{{Short description|Public square in Lima, Peru}} [[File:MINISTRO DE DEFENSA PRESIDIÓ CEREMONIA POR EL 199 ANIVERSARIO DE CREACIÓN DE LA PRIMERA BANDERA DEL PERÚ.jpg|thumb|right|Celebrations at the square in 2020.]] The '''Flag Square''' ({{langx|es|Plaza de la Bandera}}) is a [[public square]] in [[Lima]], [[Peru]]. It is located next to the Mateo Salado ''[[Huaca]]'' at the intersection of [[Breña]], [[Lima District|Lima]] and [[Pueblo Libre District, Lima|Pueblo Libre]] districts.
==History== [[File:MINISTRO DE DEFENSA PRESIDIÓ CEREMONIA POR EL 199 ANIVERSARIO DE CREACIÓN DE LA PRIMERA BANDERA DEL PERÚ - 48936332703.jpg|thumb|left|Effigies at the square.]] The works for the construction of the space began in 1978, with the participation of the residents of the ''Parque San Martín'' urbanization in [[Pueblo Libre District, Lima|Pueblo Libre]] headed by Catalina Ciccia Ciccia de Chávez. It was inaugurated coincidentally on the day of creation of the first [[flag of Peru]] on October 21, 1980, with the presence of then president [[Fernando Belaúnde Terry]].<ref>{{Cite book |title=El altar de la Patria |last=Ciccia de Chávez |first=Catalina |year=2017 |location=Lima}}</ref> Prior to the works, the area was occupied by a market.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Plaza a la Bandera pasa las Fiestas Patrias en ruinas |url=https://elcomercio.pe/lima/plaza-bandera-pasa-fiestas-patrias-ruinas-346328-noticia/ |last=Acosta González |first=Martín |date=2014-07-28 |work=[[El Comercio (Peru)|El Comercio]]}}</ref>
The oval-shaped square was remodelled by the [[Municipality of Lima]] in 2017, with the earthen slopes being replaced by a flatter area with gardens, concrete steps and a central flagpole.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Tradicional Plaza de la Bandera luce nuevamente su diseño original |url=https://andina.pe/agencia/noticia-tradicional-plaza-de-bandera-luce-nuevamente-su-diseno-original-650252.aspx |date=2017-01-20 |work=[[Andina (news agency)|Andina]]}}</ref> In 2019, during the ceremony of the 199th anniversary of the first flag of Peru, an effigy of the [[Peruvian Motherland]] and statues of the heroes of the four branches of the [[Armed Forces of Peru]] were unveiled: [[Francisco Bolognesi]] ([[Peruvian Army|Army]]), [[Miguel Grau]] ([[Peruvian Navy|Navy]]), [[José Quiñones Gonzales|José Quiñones]] ([[Peruvian Air Force|Air Force]]) and [[Mariano Santos Mateo]] ([[National Police of Peru|Police]]).<ref>{{Cite news |title=Mañana se conmemorará el 199° aniversario de creación de la primera bandera |url=https://andina.pe/agencia/noticia-manana-se-conmemorara-199%C2%B0-aniversario-creacion-de-primera-bandera-770340.aspx |date=2019-10-20 |work=[[Andina (news agency)|Andina]]}}</ref>
The square has been the scene of various official civic events since 1980.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Plaza de la Bandera: así luce tras remodelación |url=https://elcomercio.pe/lima/plaza-bandera-luce-remodelacion-fotos-video-160108-noticia/ |date=2017-01-20 |work=[[El Comercio (Peru)|El Comercio]]}}</ref> One of them is the daily raising, from Monday to Saturday, of a large national flag. On Sundays, larger national flag is raised by the [[Peruvian Armed Forces]], on a 40 [[Metre|m]] high flagpole.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Nueva bandera flamea en plaza que rinde homenaje a ese símbolo patrio en Pueblo Libre |url=https://andina.pe/agencia/noticia-nueva-bandera-flamea-plaza-rinde-homenaje-a-ese-simbolo-patrio-pueblo-libre-213481.aspx |date=2009-01-14 |work=[[Andina (news agency)|Andina]]}}</ref>
==See also== *[[Flag of Peru]]
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{{Lima landmarks}}
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[[Category:Squares in Lima]] [[Category:Breña]] [[Category:Lima District]] [[Category:Pueblo Libre District, Lima]]