{{Short description|Building in Peru}} {{Infobox building | name = Lima Stock Exchange Building | image = Bolsa de Valores, Lima, Perú, 2015-07-28, DD 101.JPG | image_caption = The building in 2015 | coordinates = {{coord|-12.0486|-77.0315|type:landmark_region:PE|display=inline,title}} | architectural_style = | address = [[Jirón Carabaya|Jr. Carabaya]] & [[Jirón Santa Rosa|Sta. Rosa]] | years_built = | groundbreaking_date = | construction_start_date = | construction_stop_date = | topped_out_date = | completion_date = 1950 | opened_date = | inauguration_date = | cost = | owner = [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Peru)|Ministry of Foreign Affairs]] | floor_count = 9 (2 basements) | floor_area = 4,505 [[Square metre|m<sup>2</sup>]] | architect = José Álvarez Calderón<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://invent.com.pe/renta-de-oficinas-cercado-de-lima/edificio-bvl |title=Edificio Bolsa de Valores de Lima |website=Invent}}</ref> }} The '''Lima Stock Exchange Building''' is a building located at the intersection of [[Jirón Carabaya|Carabaya]] and [[Jirón Santa Rosa|Santa Rosa]] streets, in the [[historic centre of Lima]], [[Peru]]. Its name comes from the fact that, from 1997 to 2022, it housed the [[Lima Stock Exchange]], after which the building was acquired by the [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Peru)|Ministry of Foreign Affairs]].
The '''Directorate General for Peruvian Communities Abroad and Consular Affairs'''<ref>{{Cite news |title=Action launch: Enhancing institutional capacities for diaspora engagement in Peru |url=https://diasporafordevelopment.eu/action-launch-enhancing-institutional-capacities-for-diaspora-engagement-in-peru/ |date=2022-11-03 |work=[[European Union]] Global Diaspora Facility}}</ref> ({{langx|es|Dirección General de Comunidades Peruanas en el Exterior y Asuntos Consulares}}) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is headquartered in the building since August 3, 2023.<ref name=MFA2023>{{Cite news |title=Inauguración de la nueva sede de la Dirección General de Comunidades Peruanas en el Exterior y Asuntos Consulares en Lima |url=https://www.gob.pe/institucion/embajada-del-peru-en-rumania/noticias/813453-inauguracion-de-la-nueva-sede-de-la-direccion-general-de-comunidades-peruanas-en-el-exterior-y-asuntos-consulares-en-lima |date=2023-08-04 |work=[[Gob.pe]]}}</ref>
==History== [[File:MRE - Dirección General de Comunidades Peruanas en el Exterior y Asuntos Consulares (ex Bolsa de Valores de Lima).jpg|thumb|left|The building in June 2024]] The building was inaugurated in 1950, being occupied by the [[Lima Stock Exchange]] (BVL) starting in 1997.<ref name=Gestión>{{Cite news |title=Edificio de la Bolsa de Valores de Lima en venta |url=https://gestion.pe/economia/empresas/edificio-bolsa-valores-lima-venta-261706-noticia/ |date=2019-03-18 |work=[[Gestión]]}}</ref> In 2018, as part the U.S. delegation visiting [[Lima]] to attend the [[8th Summit of the Americas]], [[Ivanka Trump]], daughter of then U.S. President [[Donald Trump]], made an official visit to the building in order to take part in a meeting between delegations of both countries.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Ivanka Trump destaca en redes "un increíble primer día en Lima" |url=https://rpp.pe/lima/actualidad/fotos-ivanka-trump-destaca-en-redes-un-increible-primer-dia-en-lima-noticia-1116353?ref=rpp |date=2018-04-03 |work=[[RPP Noticias]]}}</ref>
The building was put on sale by [[real estate]] company Binswanger Perú in 2019, at a price of US$ 6,98 million. Although the BVL owned the majority of the building, its last three floors had been sold to company Arte Express by insurance company [[Grupo Breca|Rímac Seguros y Reaseguros S.A.]] earlier in the year.<ref name=Gestión/>
On August 3, 2023,<ref name=MFA2023/> the Peruvian [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Peru)|Ministry of Foreign Affairs]] inaugurated the new seat of the '''Directorate General for Peruvian Communities Abroad and Consular Affairs'''.<ref name=MFA2023/><ref>{{Cite news |title=Cancillería abre sede para trámites consulares: ¿qué diligencias puedes hacer? |url=https://www.elperuano.pe/noticia/219817-cancilleria-abre-sede-para-tramites-consulares-que-diligencias-puedes-hacer |date=2023-08-04 |work=[[El Peruano]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Cancillería abre sede para trámites consulares: ¿qué diligencias puedes hacer? |url=https://andina.pe/agencia/noticia-cancilleria-abre-sede-para-tramites-consulares-diligencias-puedes-hacer-950079.aspx |date=2023-08-06 |work=[[Andina (news agency)|Andina]]}}</ref> The ceremony, headed by foreign minister [[Ana Gervasi]], coincided with the 202nd anniversary of the foundation of the ministry.<ref name=MFA2023/>
==See also== *[[Lima Stock Exchange]] *[[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Peru)]]
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{{Lima landmarks}}
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