{{Short description|Quinta in Lima, Peru}} {{Infobox building | name = Quinta de Presa | alternate_names = | image = Qunta de Presa LCCN2006679736 (cropped).tif | caption = | location = | inauguration_date = | architectural_style = [[Rococo]] | construction_start_date = | construction_stop_date = | address = Jirón Chira 344<ref>{{Cite news |title=De visita por la Quinta de Presa |url=https://elcomercio.pe/blog/corresponsalesescolares/2010/01/de-visita-por-la-quinta-de-pre/ |last=Gamarra Galindo |first=Marco |date=2010-01-13 |work=[[El Comercio (Peru)|El Comercio]]}}</ref> | floor_count = | number_of_rooms = | owner = [[Ministry of Culture (Peru)|Ministry of Culture]] | architect = Juan de la Roca }} The '''Quinta de Presa''' (mistakenly called the '''[[Perricholi]] Palace''') is a [[French architecture|French-style]] country mansion built in the 18th century during the government of the then [[viceroy of Peru]], [[Manuel de Amat y Junyent]]. It comprises a constructed area of {{convert|15,159|m2}}.<ref name=MINCETUR>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mincetur.gob.pe/TURISMO/OTROS/inventario%20turistico/Ficha.asp?cod_Ficha=4070 |title=Quinta Presa |website=Ministerio de Comercio Exterior y Turismo del Perú |access-date=2023-08-18 |archive-date=2016-01-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160129034341/http://www.mincetur.gob.pe/TURISMO/OTROS/inventario%20turistico/Ficha.asp?cod_Ficha=4070 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It is located in the jirón Chira of the [[Rímac District|Rímac district]], [[Lima]], Peru.<ref name=MINCETUR/>
==History== [[File:Quintadepresa.jpg|thumb|left|The Quinta in 1932.]] The Quinta was the ancestral home of the aristocratic family Carrillo de Albornoz (Counts of Montemar) and Bravo de Lagunas (Counts of Monteblanco). However, the name of the farm is due to its best-known owner, Isabel Carrillo de Albornoz y de la Presa, sister of the 4th Count of Montemar.<ref name=MINCUL>{{Cite web |url=http://repositorio.cultura.gob.pe/handle/CULTURA/356 |title=La Quinta y Molino de Presa |website=Ministerio de Cultura |last=Banco de la Vivienda del Perú }}{{Dead link|date=January 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref> It was built in the 18th century, outside the perimeter of the [[Walls of Lima|old walls of Lima]], on the other side of the [[Rímac River]]. The property is in the [[French Baroque architecture|French Baroque]] or [[Rococo]] style, adapted to the climate of the capital and the conditions of the construction materials. It was declared a [[Cultural heritage of Peru|national historic monument]] in 1972.<ref name=MINCUL/>
It was used by ''Banco de la Vivienda'',<ref name=MINCUL/> which, through an agreement with the [[National Institute of Culture]] of Peru, began the restoration, making it able to return to showing the French style -in game rooms, dining rooms and chapel- that made it famous. It was the headquarters of the "Guardia de Lima" Cavalry Gendarmes Squad (which, due to the police reform carried out by President [[Augusto B. Leguía]], became the "Guardia de Lima" Security Cavalry Squadron) and on February 5, In 1932 it became the National Headquarters of the Infantry Gendarmes Regiment, [[Republican Guard (Peru)|Republican Guard of Peru]] and later the headquarters of the Museum of Viceroyalty Art.
This historical monument is currently under the administration of the [[Ministry of Culture (Peru)|Ministry of Culture]].
===Restoration=== In 2019, the then director of the National COPESCO Plan (PCN), José Vidal Fernández, indicated that the structure was going to begin a restoration process as part of the recovery list proposed by the [[World Monuments Fund]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Pondrán en valor la Quinta Presa del Rímac con inversión de S/. 18 millones |url=https://portaldeturismo.pe/noticia/pondran-en-valor-la-quinta-presa-del-rimac-con-inversion-de-s-18-millones/ |work=Portal de Turismo |archive-date=2021-04-13 |access-date=2023-08-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413021938/https://portaldeturismo.pe/noticia/pondran-en-valor-la-quinta-presa-del-rimac-con-inversion-de-s-18-millones/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
In June 2021, the [[Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism (Peru)|Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism]], Claudia Cornejo, announced that the obstacles that paralyzed the project were resolved and that, as part of the Commemoration Agenda for the Bicentennial of the Independence of Peru, the development will begin. of the technical file and the prompt execution of the works, which will cost approximately [[Peruvian sol|S/.]] 24 million.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Se recuperará para el turismo el monumento histórico la Quinta de Presa |url=https://elperuano.pe/noticia/122870-se-recuperara-para-el-turismo-el-monumento-historico-la-quinta-de-presa |date=2021-06-17 |work=[[El Peruano]]}}</ref> The restoration work, as planned, will conclude in 2024.
==See also== *[[Quinta Leuro]] *[[Quinta Heeren]]
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Landmarks in Lima}}
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