España Avenue (Trujillo)

España Avenue

España Avenue in Trujillo city
Location Trujillo
From Larco Avenue (West)
To Larco Avenue

España Avenue is one of the main vias in the Peruvian city of Trujillo located on the north coast of Peru. This avenue was built in an elliptical shape in the footsteps of the ancient wall of Trujillo and it surrounds the Historic Centre of Trujillo. This avenue hosts shopping centers and several companies. Having elliptical shape your journey begins and ends at the same point, if the tour starts in the west, on Larco Avenue, to scroll through any of the lanes of the avenue will end the tour at the same starting point.[1]

Route

The avenue is formed by 27 blocks.[2] The first block of the avenue begins at the intersection with Larco Avenue up to Independence Street, in the historic center of Trujillo, all blocks of the avenue are cutting varied, there are schools, shopping centers, financial centers, services, etc.

Map of Trujillo in 1786 made by Baltasar Jaime Martínez Compañón, It is shown the Wall of Trujillo
Map current historic center of Trujillo, still conserves the same structure of its foundation, It is seen the España avenue built over the trace of the old Wall of Trujillo

Tourístic points

See also

References

  1. ↑ Plan de desarrollo territorial de Trujillo (PLANDET). "ORDENANZA REGLAMENTARIA DE ZONIFICACION DEL CENTRO HISTÓRICO DE TRUJILLO" (PDF). Retrieved November 17, 2012.
  2. ↑ "(Spanish) La avenida España se iluminó esta noche". Retrieved December 8, 2012.

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