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Torre Banco De La Nación
The Bank of the Nation Tower () is a multi-purpose building in Lima and the tallest building in Peru. It serves as the headquarters of the ''Bank of the Nation'', after which it's named. History The building was designed to house the new headquarters of ''Banco de la Nación'', a financial entity of the Peruvian State. After the fire that occurred during the Four Quarters March in 2000 that destroyed the original building (built by Enrique Seoane Ros), the headquarters had moved to the district of San Isidro. It was designed by the Peruvian architect Bernardo Fort. Its location was set in a strategic area of Av. Javier Prado Este, next to the Museum of the Nation, the La Cultura station of the Lima Metro and the future , which could be known as the new cultural center of Lima, in the district of San Borja. The construction of the tower was in charge of construction company ''Cosapi'', with an investment of approximately $150 million. Construction began in October 2013 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Borja District
San Borja is a district of the Lima Province in Peru, and one of the upscale districts that comprise the city of Lima. Originally part of the district of Surquillo and San Isidro, it became officially established as a separate district on June 1, 1983. Geography San Borja is bordered by the districts of San Luis and La Victoria on the north, Santiago de Surco on the east and south, Surquillo on the southwest and San Isidro on the west. The Rio Surco (Surco river) traverses the district in a north–south direction. This is not an actual river, it is a canal fed from the Rimac river and used to irrigate public parks. San Borja is approximately above sea level. The terrain is mostly flat, with a gentle downward east–west slope. Climate San Borja has a climate typical of the Peruvian coastal area. The weather is mild, with warm summers and cool winters, and humid all year round. It never rains but during the months from June to October its streets dampen due to a fine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avenida Javier Prado
The Javier Prado Avenue () is one of the main avenues of Lima, capital of Peru. By its length it is the second largest avenue of the city, after the Universitaria Avenue (Lima), Universitaria Avenue. It goes from west to east, going through the districts of Magdalena del Mar District, Magdalena del Mar, San Isidro District, Lima, San Isidro, Lince District, Lince, La Victoria District, Lima, La Victoria, San Borja District, San Borja, Santiago de Surco District, Santiago de Surco, Ate District, Ate and La Molina District, La Molina along 135 blocks. It is divided into two segments: ''East Javier Prado'' from the Avenida Arequipa, Arequipa Avenue until its end in the Ate District (This last section is called ''Prolongación Javier Prado'') with a total of 101 blocks, and ''West Javier Prado'' from the Arequipa Avenue until its beginning in the Avenida Brasil (Lima), Brasil Avenue in the Magdalena del Mar district, with a total of 34 blocks. The Arequipa Avenue is used as a point ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bank Buildings
A bank is a financial institution that accepts Deposit account, deposits from the public and creates a demand deposit while simultaneously making loans. Lending activities can be directly performed by the bank or indirectly through capital markets. As banks play an important role in financial stability and the economy of a country, most jurisdictions exercise a high degree of Bank regulation, regulation over banks. Most countries have institutionalized a system known as fractional-reserve banking, under which banks hold liquid assets equal to only a portion of their current liabilities. In addition to other regulations intended to ensure accounting liquidity, liquidity, banks are generally subject to minimum capital requirements based on an international set of capital standards, the Basel Accords. Banking in its modern sense evolved in the fourteenth century in the prosperous cities of Renaissance Italy but, in many ways, functioned as a continuation of ideas and concepts o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buildings And Structures In Lima
A building or edifice is an enclosed structure with a roof, walls and windows, usually standing permanently in one place, such as a house or factory. Buildings come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and functions, and have been adapted throughout history for numerous factors, from building materials available, to weather conditions, land prices, ground conditions, specific uses, prestige, and aesthetic reasons. To better understand the concept, see ''Nonbuilding structure'' for contrast. Buildings serve several societal needs – occupancy, primarily as shelter from weather, security, living space, privacy, to store belongings, and to comfortably live and work. A building as a shelter represents a physical separation of the human habitat (a place of comfort and safety) from the ''outside'' (a place that may be harsh and harmful at times). buildings have been objects or canvasses of much artistic expression. In recent years, interest in sustainable planning and building practi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edificio Interbank
The Interbank Building is a building located in the neighbourhood of Santa Catalina, La Victoria District, Lima. It serves as the main headquarters of Interbank, a Peruvian financial entity and was inaugurated in February 2001. It is located at the intersection of Luis Bedoya Reyes and Javier Prado Este avenues. It has a total construction area of 45,300 m2 and a maximum height of 88 metres. History The building's predecessor was located at the Plazoleta de la Merced in the Jirón de la Unión. The construction was in charge of the Peruvian company Cosapi S.A. and the design by the Austrian architect Hans Hollein. This marked the end of a period of inactivity for the architect since the 1980s. This building was inaugurated at the same time as the Media Tower in Vienna. Both projects were designed in parallel. The construction period was between 1996 and 2000. The building was inaugurated in 2001. Overview The building consists of two distinct and interlinked blocks. The fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Monetary Fund
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is a major financial agency of the United Nations, and an international financial institution funded by 191 member countries, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It is regarded as the global lender of last resort to national governments, and a leading supporter of exchange-rate economic stability, stability. Its stated mission is "working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and poverty reduction, reduce poverty around the world." Established in July 1944 at the Bretton Woods Conference, primarily according to the ideas of Harry Dexter White and John Maynard Keynes, it started with 29 member countries and the goal of reconstructing the international monetary systems, international monetary system after World War II. In its early years, the IMF primarily focused on facilitating fixed exchange rates across the developed worl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Bank
The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans and Grant (money), grants to the governments of Least developed countries, low- and Developing country, middle-income countries for the purposes of economic development. The World Bank is the collective name for the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and International Development Association (IDA), two of five international organizations owned by the World Bank Group. It was established along with the International Monetary Fund at the 1944 Bretton Woods Conference. After a slow start, its first loan was to France in 1947. In its early years, it primarily focused on rebuilding Europe. Over time, it focused on providing loans to developing world countries. In the 1970s, the World Bank re-conceptualized its mission of facilitating development as being oriented around poverty reduction. For the last 30 years, it has included NGOs and environmental groups in its loan portfolio. Its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Square Metre
The square metre ( international spelling as used by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures) or square meter ( American spelling) is the unit of area in the International System of Units (SI) with symbol m2. It is the area of a square with sides one metre in length. Adding and subtracting SI prefixes creates multiples and submultiples; however, as the unit is exponentiated, the quantities grow exponentially by the corresponding power of 10. For example, 1 kilometre is 103 (one thousand) times the length of 1 metre, but 1 square kilometre is (103)2 (106, one million) times the area of 1 square metre, and 1 cubic kilometre is (103)3 (109, one billion) cubic metres. SI prefixes applied The square metre may be used with all SI prefixes used with the metre. Unicode characters Unicode has several characters used to represent metric area units, but these are for compatibility with East Asian character encodings and are meant to be used in new documents. * * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gestión
El Comercio Group (GEC) is a Peruvian media conglomerate that owns multiple Newspapers in Peru, newspapers, Television in Peru, television stations and other entities. The largest media conglomerate in Peru and one of the largest in South America, El Comercio Group is owned by the Miró Quesada family. History The newspaper ''El Comercio (Peru), El Comercio'' was founded by Manuel Amunátegui and Alejandro Villota on 4 May 1839. Originally founded as Infobanco-Teleinformative Services in 1991, would later change to Empresa Editora El Comercio S.A on 1 July 1996. Canal N was launched as a news channel on 4 July 1999 as a subscription television channel. Plural TV Group was launched on 5 March 2003 in a partnership between El Comercio Group and La República Group, with El Comercio owning seventy percent of Plural TV while La República owned the remaining thirty percent. Canal N, América Televisión, Radio América and Disney Radio Peru were then managed by Plural TV Group. E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lima Metro
The Lima and Callao Metro () is a rapid transit system that serves the cities of Lima and Callao, which make up the Lima metropolitan area. The existing metro lines (1 and 2) currently link the district of Villa El Salvador in the south of Lima with San Juan de Lurigancho in the northeast of the city, as well as a segment in the east of the metro area. Furthermore, there are four additional lines planned for the network. Line 1 started full operations on July 28, 2014, after decades of delays. Construction of the line began during the first presidency of Alan García (1985–1990) with an initial seven stations, but the segment did not have the distance or demand required to make it commercially viable. Thus, the project stalled and became mired in accusations of bribery involving an investment of 226 million dollars co-financed by the Italian government. During the second presidency of Alan García (2006–2011) the government resumed construction of Line 1, which opened ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Cultura Station
La Cultura is a Lima and Callao Metro station on Line 1. The station is located between San Borja Sur and Arriola. It was opened on 11 July 2011 as part of the extension of the line from Atocongo to Miguel Grau Miguel María Grau Seminario (27 July 1834 – 8 October 1879) was a Peruvian Navy officer and politician best known for his actions during the War of the Pacific. He was nicknamed "Gentleman of the Seas" for his kind and chivalrous treatment .... The full revenue service started on 3 January 2012. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Cultura metro station, La Lima and Callao Metro stations Railway stations in Peru opened in 2011 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Museo De La Nación
The Museo de la Nación (English: ''Museum of the Nation'') is one of two major museums of Peruvian history in Lima, Peru. It is much larger than the other main museum in Lima, the Peruvian National Museum of Archaeology, Anthropology, and History. Currently it is no longer being used as a museum, carrying only very sporadic exhibitions. The Museum of the Nation housed thousands of artifacts spanning the entire span of human occupation in Peru, including an impressive collection of Moche, Nazca, and Wari ceramics. The museum also houses reproductions of many famous ancient Andean artifacts, most notably the Lanzón from Chavín de Huantar ; a recreation of the burial chamber of the Lord of Sipan; and the famous Revolt of the Objects Mural. However it is closed and being treated as the office of the Ministry of Culture. The only permanent exhibit that remains open is on the 6th floor of the museum which houses the photographic exhibit ''Yuyanapaq. Para Recordar.'' This e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
