It is located in ...
* Plazoleta de la Merced
References
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Squares in Lima
Barrios Altos
National University of San Marcos