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32-626: In 1897, Elias Mujica opened an agency at Jiron de la Union in Lima 's historical center under the name of Banco Internacional . In 1934, branches were opened in Chiclayo and Arequipa , and later expansions included Piura , Sullana and other places in Peru. Under the military government of Juan Velasco Alvarado , in 1970, the national bank ( Banco de la Nación ) purchased Banco Internacional and changed its name to "Banca Asociada del Pais". Ten years later, under

64-418: A Cineplanet and the commercial galleries of Via Vento and Boza, which are deteriorated and semi-vacant. The first escalators of Peru were built at Boza in the 1960s. On this block tattoo parlors and piercing shops begin to appear more frequently. Previously this was the location of the headquarters of the newspaper La Prensa until it was closed down in the 1980s. The ninth block borders the eastern side of

96-470: A discount price—or for free—to workers and peasants, and later hiked up the admission price to a by-now eager public. On a tour of Ayacucho , in the Huamanga province, he suffered a fall that led to a fractured spine and severe concussions; he died next day, aged 31. His best fiction is contained in two short story collections: El caballero Carmelo (1918) and Los hijos del sol (1921). The first inaugurates

128-521: A jironear was used when coming to the street in dress clothing. At this time, citizens of Lima at the most distinguished cultural, political, artistic and social levels could be found in the street's various cafés. As Peruvian writer Abraham Valdelomar once said, "Peru is Lima, Lima is the Jirón de la Unión, the Jirón de la Unión is the Palais Concert, and I am the Palais Concert". This phrase well reflects

160-498: A journalist, writing for the newspaper La Prensa under the aristocratic pseudonym "El Conde de Lemos", collaborating with the young José Carlos Mariátegui , while cutting a provocative dandy-like figure on the streets and in the cafes of Lima (particularly the Palais Concert); here he coined his famous sorites, "El Perú es Lima; Lima es el Jirón de la Unión; el Jirón de la Unión es el Palais Concert; y el Palais Concert soy yo" (Peru

192-443: Is Lima; Lima is the Jirón de la Unión; the Jirón de la Unión is the Palais Concert; and the Palais Concert is me"). He founded the ephemeral but influential avant-garde magazine Colónida , which saw four issues in 1916 (the first three edited by Valdelomar himself), and headed the intellectual movement of the same name. That same year he was a contributor to Las voces múltiples , an anthology of modernista poetry by eight members of

224-665: Is a continuation of Trujillo Street in the Rimac District , is considered part of the Jirón and is one of the oldest and most important bridges which cross the river. The eastern wall of the Government Palace is located on the west side of the second block of the Jirón. Meanwhile, the Passage of the Post is located on the east side and the Post Office is located there as well. The Plaza Perú

256-428: Is considered the founder of the avant-garde in Peru, although more for his dandy-like public poses and his founding of the journal Colónida than for his own writing, which is lyrically posmodernista rather than aggressively experimental. Like Charles Baudelaire in 19th century Paris, he claimed to have made his country aware for the first time of the relationship between poetry and the market, and to have recognized

288-471: Is located at the end of this block where a statue of Francisco Pizarro , donated by Spain , was previously located. The mayor, Luis Castañeda Lossio , removed the statue and transferred it to the Lima City Walls Park . To replace it, he ordered a fountain be built with the addition of a flag of Peru . The Plaza de Armas of Lima is located on the third block accompanied by palaces of City Hall and

320-471: The National University of San Marcos . However, in 1906 he began contributing caricatures and poems to a number of illustrated magazines and periodicals, such as Aplausos y silbidos , Monos y Monadas , Actualidades , Cinema and Gil Blas , and he soon abandoned university life completely for the world of journalism. In 1910 he started writing chronicles for newspapers, and published his first stories

352-610: The Plaza San Martin and passes by the Club Nacional and the Gran Hotel Bolívar . There are bureaus de change located on the northeastern corner of the plaza. The tenth and eleventh blocks are the least traversed of any of the other blocks, and there are a greater number of restaurants and travel agencies. The Rimac Building is located on the last block of the Jirón de la Unión marking the beginning of Roosevelt Avenue to

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384-454: The Club de la Unión. The Santa Rosa Passage intersects this block which divides both palaces and where several restaurants and a museum are located. On the fourth block, the street becomes exclusively pedestrian and various clothing and footwear shops can be found. On the fifth block the department store Saga Falabella is located. The Cathedral of La Merced is located on the sixth block as well as

416-569: The Colonida group, which was less avant-garde than their criticism. The anthology included Valdelomar's best-known poems, "Tristitia" and "El hermano ausente en la cena de Pascua...", both of which influenced the early writing of César Vallejo , whom Valdelomar had taken under his wing on the latter's arrival in Lima in 1916. Valdelomar promised to provide a prologue for Vallejo's first collection of poetry, Los heraldos negros , but his ambitious lecture tours of

448-403: The Jirón de la Unión has returned to being a commercial center; however, it has long lost its aristocratic character. The last change that has been made is the demolition of the concrete benches placed in the 1970s that were built with the intent to pedestrianize the road. These have been replaced with new benches inscribed with the coat of arms of each of the different departments of Peru . From

480-405: The axis on which the city was planned on. Thus, streets intersecting with the Jirón de la Unión had two separate names, one for their west side and another for the east. At the start of the republican era, the Jirón de la Unión developed various pubs and restaurants as well as imported goods stores and jewelers. This caused upper-class Limans to frequent this roadway. Until the 1950s, the term irse

512-504: The democratic government of Fernando Belaunde Terry , the bank changed its name to InterBanc but it was still property of the Peruvian government. In July 1994, Carlos Rodriguez-Pastor Sr. along with several North American businessmen purchased 91% of the bank's stocks. The new owners changed the name to Interbank . Part of the expansion strategy at that point was to open agency branches in supermarkets so customers could shop and bank at

544-466: The east, Bolivia Avenue to the west, and the commencement of the Paseo de la República expressway and Paseo de los Héroes Navales . 12°03′00″S 77°02′02″W  /  12.0499°S 77.0340°W  / -12.0499; -77.0340 Abraham Valdelomar Pedro Abraham Valdelomar Pinto (April 27, 1888 – November 3, 1919) was a Peruvian narrator, poet, journalist, essayist and dramatist. He

576-431: The economic recession and the increase of crime drove away visitors. At this time, the Jirón was converted into a commercial emporium with a great quantity of abandoned store property and a large number of street sellers. It was not until the next decade until the reorganization of the historic center took place at the orders of the mayor Alberto Andrade Carmona which allowed the Jirón to reactivate its economy. Currently,

608-453: The following year sent him on a diplomatic posting to Rome, where he wrote his best-loved and prize-winning story, El Caballero Carmelo . In 1914, after Billinghurst's overthrow, Valdelomar was forced to return to Peru, where he worked as secretary to historian Jose de la Riva-Agüero , under whose influence he wrote La mariscala , the biography of Francisca Zubiaga (1803–1835), wife of the president, Agustín Gamarra . He returned to work as

640-421: The following year, including two novels, La ciudad de los tísicos and La ciudad muerta , which show the influence of Gabriele d'Annunzio . Valdelomar was also becoming increasingly interested in politics, and in 1912 he participated in the successful presidential campaign of Guillermo Billinghurst . To reward him for his support, Billinghurst named Valdelomar editor of the newspaper El Peruano in 1912, and

672-522: The foundation of Lima , and until 1862, streets had a different name for each individual block. In this sense, one avenue in reality was made up of a variety of different streets. For this reason, before it was called the Jirón de la Unión, each of its eleven blocks had a different name. The Jirón de la Unión begins its route at the Rimac river . The Puente de Piedra , also known as the Puente Trujillo as it

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704-612: The genre of "cuentos criollos," creole stories or local fiction focused on daily life in the port town of Pisco, a coastal area usually left out of accounts of Peru, which focused on either Lima or the Andean regions. The second was an ambitious modernista reworking of legends of life under the Inca empire. He was also the author of two important essays: the first, "La sicología del gallinazo," an anti-tourist, unembellished guide to Lima and its psychology, which would later influence Julio Ramón Ribeyro ;

736-530: The impact this street had on the economic and social aspects of the city's daily life. In 1954, the Casa Monterrey supermarket, the first such chain in the country, opened its first store in the stret's 54th block. In the 1970s, the third through ninth blocks of the street were restricted solely for pedestrian use. In the 1980s, the Historic Centre of Lima suffered through a period of decadence in which

768-466: The more than 20,000 employees of the Intercorp Group companies. Utility bills can be paid at Interbank branches. Jiron de la Union The Jirón de la Unión , or Union Street , is a pedestrian street located in the Historic Centre of Lima , part of the capital of Peru . For many decades it was the most important boulevards of the city, often described as the most aristocratic, where many of

800-453: The most affluent citizens of the city and most powerful men around the world would meet. Subsequently, with the deterioration of the center of Lima, the Jirón de la Unión lost its aristocratic character and became completely commercialized. The Jirón de la Unión was built by Francisco Pizarro in 1535 the year of the foundation of Lima . It is located on the western side of the Plaza de Armas . It

832-585: The need for the writer to turn himself into a celebrity. He has been pictured on the Peruvian sol S/ 50 banknote since its introduction in 1991. Valdelomar was born in Ica and grew up in the port city of San Andrés Pisco . His childhood in this idyllic coastal setting and within an affectionate household are often the basis for his short stories and poems. After studying at the well-known College of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Lima , in 1905 he enrolled to study literature at

864-564: The position of General Manager (CEO) since 2011. Interbank provides ATM services under the GlobalNet brand which accept debit and credit cards from around the world, as well as permitting cash deposits. Interbank also provides change machines which exchange notes for coins. The bank has a corporate university belonging to the Intercorp Group called Interbank Corporate University, known as UCIC. This organization provides training services to

896-499: The presidency until sixteen days before the national elections. The block ends with the Interbank corporate headquarters located in an early republic building. A Saga Falabella department store is also located on this block. After the intersection with Emancipation Avenue, the seventh block is the location of the since-demolished Palais Concert. After this block, the Jirón is made up of casinos and restaurants. The ninth block his home to

928-493: The provinces distracted his attention. Vallejo's collection finally appeared without the prologue in 1919, although it had been completed in 1918—which has led to some confusion over its publication date. In the meantime, Valdelomar was giving lectures the length and breadth of the country; as part of his commitment to reaching and educating a broad audience, but also as part and parcel of his efficient showmanship and entrepreneurial sense, he offered this first lectures in each town at

960-651: The same time. In 2004, Interbank bought the supermarket chain Supermercados Santa Isabel from the transnational Ahold , and they founded Supermercados Peruanos . They have offices inside Vivanda and Plaza Vea stores. Currently, Interbank has 230 branches, called "tiendas" or stores, over 1,500 ATMs, and over 1,500 Interbank Agentes in Peru. In 2007, Interbank opened a business agency in Shanghai , China in order to facilitate negotiations between Chinese and Peruvians. Luis Felipe Castellanos López-Torres holds

992-527: The smaller Plazoleta de la Merced church, where in 1821, José de San Martín declared the Independence of Peru , which is commemorated by a bronze statue. A monument to the former Peruvian president Ramón Castilla is located on the square. On the same square, a plaque commemorates Fernando Belaúnde Terry 's march of protest against the National Jury of Elections , which did not register his candidacy for

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1024-516: Was not until the early 20th century however, that it was given its current name. In 1535, The founder of Lima , Francisco Pizarro , designated a lot on this street to contain the City Hall ; the current city hall still retains that same location. It is also one of the roads that surrounds the Palace of Government of Peru . In 1862, with the adoption of a new system of nomenclature, the street ceased to be

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