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Gastón Acurio Jaramillo (born October 30, 1967) is a Peruvian chef and ambassador of Peruvian cuisine. He owns several restaurants in various countries, and is the author of several books. In Peru, he is the host of a television program and contributes to culinary magazines. [1] [2]
Gaston Acurio, chef [36] Lady Bardales; Analí Cabrera (1959–2011), actress, vedette, and athlete [37] Jorge Chávez, airplane pilot [38] Raúl Chávez Sarmiento, math prodigy, second youngest bronze, silver, gold medalist at the International Mathematical Olympiad; Alicia Delgado, folk singer; Virgilio Martínez Véliz, chef [39]
The National Library of Peru is currently undergoing a modernization program which aspires to turn the library into one of Latin America's most modern libraries. It is located in Lima's San Borja District. After years of financial planning for the new building, the government of Peru financially collaborated to finish the building, along with a ...
Claudio Pizarro, former captain of the Peru national football team. Football is the most popular sport in Peru. [30] [31] Football in Peru is governed by the Peruvian Football Federation (PFF), which organizes the men's and women's national teams.
In 1857, settlers founded Peru down the hill from Mount Vernon directly on the Missouri River. In 1861, a Methodist school called Mount Vernon Academy opened. In 1867, the school (which became Peru State College) became the state's first normal school. [4] Floods in the 1860s changed the course of the river, pushing it nearly a mile from Peru.
Segundo Gastón y Soriba (June 2, 1887 – 1939) [1] was the mayor of Cagayan de Misamis [2] from 1916 to 1919, Governor of Misamis [3] from 1923 to 1925, and Representative of Misamis's 1st district from 1925 to 1928 and of Misamis Oriental's lone district from 1934 to 1935.
The Royal Army of Peru (Spanish: Ejército Real del Perú), [12] also known as the National Army (Spanish: Ejército Nacional), was the army organised by the viceroy of Peru, José Fernando de Abascal, to protect the Hispanic Monarchy in the Viceroyalty of Peru—and its surrounding provinces of Charcas, Chile and Quito—of the revolutions that convulsed the Spanish Empire at the beginning of ...
Peruvian architecture is the architecture carried out during any time in what is now Peru, and by Peruvian architects worldwide. Its diversity and long history spans from ancient Peru, the Inca Empire, Colonial Peru to the present day. Peruvian colonial architecture is the conjunction of European styles exposed to the influence of indigenous ...