Avenida Arica

Arica Avenue

Chapel inside LaSalle College
Namesake	Arica
From	Plaza Bolognesi
Major junctions	Avenida Venezuela, Avenida Tingo María
To	Avenida Luis Braille

Arica Avenue (Spanish: Avenida Arica), formerly known as Breña Avenue (Spanish: Avenida Breña),^[1][2] is a major avenue in Lima, Peru. It starts at the Plaza Bolognesi and crosses the districts of Lima and Breña until it reaches Luis Braille Avenue.

History

The avenue's first section was built in 1906,^[3] part of the urban expansion of the city that took place during the early 20th century,^[4] and was originally named after the district of Breña, which it crosses.^[1]

A few years after its construction, the avenue was renamed after the so-called "captive" province of the same name,^[1] then under a Chilean administration that was the focus of a territorial dispute that did not end until the Treaty of Lima was signed in 1929.^[5]

See also

• Plaza Bolognesi
• Paseo Colón
• Avenida Alfonso Ugarte
• Avenida Brasil (Lima)

References

1. Monteverde Sotil, Rodolfo (2017). "Política internacional de la posguerra del Pacífico, remodelación urbana y proyectos escultóricos de Lima: El monumento público a Francisco Bolognesi y los Caídos en la Batalla de Arica (1905)". Historia (Santiago). 50 (2). doi:10.4067/s0717-71942017000200663 – via SciELO.
2. "Honores al héroe: la historia de la escultura de Francisco Bolognesi". El Pregonero. PROLIMA. 2021-04-10. p. 10.
3. Córdova Aguilar, Hildegardo (1989). "La Ciudad de Lima: su Evolución y Desarrollo Metropolitano". Revista Geográfica (110): 231–265. JSTOR 40992600 – via JSTOR.
4. Tizón y Bueno, Ricardo (1935). "V: El plano de Lima al principiar el siglo XX". Monografías históricas sobre la ciudad de Lima (in Spanish). Vol. 1. Libería e Imprenta Gil, S.A. p. 429.
5. "DISPUTE SETTLED AFTER 50 YEARS". The Montreal Gazette. Associated Press. Feb 22, 1929.