# Avenida Tacna

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Avenue in Lima, Peru

Tacna Avenue The Sanctuary of Saint Rose of Lima Part of Damero de Pizarro Namesake Tacna From Puente Santa Rosa Major junctions Jirón Lima, Jirón Callao, Jirón Ica, Jirón Huancavelica Avenida Emancipación, Jirón Moquegua, Jirón Ocoña To Avenida Nicolás de Piérola Construction Completion 1535

**Tacna Avenue** ([Spanish](/source/Spanish_language): *Avenida Tacna*), formerly **Jirón Tacna**, is one of the main [avenues](/source/Avenue_(landscape)) that surround the [Damero de Pizarro](/source/Damero_de_Pizarro) in the [historic centre of Lima](/source/Historic_centre_of_Lima), [Peru](/source/Peru). It starts at the [Puente Santa Rosa](/source/Puente_Santa_Rosa),[1] and continues until it reaches [Wilson](/source/Wilson_Avenue%2C_Lima) and [La Colmena](/source/Avenida_Nicol%C3%A1s_de_Pi%C3%A9rola) avenues. It is prolonged to the south for two blocks and to the north until it reaches Rímac Avenue in [San Juan de Lurigancho](/source/San_Juan_de_Lurigancho).

## History

The road that today constitutes the street was laid by [Francisco Pizarro](/source/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 Tacna**, after the [city of the same name](/source/Tacna).[2] Prior to this renaming, each block (*cuadra*) had a unique name:

- Block 1: **Manita**, for reasons not known. According to [Ricardo Palma](/source/Ricardo_Palma), a waving hand, in reality an [optical illusion](/source/Optical_illusion), guided people there.[3][4]

- Block 2: **Mantequería/Borriqueras**, after the [lard](/source/Lard)-selling stores and the [donkey](/source/Donkey) [stables](/source/Stable) there, respectively.[5]

- Block 3: **Comesebo**, for reasons not known.[6]

- Block 4: **Pileta de las Nazarenas**, after the [fountain](/source/Fountain) formerly located there that belonged to the [Sanctuary and Monastery of Las Nazarenas](/source/Sanctuary_and_Monastery_of_Las_Nazarenas).[7]

- Block 5: **Huevo**, for reasons not known.[8]

During the 20th century, the road underwent a major renovation after the [1940 Lima earthquake](/source/1940_Lima_earthquake), becoming an avenue.[9] The [Sanctuary of Saint Rose of Lima](/source/Sanctuary_of_Saint_Rose_of_Lima) had a section demolished to make way for the renovations in 1959.[10] The nearby [Sanctuary and Monastery of Las Nazarenas](/source/Sanctuary_and_Monastery_of_Las_Nazarenas) suffered a similar fate.[11] As a result of the renovations, new highrise buildings started to be built in the avenue. The *Gildemeister & Co.* building, built in 1928 as the first skyscraper in Lima, paled in comparison to the new construction projects of the post-1940 period.[12] The [Edificio Tacna-Colmena](/source/Edificio_Tacna-Colmena) is located at the end of the avenue, and takes its name from both avenues.[13]

The intersection with Emancipación Avenue is the location of the Edificio Oropeza, an incomplete building that has been abandoned for over three decades,[14][15] as well as that of a [station of the same name](/source/Tacna_(Metropolitano)) of the [Metropolitano bus system](/source/Metropolitano_(Lima)).

## See also

- [Historic Centre of Lima](/source/Historic_Centre_of_Lima)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** García, Miguel (2022-08-30). ["Santa Rosa de Lima: la historia del estreno del puente al final de la Av. Tacna que lleva su nombre"](https://elcomercio.pe/archivo-elcomercio/imponente-inauguracion-del-puente-santa-rosa-sucedio-hace-60-anos-centro-de-lima-rimac-noticia/). *[El Comercio](/source/El_Comercio_(Peru))*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [*Conoce la historia de la avenida Tacna*](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruNinWiRefM) (Motion picture). Lima te cuenta (in Spanish). [Municipalidad de Lima](/source/Municipalidad_de_Lima). 2021-08-18.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBromley2019291_3-0)** [Bromley 2019](#CITEREFBromley2019), p. 291.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [Palma, Ricardo](/source/Ricardo_Palma). "La calle de la manita". [*Tradiciones Peruanas*](/source/Peruvian_Traditions) (in Spanish). Vol. 3. Buenos Aires: Librería Internacional del Perú, Imprenta López. p. 227.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBromley2019293_5-0)** [Bromley 2019](#CITEREFBromley2019), p. 293.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBromley2019239_6-0)** [Bromley 2019](#CITEREFBromley2019), p. 239.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBromley2019346_7-0)** [Bromley 2019](#CITEREFBromley2019), p. 346.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBromley2019273_8-0)** [Bromley 2019](#CITEREFBromley2019), p. 273.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["La historia de la avenida Tacna"](https://archivo.trome.pe/familia/historia-avenida-tacna-1687226). *[Trome](/source/Trome)*. 2014-01-31.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** Gamarra Galindo, Marco (2011-08-10). ["La iglesia Santa Rosa y la ampliación de la Avenida Tacna"](http://blog.pucp.edu.pe/blog/labibliotecamarquense/2011/08/10/la-iglesia-santa-rosa-y-la-ampliacion-de-la-avenida-tacna/). *[Blog PUCP](/source/Blog_PUCP)*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPino20176_11-0)** [Pino 2017](#CITEREFPino2017), p. 6.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPino20177–8_12-0)** [Pino 2017](#CITEREFPino2017), p. 7–8.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPino201714_13-0)** [Pino 2017](#CITEREFPino2017), p. 14.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-14)** Dextre, Cecilia (2023-06-19). ["¿Has visto este edificio abandonado en la av. Tacna? Conoce su dramática historia"](https://larepublica.pe/datos-lr/respuestas/2022/07/18/la-dramatica-historia-del-edificio-abandonado-en-la-av-tacna-con-emancipacion-que-lleva-mas-de-30-anos-en-juicio-evat). *[La República](/source/La_Rep%C3%BAblica)*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-15)** Lozano, Madeley (2022-08-21). ["La triste historia del edificio abandonado en la Av. Tacna con Emancipación que lleva más de 30 años en juicio"](https://elpopular.pe/actualidad/2022/07/13/historia-edificio-abandonado-av-tacna-emancipacion-lleva-30-anos-juicio-139232). *El Popular*.

### Bibliography

- [Bromley Seminario, Juan](/source/Juan_Bromley) (2019). [*Las viejas calles de Lima*](https://web.archive.org/web/20200420211756/https://www.munlima.gob.pe/images/las-viejas-calles-de-lima.pdf) (PDF) (in Spanish). Lima: [Metropolitan Municipality of Lima](/source/Metropolitan_Municipality_of_Lima). Archived from [the original](https://www.munlima.gob.pe/images/las-viejas-calles-de-lima.pdf) (PDF) on 20 April 2020.

- Pino, David (2017). [*Historia y Arquitectura de las Avenidas Tacna y Wilson*](https://www.academia.edu/35304249/HISTORIA_Y_ARQUITECTURA_DE_LAS_AVENIDAS_TACNA_Y_WILSON) (in Spanish). Lima La Única.

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