Jirón Cuzco
Damero de Pizarro | |
| Namesake | Cuzco Department |
|---|---|
| From | Jirón de la Unión |
| To | Jirón Huánuco |
| Construction | |
| Completion | 1535 |
Jirón Cuzco is a major
historic centre of Lima, Peru. The street starts at its intersection with the Jirón de la Unión and continues until it reaches Jirón Huánuco in Barrios Altos
.
History
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 Cuzco, after the department of Cuzco. Prior to this renaming, each block (cuadra) had a unique name:
- Block 1: Espalda de la Pileta de la Merced, after the fountain of the convent of the same name.[1]
- Block 2: Higuera, after either the fig trees or one of the families of the same name.[2]
- Block 3: Trinidad, after the convent of the same name.[3]
- Block 4: Corcovado, after a doctor of the city (according to José Gálvez Barrenechea.[4]
- Block 5: Mascarón, possibly a bastardisation of a butler's name.[5]
- Block 6: Zamudio, after the Zamudio de las Infantas family, who lived there.
- Block 7: San Pedro Nolasco, after the school and convent of the same name.[8] Alternatively known as Llanis, for reasons unknown.[9]
- Block 8: Granados, after either the pomegranate trees or one of the families of the same name.[10]
- Block 9: Tobal, after the tuff (toba) that had formed on the street.[11]
- Block 10: Pampa de Lara, after the family of the same name.[12]
The street passes through the Mesa Redonda shopping district, best known for its pyrotechnics industry. Consequently, it has been the location of the district's fires, most notably the 2001 fire,[13] and most recently in 2019[14] and 2021.[15]
See also
- Historic Centre of Lima
- Avenida Emancipación
- Jirón de la Unión (Metropolitano), located on the street
References
- ^ Bromley Seminario 2019, p. 260.
- ^ Bromley Seminario 2019, p. 270.
- ^ Bromley Seminario 2019, p. 411.
- ^ Bromley Seminario 2019, p. 245.
- ^ Bromley Seminario 2019, p. 299–300.
- ^ Bromley Seminario 2019, p. 422.
- ^ Bromley Seminario 2019, p. 218.
- ^ Bromley Seminario 2019, p. 391.
- ^ Bromley Seminario 2019, p. 288.
- ^ Bromley Seminario 2019, p. 269.
- ^ Bromley Seminario 2019, p. 407.
- ^ Bromley Seminario 2019, p. 335.
- ^ Crónica de un Incendio Urbano: Mesa Redonda (PDF) (in Spanish). Ministerio de Salud. 2005. p. 14.
- ^ Rincón, Andrea (2019-04-20). "Perú: voraz incendio se desató en la zona comercial del centro histórico de Lima". France 24.
- ^ "Cercado: bomberos controlan incendio cerca de galerías en jirón Cusco". Andina. 2021-09-07.
Bibliography
- Bromley Seminario, Juan (2019). Las viejas calles de Lima (PDF) (in Spanish). Lima: Metropolitan Municipality of Lima.