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Charity Of Lima
The Charity of Lima ( es, Beneficencia de Lima), officially the Society of Charity of Metropolitan Lima ( es, Sociedad de Beneficencia de Lima Metropolitana), is a charitable organisation that serves the city of Lima, in Peru. It is headquartered at the Casa de Divorciadas, an 18th-century building in the historic centre of Lima. History It was founded on June 12, 1834, through a Supreme Decree of General Luis José de Orbegoso y Moncada, provisional president of Peru, and through him it was in charge of the charitable establishments of Lima. This institution was responsible for the first lotteries in the country, the Lima and Callao Lottery. In 2009, it became a public organisation directly attached to the Ministry of Women and Vulnerable Populations, Ministry of Women and Social Development, after ceasing to be a subsidiary of the National Comprehensive Program for Family Welfare (INABIF) of the same ministry; and later in 2011 it became administered by the Metropolitan Municip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charitable Organisation
A charitable organization or charity is an organization whose primary objectives are philanthropy and social well-being (e.g. educational, religious or other activities serving the public interest or common good). The legal definition of a charitable organization (and of charity) varies between countries and in some instances regions of the country. The regulation, the tax treatment, and the way in which charity law affects charitable organizations also vary. Charitable organizations may not use any of their funds to profit individual persons or entities. (However, some charitable organizations have come under scrutiny for spending a disproportionate amount of their income to pay the salaries of their leadership). Financial figures (e.g. tax refund, revenue from fundraising, revenue from sale of goods and services or revenue from investment) are indicators to assess the financial sustainability of a charity, especially to charity evaluators. This information can impact a c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rímac District
Rímac is a district in the Lima Province, Peru. It lies directly to the north of downtown Lima, to which it is connected by six bridges over the Rímac River. The district also borders the Independencia, San Martín de Porres, and San Juan de Lurigancho districts. Vestiges of Lima's colonial heyday remain today in an area of the Rímac district known as the Historic centre of Lima, which was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1988. Downtown Rímac District has, like its southern counterpart, its eastern and western sides divided by Jirón Trujillo, which connects to Lima District's Jirón de la Unión through the '' Puente de Piedra'', the oldest bridge in the whole city. Rímac's East side features the Plaza de Acho, the most famous bullfighting arena in South America and one of the most well known in the world. Looking directly from Puente Ricardo Palma on downtown Lima district's East side can be seen a large building with the logo of Cristal beer, one of two famous P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manuel Yrigoyen Arias
Manuel Irigoyen Arias y Larrea (March 31, 1829 – June 5, 1912) was a Peruvian lawyer, diplomat, historian, academic and politician. He graduated from the National University of San Marcos and served on its faculty. He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies of Peru and Senate of Peru. He served as minister of foreign affairs and economy and finance (1886-1887) in the Government of Peru, also serving as Ambassador to Belgium from 1861 to 1865, to Ambassador to Brazil from 1874 to 1877 and to Uruguay on two occasions. He was three times Prime Minister of Peru (December 1878 – May 1879, February–August 1890, November 1894 – March 20, 1895). He served as the President of the Senate from 1905 to 1906 and of the National Club The National Club is a private members' club founded in 1874 for business professionals located in the Financial District of Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It provides private dining and meeting facilities, as well as accommodations to its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manuel Pardo Y Lavalle
Manuel Justo Pardo y Lavalle (August 9, 1834 – November 16, 1878) was a Peruvian politician who served as the 31st President of Peru. He was the first civilian President in Peru's history. Biography Born into an aristocratic family of Lima, Peru, his father, Felipe Pardo y Aliaga, was a diplomatist and his mother, Petronila de Lavalle y Cabero, daughter of the 2nd Count of Premio Real. He was educated at four schools: Commercial School of Valparaíso, National Institute of Chile, College of Our Lady of Guadalupe and San Carlos Convictorium. Lavalle studied philosophy at University of Barcelona and economics and literature at the Collège de France. Pardo was Minister of Finance from 1865 to 1867. He was director of Public-Benefit Society of Lima (1868) and Mayor of Lima (1869–1870). On 24 April 1871, he founded the Civilista Party, the most important political party of the Aristocratic Republic. He was elected president by the Peruvian Congress after a failed coup launche ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Antonio De Lavalle
José Antonio de Lavalle y Arias de Saavedra (22 March 1833 – 16 November 1893) was a Peruvian diplomat, writer and historian. He was Minister Plenipotentiary to Germany, Russia, Chile and Brazil and minister of Foreign Relations. He is known for having led the Peruvian Mission to Chile before the War of the Pacific and for signing Treaty of Ancón. In the Congress, he was member of the Chamber of Deputies (1860 -1864) and the Senate (1874, 1876 – 1878). Biography Lavalle was born at Lima into a prominent family. His father was the soldier and politician Juan Bautista de Lavalle y Zugasti, son of the 1st Count of Premio Real and he himself Count of San Antonio de Vista Alegre, who decided to remain in Peru after the War of Independence and was later Interim President of the Republic. His mother was the youngest daughter of the 1st Count of Casa Saavedra. He was educated at Colegio Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe. After finishing his studies, Lavalle entered the Diplom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarma
'') , pushpin_map = Peru , coordinates = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = , subdivision_type1 = Region , subdivision_name1 = Junín , subdivision_type2 = Province , subdivision_name2 = Tarma , subdivision_type3 = District , subdivision_name3 = Tarma , established_title = Established , established_date = 25 June 1875 , leader_title = Mayor , leader_name = José Luis Mansilla (2019-2022) , area_total_km2 = 226.9 , pop_est_as_of = , pop_est_footnotes = , population_est = , population_total = 43042 , population_as_of = 2017 , population_footnotes = , population_demonym = Tarmeño/a , population_density_km2 = auto , timezone = PET , utc_offset = −5 , elevation_m = 3053 Santa Ana de la Ribera de Tarma is the capital city of Tarma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Afro-Peruvian Museum
The National Afro-Peruvian Museum is a museum dedicated to the acquisition, preservation and exhibition of objects related to the history of African descendants in Peru. Its headquarters is located in the House of the Thirteen Coins located on Ancash Street in the historic centre of Lima. It was inaugurated on 4 June 2009. The museum has nine permanent exhibition halls, the main exhibits showing the beginnings of trade in African slaves in Latin America, as well as the slave trade in Peru. In the museum, relics are exhibited from colonial times until the beginning of the Republic. Related museums Another museum, the Afro-Peruvian Museum of Zaña, was opened in the Saña District Saña District, also Zaña District, is one of twenty districts of the province Chiclayo in Peru. Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital''. Retrieved April 11, 2008. The town of Zaña Zaña (also Sañ ... of Lambayeque region in 2005. In 2017, it was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prolima
The Municipal Programme for the Recovery of the Historic Centre of Lima ( es, Programa Municipal para la Recuperación del Centro Histórico de Lima), also known by its acronym PROLIMA, is an organisation of the Peruvian government aimed at the recovery (i.e. restoration) of the historic centre of Lima, both in its declared Cultural heritage of Peru status in 1972 (covering 10.77 km2) and as a World Heritage Site of UNESCO in 1991 (covering 2.53 km2). It was in charge of the formulation and coordinates the implementation of the "Master Plan" of the city ( es, Plan Maestro del Centro Histórico de Lima al 2029 con visión al 2035), a regulatory technical document approved by the Municipality of Lima and the Ministry of Culture of Peru, whose objective is to recover habitable conditions of the city's historic centre within UNESCO's guidelines. In 2024, the organisation announced ''Lima, Ciudad de los Reyes'', a brand designed to attract foreign investments and tourism, similar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cultural Centre
A cultural center or cultural centre is an organization, building or complex that promotes culture and arts. Cultural centers can be neighborhood community arts organizations, private facilities, government-sponsored, or activist-run. Asia * Central Cultural Center (CCC), Bangladesh * Bahman Cultural Center, Tehran, Iran * Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, Bangkok, Thailand * Beigang Cultural Center, Yunlin, Taiwan * Bentara Budaya Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia * Bentara Budaya Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta, Indonesia * Cultural Center of the Philippines, Philippines * Hong Kong Cultural Centre, Hong Kong, China * Japanese Cultural Center, Taipei, Taiwan * Kaohsiung Cultural Center, Kaohsiung, Taiwan * Keelung Cultural Center, Keelung, Taiwan * Ketagalan Culture Center, Taipei, Taiwan * King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia * Kohima Capital Cultural Center, Kohima, Nagaland * Korean Cultural Center, Seoul, Korea * Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salem Cultural Centre, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
