 The Casa de Osambela in the second block | |
| Part of | Damero de Pizarro |
|---|---|
| Namesake | The Count of Superunda |
| From | Jirón de la Unión |
| Major junctions | Jirón Camaná, Jirón Caylloma, Jirón Rufino Torrico, Tacna Avenue, Jirón Chancay |
| To | Jirón Cañete |
| Construction | |
| Completion | 1535 |
Jirón Conde de Superunda, formerly Jirón Lima, is a major street in the Damero de Pizarro, located in the historic centre of Lima, Peru. The street starts at its intersection with the Jirón de la Unión, next to the Palacio Municipal de Lima, and continues until it reaches the Jirón Cañete.
History
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 Lima, after the department of Lima, later obtaining its current name. Prior to this renaming, each block (cuadra) had a unique name:
- Block 1: Correo, after the Casa de Correos y Telegrafos.
- Block 2: Veracruz/Santo Domingo, after the Convent of Santo Domingo. This block also houses the Casa de Osambela, headquarters of the Academia Peruana de la Lengua.
- Block 3: Matavilela, after an unidentified resident.
- Block 4: Aumente, after José de Aumente, who lived there in the 17th century.
- Block 5: Santa Rosa de los Padres, after the birthplace of Rose of Lima.
- Block 6: Pastrana, after Alonso Martínez de Pastrana, who lived there in the 17th century.
Its current name is in honour of José Manso de Velasco, a Viceroy of Peru who distinguished himself for his actions to rebuild the city following the 1746 earthquake and received the title of Count of Superunda from King Ferdinand VI.
See also
References
- Coloma Porcari, César (1997). La Ciudad de los Reyes y la "Guía del viajero en Lima" de Manuel Atanasio Fuentes (in Spanish). Instituto Latinoamericano de Cultura y Desarrollo. p. 84. ISBN 978-9972-676-00-0.
- Bromley Seminario 2019, p. 148.
- Bromley Seminario 2019.
- Bromley Seminario 2019, p. 416–418.
- Bromley Seminario 2019, p. 302.
- Bromley Seminario 2019, p. 195–196.
- Bromley Seminario 2019, p. 397–398.
- Bromley Seminario 2019, p. 338.
- Actas del Congreso Internacional de Lexicología y Lexicografía "Miguel Ángel Ugarte Chamorro": Lima, 19, 20 y 21 de abril de 2006 (in Spanish). Academia Peruana de la Lengua. 2006. p. 464. ISBN 9789972299308.
- Obando, Manoel (2022-09-28). "Conde de Superunda, el virrey que logró la reconstrucción de Lima y Callao luego del terremoto de 1746". Infobae.
Bibliography
- Bromley Seminario, Juan (2019). Las viejas calles de Lima (PDF) (in Spanish). Lima: Metropolitan Municipality of Lima. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-04-20. Retrieved 2023-12-20.