{{Short description|Building in Lima, Peru}} {{Infobox building | name = Lima Civic Center | native_name = Centro Cívico de Lima | native_name_lang = es | image = Centro Civico 2 - panoramio.jpg | caption = The ''Torre de Lima'' in 2011 | location = [[Historic Centre of Lima]] | inauguration_date = | architectural_style = [[Brutalism]] | construction_start_date = 1970 | construction_stop_date = 1977 | height = 109 metres | floor_count = 33 | elevator_count = 2 | owner = Peruvian State | architect = {{Collapsible list | title = ''See list'' |1={{ill|Adolfo Córdova|es}} |2=Jacques Crousse |3={{ill|José García Bryce|es|lt=José García}} |4=Miguel Llona |5=Guillermo Málaga |6=Oswaldo Núñez |7=Simón Ortiz |8=Jorge Páez |9=Ricardo Pérez León |10={{ill|Carlos Williams León|es|lt=Carlos Williams}}}} }} The '''Lima Civic Center''' ({{langx|es|Centro Cívico de Lima}}) is an architectural complex located next to the [[Paseo de los Héroes Navales]] in the [[Lima District|district of Lima]], on the land previously occupied by the [[Lima Penitentiary]]. It was projected with the intention of becoming a civic-urban landmark for the city, housing State offices, a hotel and a convention center. Its construction began in 1970 and culminated in 1977 with the inauguration of the main tower of the complex. At 109 meters tall, it was the tallest building in the country for 34 years.<ref name=GCAQ>{{Cite web |url=https://www.gcaq.com.pe/proyectos/1970-torre-centro-civico.html |title=Diseño estructural Torre del Centro Cívico de Lima |website=GCAQ}}</ref> It was surpassed in 2011 by the [[The Westin Lima Hotel & Convention Center|Westin Hotel]] in the [[San Isidro District, Lima|San Isidro district]].
==History== [[File:Lima 1980 10.jpg|thumb|left|The building's surroundings (1980).]] The Civic Center was an original idea of the [[First presidency of Fernando Belaúnde|first government]] of the architect [[Fernando Belaúnde Terry]], conceived in 1966. Later, after the [[1968 Peruvian coup d'état|coup d'état]] by the [[Revolutionary Government of the Armed Forces of Peru|military government]] of [[Juan Velasco Alvarado]], construction was carried out. Initially it came to house a large number of offices and state dependencies, becoming an important center of activity in the city. However, after the events of February 5, 1975, known as the ''[[Limazo]]'', the facilities suffered great damage, when part of it caught fire and was destroyed.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Huelga policial 1975: el episodio que casi acaba con el gobierno de Velasco Alvarado |url=https://elcomercio.pe/archivo-elcomercio/huelga-policial-1975-saqueos-muertos-heridos-lima-radio-patrulla-nnsp-noticia/ |last=Batalla |first=Carlos |date=2020-11-29 |work=[[El Comercio (Peru)|El Comercio]]}}</ref>
It was the last emblematic work erected in the [[historic centre of Lima]] before the arrival of the nineties. In mid-2008, a total remodeling of the complex was carried out, to be reopened as a shopping center. The brutalist finish of the Civic Center buildings disappeared with the remodeling, when the walls were painted and covered with synthetic finishes.
On August 27, 2007, Peruvian company ''Urbi Propiedades'', the real estate arm of the [[Interbank|Interbank Group]], won the thirty-year concession for the Civic Center.<ref name=LR2007>{{Cite news |title=Adjudican Centro Cívico por 30 años |url=https://larepublica.pe/economia/247554-adjudican-centro-civico-por-30-anos/ |date=2007-08-24 |work=[[La República (Peru)|La República]]}}</ref> This began the construction of the ''{{ill|Real Plaza|es|lt=Real Plaza Centro Cívico Shopping Center}}'', which houses a large number of retail stores, a supermarket, bank agencies, a food court, movie theaters, and a mechanical playground for children, among other services. The investment was 30 million dollars.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Inauguran C C Real Plaza-Centro Cívico |url=http://elmirador.pe/economia-y-empresas/la-semana/463-inauguran-c-c-real-plaza-centro-civico.html |year=2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111012204426/http://elmirador.pe/economia-y-empresas/la-semana/463-inauguran-c-c-real-plaza-centro-civico.html |archive-date=2011-10-12}}</ref> It has a direct connection with the Central Station of the Metropolitan bus system.
==Architecture== The architectural style is Brutalist, a current in vogue in Peruvian architecture of that time, which gives the impression of rigidity and firmness to the complex. The main building of the Civic Center of Lima has 33 floors and is 109 meters high.<ref name=GCAQ/> The project also included a hotel tower, the [[Sheraton Lima Historic Center]], which was inaugurated in 1973.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Sheraton: Historias del emblemático hotel de Lima que ahora cambia de nombre |url=https://peru21.pe/lima/sheraton-historia-del-emblematico-hotel-de-lima-que-ahora-cambia-de-nombre-sheraton-lima-historic-center-centro-historico-de-lima-marita-alpaca-utero-de-marita-noticia/ |last=Treneman |first=Alvaro |date=2022-08-03 |work=[[Perú 21]]}}</ref>
==See also== *[[Historic Centre of Lima]]
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Landmarks in Lima}}
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