{{Short description|Building in Lima, Peru}} {{Infobox building | name = Casa de Aliaga | image = Casa de Aliaga, Lima, Perú, 2015-07-28, DD 44.JPG | image_size = | caption = | address = [[Jirón de la Unión]] 225 | location = [[Historic Centre of Lima]] | architectural_style = [[Spanish Colonial architecture|Spanish Colonial]] | owner = Gonzalo Jorge de Aliaga }} The '''Casa de Aliaga''' is a [[Spanish Colonial architecture|colonial-style]] building located in the [[historic centre of Lima]], Peru. It was built on a [[huaca]], dating back to May 1536, at the beginning of the founding of the city, and belonged to [[Conquistador]] Geronimo de Aliaga. Its current owner is Gonzalo Jorge de Aliaga Ascenzo, VIII Count of San Juan de Lurigancho. It has been continuously inhabited by the same family for seventeen generations over a period of five centuries.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Una mansión habitada desde hace cinco siglos |url=http://www.abc.es/especiales/index.asp?cid=7928 |publisher=[[ABC (newspaper)|ABC]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040419115426/http://www.abc.es/especiales/index.asp?cid=7928 |archive-date=2004-04-19}}</ref>
==History== In 1746, it was destroyed by the [[1746 Lima–Callao earthquake]] and rebuilt by Juan José Aliaga y Sotomayor. In the 19th century a series of works were carried out.<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Cinco Siglos de Historia: Casa de Aliaga |date=2010-02-01 |magazine=[[El Peruano|Variedades]] |url=http://portal.andina.com.pe/edpespeciales/especiales/variedades_sp/var_158/var_158.pdf |last=Salmón Salazar |first=Gisella |pages=2–4}}</ref>
The original construction was made of [[quincha]] and [[adobe]]. The architecture is [[Eclecticism in architecture|eclectic in style]] due to several changes made since its construction. The styles present are [[Renaissance architecture|Renaissance]], [[Mannerist architecture|Mannerist]], [[Baroque architecture|Baroque]] or [[Neoclassical architecture|Neoclassical]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=La Casa De Aliaga cumple 475 años como albacea de la tradición limeña |url=http://www.andina.com.pe/agencia/noticia-la-casa-aliaga-cumple-475-anos-como-albacea-de-tradicion-limena-277602.aspx |date=2010-02-01 |work=[[Andina (news agency)|Andina]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://turismoi.pe/atractivos-urbanos/arquitectura/casa-aliaga.htm |title=Turismo en Casa Aliaga (Atractivos Urbanos) |website=Turismoi.pe}}</ref> It has 18 rooms and real estate from the time.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://peru.com/actualidad/mi-ciudad/casa-aliaga-esta-mansion-5-siglos-historia-sigue-cautivando-fotos-noticia-235721 |title=Casa Aliaga: Esta mansión con 5 siglos de historia sigue cautivando |date=2014-03-10 |website=Peru.com}}</ref>
The house is part of the city's historic centre, which was declared a [[World Heritage Site]] in 1991, having already been declared part of the [[Cultural heritage of Peru|Cultural heritage of the Nation]] in 1972.
==See also== {{Commons category|Casa Aliaga, Lima}} *[[Historic Centre of Lima]]
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Lima landmarks}}
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