The Casa Suárez is a house located in the city of Lima, Peru. It was declared Cultural heritage of the Nation in May 2007.

History

Its construction date is estimated at 1939 by the Polish architect

Ricardo de Jaxa Malachowski Ryszard Jaxa-Małachowski Kulisicz (Odessa, — Lima, ), later known as Ricardo de Jaxa Małachowski, was a Polish-Peruvian architect, active in Peru for nearly all of his professional career. He was one of the major architects of the capital ci ...

under the auspices of Gay Suárez del Castillo, a doctor and congressman during the government of Manuel Prado, who hired him in 1932. The house was a reception place for political personalities of the time. Suárez lived in the home until his death on January 4, 1968. In July 2016, the house was restored thanks to a conservation program of the Miraflores city council to rescue real estate of historical value. The investment was S/.400,000, and the work was supervised by members of the

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Overview

The property is a

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family home located on the 42 Arequipa Ave. (formerly Leguía Ave.), in the Miraflores district. The particularity of its architecture is that its

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was inspired by the

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. It occupies an area of more than 1,300

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, and has 35 rooms, including the

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, two main rooms, a dining room, central patio, and the chapel with an image of the

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References

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