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The bridge was preceded by the nearby "la Puente de Palo" [2] [3] [4] (lit. trans. the stick-bridge), a rudimentary wooden bridge that still existed by 1962 [5] built by the Viceroy Marquis of Cañete to connect what was then the neighbourhood of San Lázaro with the city of Lima. [6]
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 Tacna, after the city of the same name. [2] Prior to this renaming, each block (cuadra) had a unique name: Block 1: Manita, for reasons not ...
This bridge is part of the Interoceanic Highway which provides a link between Brazil and Peru. [15] [16] The company SIMA (Shipyard Marine Industrial Services) specialized in shipbuilding, has an important activity in the construction of bridges in Peru, it has produced nearly 300 metal bridges across the country (2013). [17]
Puente Rayitos de Sol; Puente Santa Rosa; R. Ricardo Palma Bridge This page was last edited on 31 December 2023, at 20:52 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
Callao Harbor (1744) Historic map (1888) El Callao was founded by Spanish colonists in 1537, just two years after Lima (1535). The origin of its name is unknown; both Amerindian (particularly Yunga, or Coastal Peruvian) and Spanish sources are credited, but it is certain that it was known by that name since 1550.
Pachacámac was first encountered by Hernándo Pizarro on January 30, 1530, while on his quest for gold and his search for a location of a new capital. In 1573, the city of Santísimo Salvador de Pachacámac was founded.
Santa Rosa Bridge: 130 m (430 ft) Cable-stayed Concrete deck, concrete pylons: ... Santa Cruz Department [S 2] 3: The Triplets bridges Kantutani Bridge: 113 m (371 ft)
The Army Bridge (Spanish: Puente del Ejército) is a tied-arch bridge that crosses Rímac River in the limits of Rímac and San Martín de Porres districts of Lima, Peru.It joins Alfonso Ugarte Avenue to the south with Caquetá Avenue (former Pan-American Highway) to the north.