{{Short description|Former building in Peru}} {{Infobox building | name = Palacete Tenaud | image = Palacete Tenaud.jpg | coordinates = {{coord|-12.0594|-77.0352|type:landmark_region:PE|display=inline,title}} | architectural_style = [[Second Empire style|Second Empire]] | address = | years_built = | groundbreaking_date = | construction_start_date = | construction_stop_date = | topped_out_date = | completion_date = Early 20th century | opened_date = | inauguration_date = | relocated_date = | renovation_date = | closing_date = {{dts|1945|12|07}} | demolished_date = c. 1948 | cost = | owner = | architect = [[Claude Sahut]] }} The '''Casa Tenaud''', also known as the '''Palacio Tenaud''' or as the '''Palacete Tenaud''',<ref>{{Cite book |title=Diario de los debates de la Cámara de Diputados |publisher=Imp. de “El Nacional” |year=1961 |location=Lima |pages=37 |language=es |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZYlOAQAAMAAJ |volume=5}}</ref> was a building located at the intersection of today's [[Miguel Grau Avenue (Lima)|Grau Avenue]] and the [[Paseo de la República]], in [[Lima]], [[Peru]]. The building was [[Conflagration|burned down]] on December 7, 1945, due to it being the location of the offices of the [[Revolutionary Union (Peru)|Revolutionary Union]] political party, including that of its leader, [[Luis A. Flores]].

==History== The early 20th century building, named after its owner family, served diplomatic functions, such as hosting the [[Embassy of France, Lima|Legation]] of [[French Third Republic|France]] and receiving a visit of an [[Uruguay]]an delegation in 1918, headed by then Foreign Minister [[Baltasar Brum]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Llegada de la misión diplomática del Uruguay |date=1918-10-12 |magazine=[[Variedades]] |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zG_wAAAAMAAJ |last=Patroni |first=J. S. |pages=973–979 |publisher=Casa Editora M. Moral |issue=554 |location=Lima}}</ref>

It later hosted [[law firm]]s and part of it served as the headquarters of the [[Revolutionary Union (Peru)|Revolutionary Union]], a [[fascist]] political party headed by [[Luis A. Flores]], who also had his office in the building.<ref name=Soto>{{Cite book |title=Víctor Raúl: El hombre del siglo XX |last=Soto Rivera |first=Roy |publisher=Instituto Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre |year=2002 |location=Lima |pages=512, 514 |language=es |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EGfrAAAAMAAJ |volume=2}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |title=El triunvirato de la libertad |last=Díaz Orihuela |first=Javier |publisher=Gráfica Israel |year=2003 |location=Lima |pages=101 |language=es |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B7xuAAAAMAAJ}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |title=Conversaciones con Belaunde: testimonio y confidencias |last=Belaúnde Terry |first=Fernando |publisher=Editorial “Minerva” |year=1987 |location=Lima |pages=40 |language=es |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PmMaAAAAYAAJ |last2=Chirinos Soto |first2=Enrique |author-link=Fernando Belaúnde}}</ref> Because of the party's ideology, it was a fierce opponent of the [[American Popular Revolutionary Alliance]] (APRA), a left-leaning party.

On the night of December 7, 1945, at approximately 11 p.m., the building was attacked by a pro-APRA crowd with firearms and [[dynamite]].<ref name=MGP1949>{{Cite book |title=Terrorismo-APRA: organizaciones terroristas del APRA |publisher=[[Ministry of the Interior (Peru)|Ministerio de Gobierno y Policía]] |year=1949 |location=Lima |pages=66 |language=es |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=38YzAAAAIAAJ}}</ref> A gunfire ensued between the two groups and the building was ultimately consumed by a [[Conflagration|fire]].<ref>{{Cite book |title=Diario de los debates del Senado |publisher=[[Congress of Peru|Congreso de la República del Perú]] |year=1956 |location=Lima |pages=156 |language=es |volume=1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QzfNcKggQhEC}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |title=Viaje hacia una flor |last=Zavaleta |first=Carlos Eduardo |publisher=[[Federico Villarreal National University|Editorial Universitaria]] |year=2000 |location=Lima |pages=31 |language=es |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V59fAAAAMAAJ}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |title=El Perú, un pueblo olvidado y sin voz |last=Chávez-Costa |first=Augusto |publisher=Programa Editorial |year=1978 |location=Lima |pages=129 |language=es |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZuE8AAAAYAAJ}}</ref> The blame for the latter was disputed between both groups, with the fascists claiming that the crowd outside the palace interrupted any efforts made by local firemen,<ref name=MGP1949/> and the ''apristas'' claiming that the crowds had, in fact, assisted them.<ref name=Soto/> Two men were arrested after the events, Víctor H. Rivadeneira and Leonardo Sánchez, who were at the building and whose [[arrest warrant]]s were highlighted by the ''apristas'', and were thus blamed for the gunfight that hit APRA militants Justo Espinoza and Arturo Franco, and subsequent fire.<ref name=Soto/><ref>{{Cite book |title=Páginas escogidas |last=Seoane |first=Manuel |publisher=[[Congress of Peru|Fondo Editorial del Congreso del Perú]] |year=2003 |isbn=9789972890376 |location=Lima |pages=172 |language=es |last2=Chang-Rodríguez |first2=Eugenio |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YuTrAAAAMAAJ}}</ref>

The building was eventually demolished and replaced on the same site by the Anglo–Peruvian building, the work of Ricardo Jaxa-Malachowski Benavides, son of [[Ricardo de Jaxa Malachowski]]. The new building was itself the location of another fire caused by a [[short-circuit]] on January 16, 1970, that affected the ''National'' billboard located on the rooftop.<ref>{{Cite news |title=El primer diluvio limeño (crónica) |url=https://elperuano.pe/noticia/208040-el-primer-diluvio-limeno-cronica |last=Vadillo Vila |first=José Antonio |date=2023-03-19 |work=[[El Peruano]]}}</ref> Another fire took place in 2012<ref>{{Cite news |title=Incendio causó alarma y congestión vehicular en el Centro de Lima |url=https://peru21.pe/lima/incendio-causo-alarma-congestion-vehicular-centro-lima-10123-noticia/ |date=2012-01-02 |work=[[Perú 21]]}}</ref> and in 2016.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Cercado de Lima: evacuaron edificio por incendio de carro |url=https://elcomercio.pe/lima/cercado-lima-evacuaron-edificio-incendio-carro-243417-noticia/ |date=2016-08-02 |work=[[El Comercio (Peru)|El Comercio]]}}</ref>

==See also== {{Commons category|Casa Tenaud}} *[[Casa Marcionelli]]

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