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The Quinta de Presa (mistakenly called the Perricholi Palace) is a French-style country mansion built in the 18th century during the government of the then viceroy of Peru, Manuel de Amat y Junyent. It comprises a constructed area of 15,159 square metres (163,170 sq ft). [2] It is located in the jirón Chira of the Rímac district, Lima, Peru. [2]
Region XI, Aysen del General Carlos Ibanez del Campo, is the least populated of the country. According to the 2002 census there were only 91,492 inhabitants in an area of 106,990.9 km². The population density is 0.85 inhabitants per km². Between 2000 and 2005, the average annual growth rate was estimated at 1.35 per 100 inhabitants. [9]
The Plaza de Armas is located in Santiago, the capital of Chile. In 1541 Pedro de Valdivia built the city of Santiago and then ordered the construction of a plaza in the centre of the city. [11] According to Spanish practice, the location of the squares of cities established in the Americas needs to be flat and open.
Heredia has an area of 283.11 km 2 (109.31 sq mi) [4] and a mean elevation of 1,242 m (4,075 ft). [1]The canton includes the areas south and west of the capital city of Heredia as far as the Virilla River and the National Route 1.
The campus of the University of Engineering and Technology is located at the entrance of Barranco District, between the Bajada de Armendáriz, Reducto Avenue and the Paseo de la República. [1] The building is the work of Irish architects Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara of Grafton Architects, winners of the 2020 Pritzker Prize.
San Rafael has an area of 48.39 km² [4] and a mean elevation of 1,343 metres. [ 2 ] The canton is northeast of the provincial capital city of Heredia , reaching from the suburbs high into the Cordillera Central (Central Mountain Range).
The largest indigenous group of the region are the Huilliche who lived in the area before the arrival of the Spanish. The Spanish crown settled Chiloé Archipelago in 1567 [ 4 ] while the rest of the region begun to be slowly colonized by non-indigenous people only in the late 18th century.
Antonio de la Calancha and Juan Meléndez first coined the term, writing, "They are so many and too large that they seem to be streets on the air." [ 4 ] Although the balconies were originally built to shield women of nobility from voyeuristic gazes, they were also sites of gossip and amorous encounters. [ 4 ]