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Miraflores, founded as San Miguel de Miraflores, [1] is a district of Lima Province, in Peru.A residential and upscale shopping district, it is one of the wealthiest districts that make up the city of Lima, located to the south of the city's historic downtown area, as well as one of its main tourist destinations, housing several hotels (including the Hilton, the JW Marriott, and the Belmond ...
The Municipal Palace of Miraflores (Spanish: Palacio Municipal de Miraflores) is the current headquarters of the municipal corporation of the Lima district of Miraflores in Peru. It is located at number 400 Larco Avenue, in front of Miraflores Central Park. It was declared a national monument in 1999. [1]
The Polish architect Ricardo de Jaxa Malachowski designed the building, which was built between 1919 and 1924. [1] Its construction coincided with the real estate construction boom that the city of Lima had in the government of Augusto B. Leguía and with the construction of a whole series of Second Empire style buildings on the Avenida Nicolás de Piérola and Paseo Colón. [2]
Among the most important locations on this street are: the Hilton and Marriott hotels; the municipal palace of Miraflores, home of the Mayor of Miraflores; the Sala Luis Miró Quesada Garland, a major art gallery; the Parquemar tower, among the tallest buildings in Peru and home to the Dutch, British, and Israeli embassies; and, the Larcomar ...
In the south of La Molina, on the slopes of the San Pedro, Media Luna and San Francisco hills is the La Molina Ecological Park, which houses 208.6 hectares and was established on May 12, 2004. It has been planted with trees with certain species of trees and plants for which planting campaigns have been carried out from time to time.
San Juan de Miraflores is one of the forty-three districts that make up the province of Lima, located in the department of the same name, in Peru. Is one of the new towns, that have been formed by the massive numbers of people moving from other towns of Metropolitan Lima (such as Miraflores, Surquillo, La Victoria, among others) and from the countryside.
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During the Conquest of Peru, the inhabitants of the area surrounding the La Merced huaca were possibly moved to the Surco reduction due to its proximity. [4]In this period, the conqueror Francisco Pizarro, using a royal decree, on May 22, 1534, transferred the land of a part of the current Surquillo (at that time known as "Las Chacras de Surquillo") to the Convent of Our Lady of La Merced to ...