Plaza San Martín, Lima
The Plaza San Martín is one of the most representative
History
Precedents
The location of the plaza had been the site of the San Juan de Dios hospital which was torn down in 1850 and replaced by a railway station, which in turn was torn down between 1911 and 1918.
Revolutionary politician
Construction
The Plaza San Martín was inaugurated on July 27, 1921 in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the independence of Peru. The design, ornamentation, furnishing, and gardening of the plaza was designed by Spanish architect Manuel Piqueras Cotolí. The benches and handrails were constructed out of marble and the paving, of granite. There were also four water fountains, bronze streetlamps, and flower-filled gardens. The design for the monument to José de San Martín was chosen in a contest in which the design created by the Spanish sculptor Mariano Benlliure emerged victorious and illustrated San Martin during his voyage across the Andes.
Architecture
The construction of the buildings that surrounded the plaza occurred at a gradual pace. The
As a result, the plaza maintains uniformity with respect to its buildings' facades. Its overall appearance is primarily baroque; the buildings, plaza, and central monument all cohere to uniform and specific styles. The architectural style to which most of the surrounding buildings belong to is that of the neohispanic or neocolonial styles within the realm of European derived architecture.
Two buildings surrounding the plaza have caught fire in recent years: the Giacoletti Building, in 2018,[3] and the Marcionelli building, in 2023.[4][5]
See also
- Plaza Bolivar (Lima)
References
- ^ Pigna, Felipe (2020-01-25). "Cómo fue el asesinato de Bernardo de Monteagudo". Clarín (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-11-03.
- ^ Vargas Ugarte, Rubén (1984). Historia General del Perú. La República (1844-1879) (in Spanish). Vol. 9 (2nd ed.). Lima: Editorial Milla Batres. p. 189.
- ^ Ardiles, Abby (2022-05-21). "Edificio Giacoletti: ¿Cuáles son los planes de la municipalidad para poder restaurarlo?". El Comercio.
- ^ "La jornada de la "toma de Lima" termina con enfrentamientos y el incendio en un edificio en el centro histórico de la capital peruana". BBC Mundo. 2023-01-20.
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- (in Spanish) Bentín Diez Canseco, José (1989). Enrique Seoane Ros, una búsqueda de raíces peruanas. Lima: Faculty of Architecture of the National University of Engineering.
- (in Spanish) García Bryce, José (1980), "La Arquitectura del Virreinato y La República". In: Historia del Perú, tomo XII, Lima: Editorial Juan Mejía Baca.
External links
Media related to Plaza San Martín (Lima) at Wikimedia Commons
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