Larcomar

{{Short description|Shopping centre in Lima, Peru}} {{infobox shopping mall | name = Larcomar | image = Larcomar - Miraflores, Lima - Peru - panoramio (1).jpg | caption = General view in 2014 | address = [[Malecón de Miraflores|Malecón de la Reserva]] 610, [[Miraflores District, Lima]] | architect = Eduardo Figari Gold | opening_date = November 27, 1998 | owner = [[Parque Arauco S.A.]] | number_of_stores = 114 (As of 2019)<ref name="Todas las tiendas">{{cite web |url=https://www.larcomar.com/todas-las-tiendas/ |date=December 24, 2019|accessdate=December 24, 2019 |title=Todas las tiendas - |work=Larcomar }}</ref> | number_of_anchors = 5 | floor_area = {{convert|2,118,718|ft2|m2|abbr=on}} | floors = 4 | website = {{URL|https://www.larcomar.com}} | parking = [[Multistorey car park|Multistorey]], with [[valet parking]]. }} '''Larcomar''' (a [[portmanteau]] of "''[[Avenida Larco|Larco]]''" and "''{{linktext|mar|lang=es}}''")<ref>{{cite book|author1=Rachowiecki, R.|author2=Beech, C|title=Lonely Planet Peru|publisher=[[Lonely Planet]]|year=2004|page=[https://archive.org/details/peru00rach/page/63 63]|isbn=1-74059-209-3|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/peru00rach/page/63}}</ref> is a shopping centre in '''Alfredo Salazar Park''', located at the intersection of [[Avenida Larco|José Larco Avenue]] and the [[Malecón de Miraflores|Malecón de la Reserva]] in [[Miraflores District, Lima]], Peru. Owned by [[Chile]]an company [[Parque Arauco S.A.|Parque Arauco]], it is frequently visited by both international tourists and locals.

Both the park and the mall are directly across the street from the [[JW Marriott Hotel Lima]]. The former serves as the access to the latter, and also features facilities such as a children's playground, a scenic overlook, kiosks, and commemorative monuments.

==History== The area was originally part of the Hacienda Armendáriz, one of many such estates surrounding Lima at the time.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Malecón Armendáriz De Miraflores |url=https://consultasenlinea.mincetur.gob.pe/fichaInventario/index.aspx?cod_Ficha=11334 |last=Díaz Mejía |first=Mercedes |date=2022-08-18 |website=[[MINCETUR|Recursos Turísticos]]}}</ref>

===Original park and monument=== The original park was dedicated to [[Alfredo Salazar Southwell]], a local aviator who sacrificed himself after his aircraft malfunctioned on the morning of September 14, 1937. It was inaugurated in 1953, and featured a three-metre monument in his honour by Hungarian sculptor Lajos D’Ebneth, built from pink [[travertine]] marble brought from the country's central highlands.<ref>{{Cite news |last=De Paz |first=Maribel |date=2017-09-20 |title=El parque Salazar: La historia del recodo que habita en las Páginas de Vargas Llosa y Ribeyro |url=https://elcomercio.pe/luces/libros/parque-salazar-historia-recodo-habita-paginas-vargas-llosa-ribeyro-noticia-459693-noticia/ |access-date=2024-02-04 |work=El Comercio |language=es-PE |issn=1605-3052}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=El parque Salazar (Miraflores) |url=http://blog.pucp.edu.pe/blog/juanluisorrego/2009/07/07/el-parque-salazar-miraflores/ |last=Orrego Penagos |first=Juan Luis |date=2009-07-07 |website=[[Blog PUCP]]}}</ref><ref name=Diaz24>{{Cite web |title=Parque Alfredo Salazar |url=https://consultasenlinea.mincetur.gob.pe/fichaInventario/index.aspx?cod_Ficha=3292 |last=Díaz Mejía |first=Mercedes |date=2024-06-14 |website=[[MINCETUR|Recursos Turísticos]]}}</ref>

The announcement of a mall and its construction plans were criticised by locals, including writer [[Mario Vargas Llosa]], since it involved the destruction of a lush park and its [[Shell (theater)|acoustic shell]] and "Rincón Gaucho" restaurant.<ref>{{Cite news |title=«El Rincón de Siempre», una exquisita parilla argentina en Barranco |last=Alpaca |first=Luis Felipe |date=2021-01-12 |url=https://limagris.com/el-rincon-de-siempre-una-exquisita-parilla-argentina-en-barranco/ |work=Lima Gris}}</ref>

===New park and shopping centre=== The mall was ultimately inaugurated on November 27, 1998, by its architect, Eduardo Figari Gold.<ref name=LR2022>{{Cite news |title=Larcomar: ¿cómo surgió la idea de construir este centro comercial en un malecón? |date=2022-09-19 |url=https://larepublica.pe/datos-lr/respuestas/2022/09/19/quienes-son-los-duenos-de-larcomar-y-como-surgio-la-idea-de-construirlo-en-un-malecon-evat |work=[[La República]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Larcomar: todo lo que no sabías del centro comercial |date=2022-09-14 |url=https://rpp.pe/capital/mundo/larcomar-todo-lo-que-no-sabias-del-centro-comercial-noticias-1432215 |work=[[RPP Noticias]]}}</ref> Until 2001, a [[Hard Rock Cafe]] restaurant operated in its central building. The chain would not return to the country until 2012, when it opened a store in the [[Jockey Plaza|Jockey Plaza Shopping Center]],<ref>{{Cite news |title=Tres negocios estadounidenses que fracasaron en Perú: ¿Qué les pasó? |last=Delgado Tong |first=Alejandro |date=2025-02-15 |url=https://www.infobae.com/peru/2025/02/15/tres-negocios-estadounidenses-que-fracasaron-en-peru-que-les-paso/ |work=[[Infobae]]}}</ref> after which it considered re-opening its original store in Larcomar soon after, as well as new locations in the country.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Larcomar albergaría el segundo local de Hard Rock Cafe en Lima |last=Ochoa Fattorini |first=Vanessa |date=2013-11-05 |url=https://gestion.pe/economia/empresas/larcomar-albergaria-segundo-local-hard-rock-cafe-lima-52037-noticia/ |work=[[Gestión]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Hard Rock Café vuelve al Perú |date=2012-03-16 |url=https://peru21.pe/economia/hard-rock-cafe-vuelve-peru-20277-noticia/ |work=[[Perú 21]]}}</ref>

In 2010, it was acquired by [[Chile]]an company [[Parque Arauco S.A.]]<ref name=LR2022/>

In 2015, the Municipality of Miraflores and the [[List of diplomats of the United Kingdom to Peru|British Embassy]] inaugurated a statue of [[Paddington Bear]]—one of three in the country and one of fifty in total, all of which formed a trail until December 30 of that year—at the park's children's area.<ref name=Diaz24/><ref>{{Cite news |title=La ruta Paddington es el nuevo tour dedicado al oso peruano |date=2014-11-10 |url=https://elcomercio.pe/vamos/mundo/ruta-paddington-nuevo-tour-dedicado-oso-peruano-381528-noticia/ |work=[[El Comercio (Peru)|El Comercio]]}}</ref>

On Wednesday, 16 November 2016, a fire broke out at a showing of ''[[Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (film)|Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them]]'' at theatre 11 of UVK Multicines, the mall's movie theatre.<ref name=EC2017>{{Cite news |title=Larcomar: un año del fatídico incendio en imágenes |date=2017-11-12 |url=https://elcomercio.pe/lima/sucesos/larcomar-ano-fatidico-incendio-cine-uvk-noticia-473175-noticia/ |work=[[El Comercio (Peru)|El Comercio]]}}</ref> Its cause was initially unknown to local authorities, with the [[National Police of Peru]] eventually concluding that its origin was provoked due to a security camera showing a man, later identified as Luis Raúl Salazar Belito, walking out of the movie theatre in a suspicious manner.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Incendio en Larcomar no fue por un cortocircuito, según PNP |date=2016-12-29 |url=https://elcomercio.pe/lima/incendio-larcomar-cortocircuito-pnp-156148-noticia/ |work=[[El Comercio (Peru)|El Comercio]]}}</ref> Although he initially surrendered to the police, he later denied his involvement in the fire.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elcomercio.pe/sociedad/lima/mininter-incendio-larcomar-podria-sido-provocado-noticia-1950364|title=Larcomar: incendio pudo haber sido provocado, según el Mininter|date=2016-12-01|newspaper=El Comercio|access-date=2017-02-07|language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://elcomercio.pe/sociedad/lima/miraflores-reportan-incendio-sala-cina-larcomar-noticia-1947003 |title=Incendio en Larcomar: la trágica jornada en Miraflores |date=2016-11-17 |website=[[El Comercio (Peru)|El Comercio]] |access-date=2017-02-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161117144841/http://elcomercio.pe/sociedad/lima/miraflores-reportan-incendio-sala-cina-larcomar-noticia-1947003 |archive-date=2016-11-17}}</ref> Later on, however, the Police's DIESE (''División de Investigaciones Especiales de Seguridad del Estado'') unit concluded that the fire was caused by a short circuit. In total, more than 200 people were evacuated from the mall, and 12 different fire fighting units arrived during the fire. Four employees were unable to escape the fire and died due to [[smoke inhalation]]: Ana Betsabé Torres Cochachín (46), Joel Mario Condori Rejas (27), Zoledad Moreima Oliveros (42) and Sonia Graciela Repetto Chamochumbi (71).<ref name=EC2017/>

On September 14, 2022, a bust of Salazar was inaugurated by the Municipality and the [[Peruvian Air Force]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Inauguran busto en homenaje a Alférez FAP Alfredo Salazar Southwell al conmemorarse el 85 Aniversario de su sacrificio |date=2022-09-14 |url=https://www.miraflores.gob.pe/inauguran-busto-en-homenaje-a-alferez-fap-alfredo-salazar-southwell-al-conmemorarse-el-85-aniversario-de-su-sacrificio/ |work=Municipalidad de Miraflores}}</ref>

== See also == *[[JW Marriott Hotel Lima]] *[[Malecón de Miraflores]]

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[[Category:Buildings and structures in Lima]] [[Category:Shopping malls in Lima]] [[Category:Tourist attractions in Lima]] [[Category:Economy of Lima]] [[Category:Miraflores District, Lima]]