Tacna Avenue (), formerly Jirón Tacna, is one of the main avenues that surround 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 ...

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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. It starts at the Puente Santa Rosa, and continues until it reaches Wilson and La Colmena avenues. It is prolonged to the south for two blocks and to the north until it reaches Rímac Avenue in

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History

The road that today constitutes the street was laid by

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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 Tacna, after the city of the same name. Prior to this renaming, each block (''cuadra'') had a unique name: *Block 1: Manita, for reasons not known. According to

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, a waving hand, in reality an

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, guided people there. *Block 2: Mantequería/Borriqueras, after the

lard Lard is a Quasi-solid, semi-solid white fat product obtained by rendering (animal products), rendering the adipose tissue, fatty tissue of a domestic pig, pig.

-selling stores and the

donkey The donkey or ass is a domesticated equine. It derives from the African wild ass, ''Equus africanus'', and may be classified either as a subspecies thereof, ''Equus africanus asinus'', or as a separate species, ''Equus asinus''. It was domes ...

stable A stable is a building in which working animals are kept, especially horses or oxen. The building is usually divided into stalls, and may include storage for equipment and feed. Styles There are many different types of stables in use tod ...

s there, respectively. *Block 3: Comesebo, for reasons not known. *Block 4: Pileta de las Nazarenas, after the

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formerly located there that belonged to the Sanctuary and Monastery of Las Nazarenas. *Block 5: Huevo, for reasons not known. During the 20th century, the road underwent a major renovation after the

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, becoming an avenue. The

Sanctuary of Saint Rose of Lima The Sanctuary of Saint Rose of Lima () is a sanctuary dedicated to Saint Rose of Lima (born Isabel Flores de Oliva). It is located in the remains of Oliva's house, including the well used by the family, which serves as a highlight of the convent ...

had a section demolished to make way for the renovations in 1959. The nearby Sanctuary and Monastery of Las Nazarenas suffered a similar fate. As a result of the renovations, new highrise buildings started to be built in the avenue. The ''Gildemeister & Co.'' building, built in 1928 as the first skyscraper in Lima, paled in comparison to the new construction projects of the post-1940 period. The

Edificio Tacna-Colmena The Tacna-Colmena Building (), also known as the La Colmena Building () is a building located on the periphery of the Historic Centre of Lima, Peru. It stands at the intersection of Tacna and Nicolás de Piérola avenues, a few blocks from Plaza ...

is located at the end of the avenue, and takes its name from both avenues. The intersection with Emancipación Avenue is the location of the Edificio Oropeza, an incomplete building that has been abandoned for over three decades, as well as that of a station of the same name of the Metropolitano bus system.

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Tacna Tacna, officially known as San Pedro de Tacna, is a city in southern Peru and the regional capital of the Tacna Region. A very commercially active city, it is located only north of the border with Arica y Parinacota Region from Chile, inland f ...

Lima District

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