Palacio Municipal de Lima
Palacio Municipal de Lima (City Hall of Lima) | |
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García Sarmiento de Sotomayor Count of Salvatierra in the foreground | |
General information | |
Architectural style | Colonial |
Town or city | Lima |
Country | Peru |
Construction started | 1939 |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Emilio Harth Terré, José Alvarez Calderón and Ricardo de Jaxa Malachowski |
The Palacio Municipal de Lima or City Hall of Lima is a public building that serves as headquarters of the
History
Viceroyalty
According to the first book of the
The colonial town hall building was simple and the story of its construction has been bumpy. The master Diego de Torres was asked to build the first building of the Cabildo de Lima and in 1549 began the work quickly, with two black slaves acquired especially to strengthen his work, because I had finished before the arrival of Antonio de Mendoza, fourth viceroy of Peru, which was scheduled for September 23, 1551. The council houses built by master Diego de Torres were made with brick mold and high wood to Spain.
Soon after, in 1555, Cristóbal Garzón and Diego de Amaro took charge of the new building. During the following years some minor fixes continued such as woodwork and blanket.
The history of the Limean Inquisition recalls the auto-da-fé held on Sunday, April 5, 1592, for which the council built a wooden platform. By 1628, the historian and priest Bernabé Cobo described in his History of the Founding of Lima the Lima cabildo's appearance and said:
«Under these portals fall of the city jail, with its chapel that is so large and well decorated and served that can be called church, and the offices of the clerks, especially the chapter on the door make audience the ordinary mayors.»
The council building was characterized, between 1596 and 1604 (period of government Viceroy
See also
- Metropolitan Municipality of Lima
- City Hall
- Historic Center of Lima
- Lima
Bibliography
- City Hall of Lima, Lima – Perú, edited in English by the Culture Office of the Municipality of Lima being Mayor of Lima Architect Eduardo Orrego Villacorta - 1981–1983.