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Quinta Leuro

Coordinates:12°07′44″S77°01′31″W/ 12.12877°S 77.02529°W/-12.12877; -77.02529
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Quinta Leuro
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General information
Architectural styleEclectic
LocationMiraflores District, Lima
Construction stopped1927
Design and construction
Architect(s)Lidio Mongilardi

TheQuinta Leurois anestatelocated in thedistrict of Miraflores,Lima,Peru.

History

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The Leuro neighbourhood in the 20th century.

The villa, located on the 8 block ofAvenida 28 de Julio,was planned at the beginning of the 20th century by the Italian architect Lidio Mongilardi on the land of the Leuro urbanization, former farms owned by the bureaucrat Juan José Leuro y Carfanger.[1][2]

The architectural style of the villa iseclectic,in whichneocolonial elementsare combined with predominant Mediterranean structures on the Spanish, Italian and French coasts.[2]

This urban space served as the setting for the storyTristes querellas de la vieja quintaby the Peruvian writerJulio Ramón Ribeyro,published in his 1977 bookSilvio en El Rosedal.[3]

In 1987 it was declaredCultural Patrimony of the Nationthrough resolution RM.Nº 302-87-ED.[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^Orrego Penagos, Juan Luis (2013-01-23)."Notas sobre la historia del distrito de Miraflores".Blog PUCP.
  2. ^ab"Historia".Quinta Miraflores.Archived fromthe originalon 2019-09-05.
  3. ^"90 años de Julio Ramón Ribeyro: los lugares que inspiraron sus cuentos".COSAS.2017-08-31.
  4. ^Relación de Monumentos Históricos del Perú(PDF)(in Spanish). National Institute of Culture. 1999. p. 75.

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