El Olivar is a

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located in the neighbourhood of the same name in

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. Named after the

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located there since their introduction in 1560, it is part of the

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History

Originally part of the Guática territory, under the Spanish authorities it became part of the El Rosario hacienda, belonging to the

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until 1539.

Martín de Porres Martín de Porres Velázquez (9 December 1579 – 3 November 1639) was a Peruvian lay brother of the Dominican Order who was beatified in 1837 by Pope Gregory XVI and canonized in 1962 by Pope John XXIII. He is the patron saint of mixed-r ...

was one of the people who planted

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s in the area during the 17th century. Once property of the Count of San Isidro, it was declared a National Monument in 1959 and a Monumental Zone in 1998. The park is the location of the House of Culture (and former Municipal Palace), the El Olivar Cultural Centre, which houses the Municipal Library, the Chamber Theater, the Children's Library, the Multipurpose Room and the Art Gallery; and the . There are also many buildings designed by architects such as Ricardo de Jaxa Malachowski, and José Álvarez Calderón. The neighbourhood, which consists of the park's surroundings, houses a number of historical buildings, among them the embassies of Colombia (residence),

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, and

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