Public Ministry of Peru Building

{{Short description|Headquarters of the Public Ministry of Peru}} {{Infobox building | name = Public Ministry of Peru Building | image = 2017 Lima - Sede central del Ministerio Público del Perú.jpg | architectural_style = [[Modern architecture|Modernist]] | address = [[Avenida Abancay|Av. Abancay]], cuadra 5 | years_built = 1952 | groundbreaking_date = | construction_start_date = | construction_stop_date = | topped_out_date = | completion_date = <!-- or |est_completion= --> | opened_date = | inauguration_date = | cost = [[Peruvian sol (1863–1985)|S/.]] 25 million | owner = | height = | material = [[Marble]] (exterior) | size = | floor_count = | floor_area = | architect = Guillermo Payet }} The '''Building of the [[Ministry of Economy and Finance (Peru)|Ministry of Finance and Commerce]]''' ({{langx|es|Edificio del Ministerio de Hacienda y Comercio}}) is one of the largest buildings located in [[Abancay Avenue]] in the [[historic centre of Lima]]. Surrounded by [[Jirón Santa Rosa|Santa Rosa]], [[Jirón Cuzco|Cuzco]] and Ayacucho (formerly Urubamba)<ref>{{Cite book |title=La Ciudad de los Reyes y la "Guía del viajero en Lima" de Manuel Atanasio Fuentes |last=Coloma Porcari |first=César |publisher=Instituto Latinoamericano de Cultura y Desarrollo |year=1997 |isbn=978-9972-676-00-0 |pages=84 |language=es |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rWPrAAAAMAAJ}}</ref> streets, it serves as the headquarters of the [[Public Ministry of Peru]].

==History== The building was built in 1952, during the government of [[Manuel Odría]], and is the work of architect Guillermo Payet, who conceived the design according to the [[Modern architecture|modernist movement]], occupying an entire block of [[Abancay Avenue]],<ref name=ULIMA>{{Cite web |url=https://cammp.ulima.edu.pe/edificios/ministerio-de-hacienda/ |title=MINISTERIO DE HACIENDA |website=[[University of Lima|Instituto de Investigación - Universidad de Lima]]}}</ref> at the time of its widening.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://transparencia.cultura.gob.pe/sites/default/files/transparencia/2019/11/resoluciones-directorales/rdndegd000023-2019-dgpc-mc.pdf |title=Resolución Directoral N° D000023-2019-DGPC/MC |date=2019-11-06 |website=[[Ministry of Culture (Peru)|Ministerio de Cultura]] |last=Mozo Mercado |first=Shirley Yda}}</ref>

The tender for the construction of the building was awarded in December 1949 to the firm Gramonvel S. A. for a budget of [[Peruvian sol (1863–1985)|S/.]] 25 million, and with a completion period of 24 months.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Memoria del Ministerio de Hacienda y Comercio |publisher=Ministerio de Hacienda |year=1957 |pages=669 |language=es |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SH5AAAAAYAAJ}}</ref>

Its exterior is decorated in [[marble]], with a series of bas-reliefs on the front, the work of {{ill|Artemio Ocaña|es}} and Luis Felipe Agurto Olaya. The interior, on the entrance level that faces the main avenue, has a mural by [[Teodoro Núñez Ureta]] in the [[Lobby (room)|lobby]].<ref name=ULIMA/>

During the [[Peruvian protests (2022–2023)|2022 protests]] against the [[Presidency of Dina Boluarte|government of Dina Boluarte]], the building was attacked on different occasions by protesters.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Vándalos atacan sede del Ministerio Público en la Av. Abancay durante protestas ciudadanas |url=https://peru21.pe/lima/marcha-contra-pedro-castillo-sujetos-atacan-sede-del-ministerio-publico-en-la-avenida-abancay-policia-nacional-pnp-toque-de-queda-rmmn-noticia/ |date=2022-04-06 |work=[[Perú 21]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Protestas en Lima: Atacaron con piedras la sede del Ministerio Público |url=https://peru21.pe/lima/protestas-en-lima-atacaron-con-piedras-la-sede-del-ministerio-publico-peru-abancay-ministerio-publico-manifestaciones-noticia/ |date=2022-12-12 |work=[[Perú 21]]}}</ref>

==See also== *[[Abancay Avenue]]

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{{Lima landmarks}}

[[Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1952]] [[Category:Government buildings in Peru]] [[Category:1952 in Peru]]