Jirón Ica is a major

street A street is a public thoroughfare in a city, town or village, typically lined with Building, buildings on one or both sides. Streets often include pavements (sidewalks), pedestrian crossings, and sometimes amenities like Street light, streetligh ...

in the

Damero de Pizarro The Cercado de Lima ('Walled Lima'), Damero de Pizarro ('Pizarro's Checkerboard'), or Lima Cuadrada ('Squared Lima') is an area of the Historic Centre of Lima, historic center of Lima (capital of Peru) located within the Walls of Lima, old wall ...

, located in the

historic centre of Lima The Historic Centre of Lima () is the historic city centre of the city of Lima, the capital of Peru. Located in the city's districts of Lima and Rímac, both in the Rímac Valley, it consists of two areas: the first is the Monumental Zone est ...

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. The street starts at its intersection with the

Jirón de la Unión The Jirón de la Unión, or Union Street, is a pedestrian street located in the Historic Centre of Lima, part of the capital of Peru. For many decades it was the most important boulevards of the city, often described as the most aristocratic, wh ...

and continues until it reaches the Jirón Sancho Rivera.

History

The road that today constitutes the street was laid by

Francisco Pizarro Francisco Pizarro, Marquess of the Atabillos (; ; – 26 June 1541) was a Spanish ''conquistador'', best known for his expeditions that led to the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire. Born in Trujillo, Cáceres, Trujillo, Spain, to a poor fam ...

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 Ica, after the

department of Ica Ica (; ) is a Subdivisions of Peru, department and region of Peru. It borders the Pacific Ocean on the west; the Lima Region on the north; the Huancavelica Region, Huancavelica and Ayacucho Region, Ayacucho regions on the east; and the Arequipa ...

. Prior to this renaming, each block (''cuadra'') had a unique name: *Block 1: Plateros de San Agustín, after the large number of silverware shops there. *Block 2: San Agustín/Comedia Vieja, after the church of the same name and a ''

Corral de comedias ''Corral de comedias'' () is a type of open-air theatre specific to Spain. In Spanish all secular plays were called ''comedias'', which embraced three genres: tragedy, drama, and comedy itself. During the Spanish Golden Age, ''corrals'' became p ...

'' that existed in front of it, respectively. *Block 3: Concha, after the family of the same name. The

Teatro Municipal de Lima The Municipal Theatre of Lima (), inaugurated as the Teatro Forero, is a theatre and concert hall in the historic centre of Lima, Peru. It is home to the country's National Symphony Orchestra. An open space next to the theatre known as the Plazue ...

is located here. *Block 4: La Riva, after Vicente de la Riva y San Cristóbal, who lived there. The Casa Fernandini is located here. *Block 5: San Sebastián, after the church of the same name. *Block 6: Orejuelas, after the family of the same name. *Block 7: Chávez (de San Sebastián), for reasons unknown. *Block 8: Medalla, for reasons unknown. *Block 9: Molino (de Monserrate), after a windmill near the convent of Monserrate street. The former Broggi brothers' confectionery was located on the street. Originally owned by the Charity of Lima, it belonged to the Swiss-Italian Broggi brothers, of which Pedro had initially founded it in 1858, but it was only in the 1870s that it became the meeting place for a number of artists, intellectuals and other important people from the city. The ''Sociedad de Beneficencia Helvetia'' (today the ''Club Suizo'') and the '' Rotary Club de Limas first meetings took place in the building. Regulars at the place included painter Felipe Sassone, writer and painter Luis Astete y Concha. Painter

Pancho Fierro Francisco Fierro Palas, called "Pancho" Fierro (c. 1807/1809, Lima – 28 July 1879, Lima), was a Peruvian painter, known primarily for his costumbrista watercolors, which depict his country's life and customs. Biography He was baptized ...

had a workshop inside the building, where journalist met him in 1879. Also located in the street is the ''Edificio Zevallos'', the work of Augusto Benavides Diez Canseco after being commissioned by the property's owner Elena Zevallos Dávila in 1926. It had originally been the property of the Monastery of the Holy Trinity since colonial times. The ''Casona Pancho Fierro'', named after the painter, is located on the second block of the street. In 2018, a

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broke out and destroyed 80% of the property. Villa Chicken, the restaurant chain that operated in the building, was able to fund its reconstruction.

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