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Jirón Quilca
Jirón Quilca is a major street in the Damero de Pizarro, located in the historic centre of Lima, Peru. The street starts at its intersection with the Jirón de la Unión and continues until it reaches Avenida Alfonso Ugarte, Alfonso Ugarte Avenue. 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 Quilca, after the Quilca District, district in Camaná Province, Department of Arequipa, Arequipa. Prior to this renaming, each block (''cuadra'') had a unique name: *Block 1: Iturrizaga, after Bernardo de Iturriaza, Bernardo de Iturrizara y Mansilla. *Block 2: San Jacinto, after the chapel of the same name that existed in the 17th century. In 1857, the first gas factory for public lighting was built in this area. *Block 3: Alfareros, after the various clay article making shops that existed during the viceroyalty. During the L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plaza San Martín, Lima
The Plaza San Martín is one of the most representative public spaces of the city of Lima, Peru. It is located at the ninth block of Avenida Nicolás de Piérola, Colmena avenue, within the Historic Centre of Lima which was declared a World Heritage Site in 1988 by UNESCO. It is located near the Plaza Mayor, Lima, Plaza Mayor and is connected to it by the Jiron de la Union. Its central monument gives homage to Peru's liberator, José de San Martín. History Precedents The location of the plaza had been the site of the San Juan de Dios hospital which was torn down in 1850 and replaced by a railway station, which in turn was torn down between 1911 and 1918. Revolutionary politician Bernardo de Monteagudo was assassinated on the adjacent ''Plazoleta de la Micheo'', now part of the plaza, in 1825. Later, on July 26, 1872, Silvestre Gutiérrez, a participant of the 1872 Peruvian coup d'état, coup d'état headed by his brother Tomás Gutiérrez, Tomás, was killed in a shootout at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
