| Public Ministry of Peru Building | |
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 Interactive map of Public Ministry of Peru Building | |
| General information | |
| Architectural style | Modernist |
| Location | Av. Abancay, cuadra 5 |
| Year built | 1952 |
| Cost | S/. 25 million |
| Technical details | |
| Material | Marble (exterior) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Guillermo Payet |
TheBuilding of theMinistry of Finance and Commerce (Spanish:Edificio del Ministerio de Hacienda y Comercio) is one of the largest buildings located inAbancay Avenue in thehistoric centre of Lima. Surrounded bySanta Rosa,Cuzco and Ayacucho (formerly Urubamba)[1] streets, it serves as the headquarters of thePublic Ministry of Peru.
The building was built in 1952, during the government ofManuel Odría, and is the work of architect Guillermo Payet, who conceived the design according to themodernist movement, occupying an entire block ofAbancay Avenue,[2] at the time of its widening.[3]
The tender for the construction of the building was awarded in December 1949 to the firm Gramonvel S. A. for a budget ofS/. 25 million, and with a completion period of 24 months.[4]
Its exterior is decorated inmarble, with a series of bas-reliefs on the front, the work ofArtemio Ocaña [es] and Luis Felipe Agurto Olaya. The interior, on the entrance level that faces the main avenue, has a mural byTeodoro Núñez Ureta in thelobby.[2]
During the2022 protests against thegovernment of Dina Boluarte, the building was attacked on different occasions by protesters.[5][6]
