Casa Marsano

Casa Marsano
Casona Marsano, Palacio Marsano
The building in 1944[1]
General information
Architectural style	French-inspired
Location	Miraflores District, Lima
Address	Av. Arequipa 50
Construction stopped	1941
Inaugurated	1941
Demolished	2002
Owner	Tomás Marsano Perú Real State

The Casa Marsano, also known as the Marsano Palace (Spanish: Palacio Marsano), was a palace in Miraflores District, Lima.

History

The site of the building was located in Miraflores, a district of Lima which had been affected by the War of the Pacific. By the late 19th century and early 20th century, the district began to grow, as immigrants, notably of italian origin, began to populate the district.^[2]

The building was built to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the marriage between Tomás Marsano, son of a Genoese father, and Clotilde Campodónico Crovetto, herself born in Genoa, who married in Lima on December 2, 1894. The house was inaugurated in 1941, the same year it finished construction.^[2][3]

On March 17, 1988, the palace hosted a heavy metal music concert headed by local bands Orgus, Sacra and Masacre.^[4][5]

Demolition

The building was not declared as a historical monument by the National Institute of Culture, as then director César Coloma opposed its inscription due to modernity of the building and due to it not being of a "Peruvian [architectural] style" and, consequently, it "did not contribute to local architecture." It was controversially demolished in 2002 and its hacienda was replaced by the Compu Palace shopping centre and the Marsano Theatre (March 1928) and Building (after 1944; officially known as the Residencial Miranda^[6]).^[3][7][8]

See also

• Edificio Limatambo, another well-known building whose demolition was also met with controversy

References

1. Abusada, Eduardo. "El Marsano: un edificio-barrio". Cosas.
2. Botto Cayo, José Carlos (2022-10-05). "La Casa Marsano. ¿Un palacio de Verano?". Asociación para el Desarrollo Profesional Interdisciplinario.
3. Pino, David (2012-03-21). "La Casa Marsano". Lima La Única.
4. Boggiano de las Casas, Franco (2015-07-28). "Orgus, 30 años de los Guerreros del Metal". Resistencia21.
5. Valdizán, Rafael (2014-10-07). "Un himno de la banda Orgus en versión de Ni Voz Ni Voto". El Comercio.
6. Bertello, Úrsula (2010-08-14). "El Bulevar Marsano, un nuevo espacio en Miraflores para el ocio y las compras". El Comercio.
7. Alvizuri, Alberto (2021-09-01). "Bicentenario: edificios con Historia". Spatium.
8. Bustamante Pacheco, María Alejandra; Ureta Córdova, Juan Marco; Hung Arrunátegui, Pamela Carolina; Scudere Cárdenas, Ana Belén; Florián Holguín, Cynthia Estefanía (2017). EDIFICIO LIMATAMBO. SIN LUGAR PARA LA MEMORIA (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Lima: Universidad de Lima. p. 182. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)