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Bolivia Avenue
Bolivia Avenue (), formerly Industry Avenue (), is an avenue in the historic centre of Lima, Peru. It begins at its intersection with the Paseo de la República, next to the Lima Civic Center, and continues until it reaches Arica Avenue in Breña. It is continued to the east by Roosevelt Avenue. History In 1684, the Walls of Lima were built around the city, with the current avenue being cut off at its modern intersection with the jirón Chota. From 1856 to 1961, the Lima Penitentiary was located on the street's first block. In 1875, president Manuel Pardo Lavalle inaugurated the Lima– Magdalena railway, located approximately where the Lima Civic Center is today. The service was suspended in 1899. In 1945, the avenue was extended, with its prolongation, now named after the U.S. President, being formally inaugurated by Councilor Max Arnillas Arana, who gave a speech at the inauguration ceremony on behalf of the Municipality of Lima. The street was temporarily closed in 2020 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lima Civic Center
The Lima Civic Center () is an architectural complex located next to the Paseo de los Héroes Navales in the district of Lima, on the land previously occupied by the Lima Penitentiary. It was projected with the intention of becoming a civic-urban landmark for the city, housing State offices, a hotel and a convention center. Its construction began in 1970 and culminated in 1977 with the inauguration of the main tower of the complex. At 109 meters tall, it was the tallest building in the country for 34 years. It was surpassed in 2011 by the Westin Hotel in the San Isidro district. History The Civic Center was an original idea of the first government of the architect Fernando Belaúnde Terry, conceived in 1966. Later, after the coup d'état by the military government of Juan Velasco Alvarado, construction was carried out. Initially it came to house a large number of offices and state dependencies, becoming an important center of activity in the city. However, after the events o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manuel Pardo Lavalle
Manuel Justo Pardo y Lavalle (9 August 1834 – 16 November 1878) was a Peruvian politician who served as the 20th President of Peru. He was the first civilian President in Peru's history. Biography Born into an aristocratic family of Lima, Peru, Pardo was the son of Felipe Pardo y Aliaga and Petronila de Lavalle y Cabero. His father was a writer and diplomat who was a grandchild of the Marquises of Fuentehermosa. His mother was a daughter of the 2nd Count of Premio Real and a sister of politician Juan Bautista de Lavalle. He spent his early years in Chile where his father served successively as Minister Plenipotentiary for the governments of Felipe Santiago Salaverry and Ramón Castilla. Pardo received his early education at the Commercial School of Valparaíso and the National Institute of Chile. Upon his return to Lima, he attended the prestigious College of Our Lady of Guadalupe and the San Carlos Convictorium. Pardo y Lavalle then studied philosophy and letters at the U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avenues In Lima
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Scotiabank
The Bank of Nova Scotia (), operating as Scotiabank (), is a Canadian multinational corporation, multinational banking and financial services company headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. One of Canada's Big Five (banks), Big Five banks, it is the third-largest Canadian bank by deposits and market capitalization. In 2023, the company's seat in Forbes Global 2000 was 88. It serves more than 25 million customers around the world and offers a range of products and services including personal and commercial banking, wealth management, corporate and investment banking. With more than 89,000 employees and assets of CA$1,399 billion as of April 30, 2024 (according to Q2-2024 Report to Shareholders), Scotiabank trades on the Toronto () and New York () exchanges. The Scotiabank SWIFT#Standards, swift code is NOSCCATT and the institution number is 002. Scotiabank was founded in 1832 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where it was headquartered until relocating to Toronto in 1900. Scotiabank has billed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banco Wiese
Banco Wiese, Ltdo., known as the Banco Wiese Sudameris (BWS) after 1997, was a Peruvian bank that existed between 1943 and 2006, when it was merged into Scotiabank's local branch, ''Scotiabank Perú''. History The bank was founded by a group of Peruvian businessmen, led by , on March 1, 1943. Its first headquarters was located in the Jirón Miró Quesada in downtown Lima and was part of the . It operated exclusively in the city of Lima until the 1990s when it began its decentralisation with the opening of branches in different cities of Peru, becoming considered the second bank in the Peruvian financial system. On December 6, 1963, it inaugurated its main headquarters on Emancipación Avenue between Lampa and Carabaya streets with the presence of the then President of Peru, Fernando Belaúnde Terry. In 1994 it was the first Peruvian bank to list its shares on New York and London's stock exchanges. In 1998, the bank would merge with the , itself related to Sudameris, whose fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Sexto Prison
El Sexto Prison (), previously El Sexto Barracks (), was a prison located in Lima District, Peru. Located next to the College of Our Lady of Guadalupe in the 13th block of Alfonso Ugarte Avenue, it took its name from the fact that the sixth station of the Republican Guard was located there. It is best known for the violent riot that took place for fourteen hours on March 27, 1984, which left 22 dead and 10 wounded. It is currently known as Alfonso Ugarte Police Station () and is operated by the National Police of Peru, no longer serving as a prison since its closure by Alan García in 1986. History The prison was built in 1904, serving as the destination for political prisoners, such as José María Arguedas, during the early 20th century. Arguedas' experience inspired his novel of the same name, published in 1961. Three years before the riot, a violent incident took place between gangs from Lima proper and Callao, leaving 31 people dead, among them 29 suffocated and asphyxiated. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Variedades (magazine)
''Variedades'' was a Peruvian weekly illustrated magazine of the early 20th century. It was founded in 1908 by Manuel Moral y Vega, as a successor to ''Prisma'' magazine, but with a more agile, entertaining and popular character. It was published until 1931. A weekly magazine of the same name is published by Peruvian newspaper ''El Peruano''. Foundation Its founder and editor was Manuel Moral y Vega, a Portuguese photographer who, from his studio on Mercedes street in the Jirón de la Unión, changed the concept of a magazine in Peru with an advanced photographic technique. He was the one who introduced the trichrome technique in Peru in November 1905, with a reproduction of a vase with roses, in ''Prisma'' magazine, a luxury magazine. Its prospectus number appeared on February 29, 1908, with its heading appearing as year IV of the publication, which implied its claim to be the continuation of the ''Prisma'' magazine, founded in 1905, a magazine that had been awarded with sil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
College Of Our Lady Of Guadalupe
The College of Our Lady of Guadalupe is a Secular education, secular public education school in Lima, Peru. Originally founded on Jirón Apurímac, Chacarilla Street in the Guadalupe neighbourhood on November 14, 1840, it moved in 1909 to its current location on Avenida Alfonso Ugarte, Alfonso Ugarte Avenue, built during the government of Augusto B. Leguía. The college has played an important function in the doctrinal, intellectual and political life of Peru. Many of its alumni have stood out in different professional fields. History Early 19th century In 1839, during the second government of President Agustín Gamarra, there were already numerous state and private educational establishments in Lima aimed at careers as lawyers, priests or doctors, so a preparatory or elementary school was necessary. Driven by this motivation, landowner Domingo Elías and the wealthy Spaniard Nicolás Rodrigo, in a notice published on November 14, 1840, announced that they had decided to open the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electronics Store
A consumer electronics store, in the United States and some other countries, is a physical store that sells consumer electronics. As technology has progressed, the United States has known variations such as phonograph dealers, radio stores, hi-fi stores, stereo stores, and audio video stores. History The origins of the consumer electronics store can be traced back to phonograph dealers in 1893, including specialized phonograph stores, as well as music stores which carried a wider array of music-related merchandise. With the advent of radio, with radio receiving equipment being sold by specialist electric hardware shops, there was controversy as to whether radio equipment manufactures should sell wholesale to phonograph and music stores, and to department stores, but in 1923 Federal Telephone & Telegraph Co. started doing so and other manufacturers started suit. ''Wireless Age'' estimated that there were 15,000 phonograph dealers in the U.S. in that year. In the mid-1950s, hi-fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perú 21
Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pacific Ocean. Peru is a Megadiverse countries, megadiverse country, with habitats ranging from the arid plains of the Pacific coastal region in the west, to the peaks of the Andes mountains extending from the north to the southeast of the country, to the tropical Amazon basin rainforest in the east with the Amazon River. Peru has Demographics of Peru, a population of over 32 million, and its capital and largest city is Lima. At , Peru is the List of countries and dependencies by area, 19th largest country in the world, and the List of South American countries by area, third largest in South America. Pre-Columbian Peru, Peruvian territory was home to Andean civilizations, several cultures during the ancient and medieval periods, and has one o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Comercio (Peru)
is a Peruvian newspaper based in Lima. Founded in 1839, it is the oldest newspaper in Peru and one of the oldest Spanish language, Spanish-language papers in the world. It has a daily circulation of more than 120,000. It is considered a newspaper of record and one of the most influential media in Peru. History 19th century ''El Comercio'' began as a commercial, political and literary newspaper. Its first publication was on Saturday, May 4, 1839 by José Manuel Amunátegui y Muñoz (Chile, — Lima ) and Alejandro Villota (Buenos Aires, — Paris, ). It was originally a one-sheet afternoon newspaper printed on both sides in tabloid format. The price of the first edition was one Spanish real, silver real. Its motto was "Order, freedom, knowledge." In total there were ten people who prepared the first issue. Printing was made on a handlebar "Scott" flatbed press, powered by a mule-driven winch. Its first headquarters was the Casa de la Pila, located at Calle del Arzobispo No. 147 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipality Of Lima
The Metropolitan Municipality of Lima () is the local government entity of the Lima Province and Lima District. It is the only provincial municipality of special regime with faculties of regional government. It is established according to the 2002 ''Organic Law of Regional Governments'' (') and the 2003 ''Organic Law of Municipalities'' ('). Organization The organs of the Metropolitan Municipality of Lima are: * the Council ('); * the Mayor of Lima ('); and * the Metropolitan Assembly ('). The Council consists of the Mayor and five aldermen, according to the ''Municipal Elections Law'' ('). The Metropolitan Assembly is an advisory and coordinating body.Article 162 of the Organic Law of Municipalities Function and powers According to Article 154 of, the Metropolitan Municipality of Lima exerts jurisdiction, in matters within its competence, on the districts of Lima. References * Ley Orgánica de Municipalidades' (Organic Law of Municipalities), ''Ley Nº 27972'', publi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
