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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.
The Historic Centre of Callao (Spanish: Centro histórico del Callao) is the historic city centre of the Peruvian city of Callao, located west of the country's capital, Lima. The site was included within the larger area declared a Monumental Zone by the Peruvian government in 1972, which was expanded in 1990 to include part of Chucuito ...
The second siege of Callao was the longest lasting siege that occurred on the Pacific coast during the Spanish American wars of independence.The siege was carried out by the combined Gran Colombian and Peruvian independence forces against the royalist soldiers defending the Real Felipe Fortress in the port of Callao, who refused to surrender, and refused to accept the capitulation of the ...
The St. Joseph's Cathedral [1] (Spanish: Catedral de San José) also called Callao Cathedral or Callao's Main Church is a religious building in the historic centre of Callao [2] part of the constitutional province of Callao part of the South American country of Peru. It is a property of the Catholic Church. The building is neoclassical in style.
The Callao uprising (Spanish: Sublevación del Callao), also known as the Callao mutiny (Spanish: Motín del Callao), took place on February 5, 1824, in the Real Felipe Fortress in Callao, during the campaigns of Simón Bolívar in the Peruvian War of Independence, when Chilean, Colombian, Peruvian and Argentine units of the Army of the Andes rose up and crossed to the Spanish side, ending the ...
The first siege of Callao was a prolonged military blockade of the Real Felipe Fortress (as well as other fortresses) in Callao by the Liberating Expedition of Peru under the command of General José de San Martín in July 1821 which culminated in the capitulation of Marshal José de La Mar in September of the same year, with him switching sides from the Royalist side to the Patriot side.
After the Battle of Portada de Guías and the occupation of Lima by the United Restoration Army under the command of General Manuel Bulnes, 700 men from the Ayacucho battalion led by General Domingo Nieto had retired to the Callao fortress, who joined the Real Felipe garrison, composed of by 500 soldiers under the command of Colonel Manuel de la Guarda.
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