{{Short description|Street in Lima, Peru}} {{Infobox street | name = Avenida Abancay | image = MINISTRO DE DEFENSA SOBREVOLÓ LIMA PARA VERIFICAR CUMPLIMIENTO DE AISLAMIENTO SOCIAL OBLIGATORIO - 49738796956.jpg | caption = | part_of = [[Damero de Pizarro]] | namesake = [[Abancay province]]{{sfn|Bromley|2019|p=136}} | terminus_a = [[Ricardo Palma Bridge]] | terminus_b = [[Miguel Grau Avenue (Lima)|Miguel Grau Avenue]] | junction = [[Jirón Amazonas]], [[Jirón Áncash]], [[Jirón Junín]], [[Jirón Huallaga]], [[Jirón Ucayali]], [[Jirón Santa Rosa]], [[Jirón Cuzco]], [[Jirón Puno]], [[Avenida Nicolás de Piérola|La Colmena]] | completion_date = 1535 | mapframe-custom = {{maplink-road}} }} '''Abancay Avenue''' ({{langx|es|Avenida Abancay}}), formerly known as '''Abancay Street''' ({{langx|es|Jirón Abancay}}), is a major [[Avenue (landscape)|avenue]] that serves as the limit between the [[Damero de Pizarro]] and [[Barrios Altos]], both located in the [[Historic Centre of Lima]], [[Peru]]. The street starts at [[Ricardo Palma Bridge]] and continues for 11 blocks until it reaches [[Miguel Grau Avenue (Lima)|Miguel Grau Avenue]].
Formerly a street (''jirón''), it was widened in 1947 under the government of [[Manuel A. Odría]] and buildings were built to house the ministries of [[Ministry of Economy and Finance (Peru)|economy]] and [[Ministry of Education (Peru)|education]]. It is currently the second most congested [[Arterial road|artery]] in the city due to the circulation of 43 public transportation routes, in addition to private transportation.<ref>{{Cite news |title=¿Cuáles son las avenidas más saturadas de Lima? |url=http://publimetro.pe/actualidad/noticia-cuales-son-avenidas-mas-saturadas-lima-11880 |last=Rodríguez |first=Sabrina |date=2013-02-21 |work=[[Publimetro]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402091019/http://publimetro.pe/actualidad/noticia-cuales-son-avenidas-mas-saturadas-lima-11880 |archive-date=2015-04-02}}</ref> This makes it one of the roads with the greatest [[Pollution|environmental]] and [[noise pollution]] in the city.<ref>{{Cite news |title=La avenida Abancay excede casi 5 veces límite de contaminación |url=http://www.elcomercio.com.pe/EdicionOnline/Html/2006-05-24/onlLima0510755.html |date=2006-05-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927205708/http://www.elcomercio.com.pe/EdicionOnline/Html/2006-05-24/onlLima0510755.html |archive-date=2007-09-27 |work=[[El Comercio (Peru)|El Comercio]]}}</ref>
==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 [[Arequipa]]. Prior to this renaming, each block (''cuadra'') had a unique name: *Block 1: '''Juan de la Coba''', after the man of the same name who lived there in the 17th century.{{sfn|Bromley|2019|p=278–280}} *Block 2: '''Trapitos''', for reasons not known.{{sfn|Bromley|2019|p=408}} *Block 3: '''Compás de la Concepción''', after the part of the convent of the same name not yet built, known as a ''compás''.{{sfn|Bromley|2019|p=239}} *Block 4: '''Cascarilla''', after the fever-treating bark of the same name sold by the [[Jesuits]].{{sfn|Bromley|2019|p=229}} *Block 5: '''Santa María''', after the title of the noble family that lived there.{{sfn|Bromley|2019|p=395}} The [[Public Ministry of Peru Building|Public Ministry Building]] is located here. *Block 6: '''Sagástegui''', possibly also "Sagasti" or "Zugasti" after people who possibly lived there.{{sfn|Bromley|2019|p=378}} *Block 7: '''Pileta de Santa Teresa''', after the church of the same name. The area's appearance was heavily affected by the widening programme.{{sfn|Bromley|2019|p=64}} *Block 8: '''Hospicio de Cándamo'''.{{sfn|Bromley|2019|p=105}} *Block 9: '''Zepita'''.{{sfn|Bromley|2019|p=327}}
With the street widening programme in the 20th century, new blocks were created along the avenue. *When the avenue was expanded to the north, through the [[Basilica and Convent of San Francisco, Lima|Convent of San Francisco]], the current first block was created. *When the eastern section of [[Avenida Nicolás de Piérola|Nicolás de Piérola Avenue]] was created, ''Hospicio de Cándamo'' Street was divided, forming the current block 10 of the avenue.
==See also== {{Commonscat|Avenida Abancay, Lima}} *[[Historic Centre of Lima]]
==References== {{reflist}}
===Bibliography=== *{{Cite book |title=Las viejas calles de Lima |last=Bromley Seminario |first=Juan |publisher=[[Metropolitan Municipality of Lima]] |year=2019 |location=Lima |language=es |url=https://www.munlima.gob.pe/images/las-viejas-calles-de-lima.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200420211756/https://www.munlima.gob.pe/images/las-viejas-calles-de-lima.pdf |archive-date=20 April 2020 |ref={{sfnref|Bromley|2019}} |author-link=Juan Bromley}}
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