Jirón Ucayali
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| Part of | Damero de Pizarro |
|---|---|
| Namesake | Department of Ucayali |
| From | Jirón de la Unión |
| Major junctions | Jirón Carabaya, Jirón Lampa, Jirón Azángaro, Abancay Avenue, Jirón Ayacucho, Jirón Andahuaylas |
| To | Jirón Paruro |
| Construction | |
| Completion | 1535 |
Jirón Ucayali is a major street in the Damero de Pizarro, located in the historic centre of Lima, Peru. The street starts at its intersection with the Jirón de la Unión and continues until it reaches Jirón Paruro. Its route extends to the west along Jirón Ica.
Its last block is known as Capón Street, and is the location of the city's Chinatown.[1] The street has numerous food businesses selling Asian products, chifas and tea rooms.[2]
History
[edit]The road that today constitutes the street was laid by Francisco Pizarro 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 Ucayali, after the Department of Ucayali. Prior to this renaming, each block (cuadra) had a unique name:
- Block 1: Plateros de San Pedro, after its function as mandated by Vicreroy Francisco de Toledo: it was the location of silversmiths that worked with gold and silver.[3]
- Block 2: Villalta.[4]
- Block 3: San Pedro, after the convent of the same name.[5]
- Block 4: Estudios, after a study room of the Jesuit Church of San Pablo.[6]
- Block 5: Zavala, after the noble family of the same name.[7]
- Block 6: Capón Primera, for reasons unknown. Originally one street, it was divided into two in 1911 under the government of Guillermo Billinghurst.[8]
- Block 7: Capón Segunda,[9] now simply known as Capón Street.
The "exercise house" of the Sacred Heart was inaugurated in 1725, originally occupying the finca inherited by María Fernández de Córdova y Sande from her father, Lorenzo Fernández de Córdova y Sande, and the building next door (destroyed by the 1746 earthquake).[10] Also located in the street is the Palacio de Goyeneche, a 959.20 m2 two-storey building that dates back to the 1760s–1770s once leased to the Seminario de Lima and auctioned two years later to Colonel Juan Mariano de Goyeneche y Barreda. It was remodeled in 1863 by architect Michele Trefogli under the Doric order. It was ultimately acquired by the Banco de Crédito del Perú in 1971.[10]
On January 13, 2024, a code-3 (out of control) fire consumed a 102-year old building near the street's corner with Abancay Avenue, affecting 16 families.[11][12]
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ "Año Nuevo Chino: la calle Capón lo celebra con coloridos dragones danzantes". América Noticias. 2016-02-08.
- ^ Acurio, Gastón (2008). Larousse de la gastronomía peruana: diccionario gatronómico ilustrado (in Spanish). Lima: Q.W. Editores. pp. 76–77. ISBN 9789972589379.
- ^ Bromley Seminario 2019, p. 350–352.
- ^ Bromley Seminario 2019, p. 418–419.
- ^ Bromley Seminario 2019, p. 389–391.
- ^ Bromley Seminario 2019, p. 262–263.
- ^ Bromley Seminario 2019, p. 425.
- ^ Bromley Seminario 2019, p. 222–223.
- ^ Bromley Seminario 2019, p. 223.
- ^ a b Planas, Enrique. "Las casonas del Centro de Lima". El Comercio.
- ^ "Centro de Lima: Incendio de código 3 consume casona y deja 16 familias damnificadas". El Comercio. 2024-01-13.
- ^ Ramos Martinez, Pedro Luis (2024-01-13). "Incendio de código 3 consume una casona en el Cercado de Lima". RPP Noticias.
Bibliography
[edit]- Bromley Seminario, Juan (2019). Las viejas calles de Lima (PDF) (in Spanish). Lima: Metropolitan Municipality of Lima.