Jirón Rufino Torrico
{{Short description|Street in Lima, Peru}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox street
| name = Jirón Rufino Torrico
| image = Casa Fernandini 21 1.jpg
| caption = Casa Fernandini
| part_of = Damero de Pizarro
| namesake = Rufino Torrico
| terminus_a = Jirón Conde de Superunda
| terminus_b = Wilson Avenue
| junction = Jirón Callao, Jirón Ica, Jirón Huancavelica, Avenida Emancipación, Jirón Moquegua, Jirón Ocoña, Avenida Colmena
| completion_date = 1535
}}
Jirón Rufino Torrico, formerly known as Jirón Arica,{{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}} is a major street in the Damero de Pizarro, located in the historic centre of Lima, Peru. The street starts before its intersection with the Jirón Conde de Superunda, parallel to the Prolongación Tacna, and continues until it reaches Inca Garcilaso de la Vega Avenue.
History
The road that today constitutes the street was laid by Francisco Pizarro when he founded the city of Lima on 18 January 1535. In 1862, when a new urban nomenclature was adopted, the road was named jirón Arica, after the province in Tacna. Prior to this renaming, each block (cuadra) had a unique name:
- Block 1: [La] Toma, after the mouth of the water intake located there.{{sfn|Bromley Seminario|2019|p=407}}
- Block 2: [La] Palma, for reasons not clear.{{sfn|Bromley Seminario|2019|pp=334–335, 337–338}}
- Block 3: Panteoncito, after a burial ground of the Spanish or pre-Columbian era.{{sfn|Bromley Seminario|2019|pp=334–335, 337–338}}
- Block 4: Nápoles, after Juan de Nápoles, according to Pedro Gálvez.{{sfn|Bromley Seminario|2019|p=321}}
- Block 5: Belaochaga, after a resident whose identity is disputed.{{sfn|Bromley Seminario|2019|pp=205–206}}
- Block 6: Sacristía de San Marcelo, after the religious establishment of the same name.{{sfn|Bromley Seminario|2019|p=377}}
- Block 7: Bravo, after the owner of a bakery that burned down on 30 June 1797, where 19 people died.{{sfn|Bromley Seminario|2019|p=214}}
- Block 8: [La] Salud. Located next to the Plaza Elguera (formerly of the same name), its etymology is uncertain.{{sfn|Bromley Seminario|2019|p=379}}
- Block 10, between blocks 11–12: Callejón de La Recoleta, after the Plaza de la Recoleta, which it connects with the Plaza Elguera.{{sfn|Bromley Seminario|2019|p=220}}
In the 17th century, the Santo Tomás de Aquino School was founded on the first block's southern side.{{Cite web |url=https://medium.com/@culturaparalima/conociendo-la-calle-de-la-toma-f5fb22a85e72 |title=Conociendo la calle de la Toma |date=19 November 2018 |website=Medium.com |publisher=Cultura para Lima}}
From 1912 to 1913, the Casa Fernandini, an Art Nouveau building designed by French architect Claude Sahut, was built in the street's corner with Jirón Ica, across the street from the Municipal Theatre.{{Cite web |url=https://medium.com/@culturaparalima/la-casa-fernandini-a929651c215d |title=La Casa Fernandini |date=7 November 2016 |website=Medium.com |publisher=Cultura para Lima}}
The Edificio Santo Toribio was built in the street's intersection with the Jirón Huancavelica in 1923 by Fred T. Ley & Cía, an American company. The three-storey, 925.30 m2 work is part of the set of real estate projects undertaken by the Archbishop of Lima, Emilio Lissón, in the 1920s to strengthen the economic activities of the archdiocese.{{Cite web |url=https://especiales.elcomercio.pe/?q=especiales/casonas-del-centro-historico-de-lima-multimedia-nndd/index.html |title=Las casonas del Centro de Lima |website=El Comercio |last=Planas |first=Enrique}}
On 2 January 1935, a violent accident took place on the street's corner with jirón Callao, when Carlos González Crusalegui was run over by a tanker that violently steered to avoid a head-on collision with another tanker. González, who was violently thrown against a wall, was taken to the nearby {{ill|Pediatric Emergency Hospital|es|Hospital de Emergencias Pediátricas|lt=Public Assistance Hospital}}, later being transferred to the Clínica Villarán and finally to Dos de Mayo National Hospital.{{Cite news |title=¿Cómo eran los accidentes de tránsito y de trabajo en Lima a inicios de 1935? | Nada cambió en 90 años |url=https://elcomercio.pe/archivo-elcomercio/accidente-de-transito-en-lima-como-eran-los-accidentes-de-transito-y-de-trabajo-en-lima-a-inicios-de-1935-nada-cambio-en-90-anos-choque-de-camiones-atropellados-en-lima-y-barranco-caida-de-obrero-en-miraflores-anos-30-nnsp-noticia/ |last=Batalla |first=Carlos |date=2 December 2023 |work=El Comercio}}
In 2016, the street was closed due to the acreditation of Pedro Pablo Kuczynski as president of Peru.{{Cite news |title=Pedro Pablo Kuczynski recibe hoy sus credenciales |url=https://www.elperuano.pe/noticia/43237-pedro-pablo-kuczynski-recibe-hoy-sus-credenciales |date=28 June 2016 |work=El Peruano}}
In 2021, pedestrianisation works began on the street, as well as the rest of the historic centre.{{Cite news |title=Municipalidad de Lima presenta plan de desvío por inicio de obras de peatonalización en el Centro Histórico |url=https://rpp.pe/lima/actualidad/municipalidad-de-lima-presenta-plan-de-desvio-por-inicio-de-obras-de-peatonalizacion-en-el-centro-historico-noticia-1331810?ref=rpp |date=15 April 2021 |work=RPP Noticias}} The works' second phase began in 2022.{{Cite news |title=Centro histórico de Lima: segunda etapa de peatonalización tiene 39% de avance |url=https://andina.pe/agencia/noticia-centro-historico-lima-segunda-etapa-peatonalizacion-tiene-39-avance-886699.aspx |date=29 March 2022 |work=Andina}}
See also
References
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=Bibliography=
- {{Cite book |title=Las viejas calles de Lima |last=Bromley Seminario |first=Juan |publisher=Metropolitan Municipality of Lima |year=2019 |location=Lima |language=es |url=https://www.munlima.gob.pe/images/las-viejas-calles-de-lima.pdf |author-link=Juan Bromley |access-date=24 January 2024 |archive-date=20 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200420211756/https://www.munlima.gob.pe/images/las-viejas-calles-de-lima.pdf |url-status=dead }}
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