Avenida España (Lima)

The avenue's inception began in the early 20th century, as the city of Lima expanded westward.^[2] The avenue's 3rd block begins at the site of the former Lima Penitentiary, today the Lima Civic Center.^[2]

From the late 1940s to the early 1990s, the avenue's intersection with Garcilaso de la Vega was the location of the former U.S. Embassy^[3][4] until its move to Monterrico due to being targeted by the terrorist group Shining Path on several occasions,^[5] as well as by the MRTA, who bombed the embassy on February 14, 1990.^[6]

It starts at its intersection with the Plaza Grau and the Paseo de la República with a circulating direction from east to west. Between Paseo de la República and Avenida Garcilaso de la Vega, the avenue passes under a bridge, near the Civic Center. The 4th block of the avenue houses the art deco-style building of the Provincial Sub-Prefecture of Lima.^[2]

The intersection with Garcilaso de la Vega is the location of the Clínica Internacional since the 1990s^[7] and of the Casa Matusita, popularly known as a haunted house.^[8]