Sheraton Lima Historic Center

Sheraton Lima Historic Center
Sheraton Lima Historic Center
	The building in 2013
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Alternative names	Sheraton Lima Hotel & Convention Center
General information
Architectural style	Brutalist
Location	Historic Centre of Lima
Address	170 Luis Bedoya Reyes Ave.
Inaugurated	1 March 1973
Owner	Sheraton Hotels and Resorts
Technical details
Floor count	20
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Ricardo Jaxa-Malachowski Benavides [es]
Other information
Number of rooms	431

The Sheraton Lima Historic Center, known as the Sheraton Lima Hotel & Convention Center until 2022,^[1] is a luxury hotel located in the historic centre of Lima, Peru. The hotel is part of the Lima Civic Center, which includes a multi-purpose building and a shopping mall, which was itself built above the grounds of the former Lima Penitentiary.^[2]^[3]

History

American hotel chain Sheraton Hotels and Resorts arrived in Peru at the end of the 1960s, and began construction of its hotel on the south side of the Lima Civic Center where the Lima Penitentiary was formerly located. The building where it was built formed, together with the Torre de Lima of the Civic Centre, a classic view of the predominant Lima skyline during the 1970s.^[2]^[3]

The hotel opened its doors on 1 March 1973, as the Sheraton Lima Hotel. Despite rumours of ghosts of the former prison haunting the place, the hotel opened without incident.^[4] In its early years, it housed people such as Venezuelan actress Lupita Ferrer and singer José Luis Rodríguez, Cuban singer Celia Cruz and Spanish singer Miguel Bosé.^[1]

Being located in the Paseo de los Héroes Navales, the hotel has had an active participation in the political life of Peru, serving as a dais for the political rallies that have been held in said plaza. During the events of 5 February 1975, known as the Limazo, the hotel, as well as the neighbouring Lima Tower of the Civic Centre, were damaged by a fire amid riots in their immediate surroundings.^[5]^[6] In the year 2000 the stage was raised during the Four Quarters March.

On 30 May 2016, Natalie Paola Rikeros, a 17-year-old Venezuelan girl travelling with a Hare Krishna group, committed suicide by jumping from the hotel's rooftop after sneaking into the building's stairwell.^[7]^[8] The girl was erroneously identified by local police as a Christian Colombian girl under the name Paola Dominice Pérez, and the information was spread by early reports.^[7]^[9]^[10] The event drew a crowd on the street below, and was caught on film by bystanders.^[11]

In August 2022, the hotel officially changed its name to Sheraton Lima Historic Center to "strengthen its ties" with the historic centre of Lima.^[1]^[4]

References

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Treneman, Alvaro (3 August 2022). "Sheraton: Historias del emblemático hotel de Lima que ahora cambia de nombre". Perú 21.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Los 40 años del Hotel Sheraton de Lima". El Comercio. 18 March 2013.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Conoce qué prestigioso hotel limeño era antes la penitenciaría más peligrosa (FOTOS)". Correo. 30 June 2018.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Sheraton, ¿por qué el emblemático hotel cambiará de nombre a inicios de agosto?". Federación de Periodistas del Perú. 4 August 2022.
^ Batalla, Carlos (29 November 2020). "Huelga policial 1975: el episodio que casi acaba con el gobierno de Velasco Alvarado". El Comercio.
^ "5 de febrero de 1975". ARKIV Perú. 5 February 2013.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Mamani, María Elena (25 October 2022). "La joven del Sheraton: se subió hasta el piso 20 del hotel, trepó un muro y se lanzó ante la mirada atónita de miles de personas". Infobae.
^ "Sheraton: conoce aquí la verdadera historia de la joven suicida". El Popular. 12 June 2016.
^ "Adolescente se suicidó lanzándose desde último piso del hotel Sheraton". RPP Noticias. 1 June 2016.
^ "Joven que se suicidó lanzándose de la azotea del Hotel Sheraton era colombiana". Andina. 1 June 2016.
^ "Hotel Sheraton: testigos captaron estas imágenes del suicidio". El Comercio. 1 June 2016.

External links

Footage of a fire in the Hotel during the Limazo, captured by an AP cameraman (5 February 1975)

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[name-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Treneman, Alvaro (3 August 2022). "Sheraton: Historias del emblemático hotel de Lima que ahora cambia de nombre". Perú 21.

[ElComercio-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Los 40 años del Hotel Sheraton de Lima". El Comercio. 18 March 2013.

[Correo-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Conoce qué prestigioso hotel limeño era antes la penitenciaría más peligrosa (FOTOS)". Correo. 30 June 2018.

[FPP-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Sheraton, ¿por qué el emblemático hotel cambiará de nombre a inicios de agosto?". Federación de Periodistas del Perú. 4 August 2022.

[5] Batalla, Carlos (29 November 2020). "Huelga policial 1975: el episodio que casi acaba con el gobierno de Velasco Alvarado". El Comercio.

[6] "5 de febrero de 1975". ARKIV Perú. 5 February 2013.

[Mamani-7] Jump up to: ^a ^b Mamani, María Elena (25 October 2022). "La joven del Sheraton: se subió hasta el piso 20 del hotel, trepó un muro y se lanzó ante la mirada atónita de miles de personas". Infobae.

[8] "Sheraton: conoce aquí la verdadera historia de la joven suicida". El Popular. 12 June 2016.

[9] "Adolescente se suicidó lanzándose desde último piso del hotel Sheraton". RPP Noticias. 1 June 2016.

[10] "Joven que se suicidó lanzándose de la azotea del Hotel Sheraton era colombiana". Andina. 1 June 2016.

[11] "Hotel Sheraton: testigos captaron estas imágenes del suicidio". El Comercio. 1 June 2016.

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v t e Lima landmarks
Pre-Columbian buildings	Huaca Huallamarca Huaca Pucllana Huaca Santa Catalina Pachacamac Puruchuco
Colonial buildings	Balconies of Lima Basilica and Convent of Nuestra Señora de la Merced Monument Plazoleta Basilica and Convent of San Francisco Catacombs Basilica and Convent of San Pedro Basilica of Santo Domingo Plazuela Casa de Aliaga Casa de Divorciadas Casa de Osambela Casa de Pilatos Casa del Oidor Casa Goyeneche Casa Hacienda Punchauca Casa Matusita Casa O'Higgins Casa Riva-Agüero Casona of the National University of San Marcos Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Museum of Art Theatre Cathedral Basilica of Lima Sanctuary Cementerio Presbítero Matías Maestro Cripta de los Héroes Church of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph Church of Saint Catherine of Siena Church of Saint Lazarus Church of the Good Death Church of the Holy Christ of Wonders Church of the Orphans Church of Our Lady of Copacabana Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church of Our Lady of Patronage Church of Saint Anne Church of Saint Augustine Church of Saint Liberata Church of Saint Mary Magdalene Convent of Our Lady of the Angels Cuartel Barbones Fort of Santa Catalina Iglesia de la Recoleta Mogrovejo Hospital Monastery of Saint Rose of Lima National Mint of Peru Palacio de la Magdalena Palacio de Torre Tagle Panteón de los Próceres Plaza de toros de Acho Real Felipe Fortress Royal College of the University of San Marcos Royal Hospital of Saint Andrew Sanctuary and Monastery of Las Nazarenas Sanctuary of Saint Rose of Lima Seminario de Lima St. Clare's Monastery Mill St. Sebastian's Church Trinitarian Church Walls of Lima
Other touristic buildings	Archbishop's Palace Association of Amateur Artists Atlas Building Bar Cordano BBVA Building Begonias Tower Casa Arenas Loayza Casa de Correos y Telégrafos Casa de las Trece Monedas Casa del Pueblo Casa Fernandini, Lima Casa Fernandini, Santa María del Mar Casa Roosevelt Casa Rusa Casa Sal y Rosas Casa Suárez Chinatown Arch Chocavento Tower Church of Our Lady of the Forsaken Club de la Unión Club Nacional Country Club Lima Hotel Cristo del Pacífico Delfines Hotel & Convention Center Desamparados station Diez de Octubre School Eduardo Dibos Colosseum El Ángel Cemetery Gamarra Government Palace Obelisk Gran Hotel Bolívar Gran Hotel Maury Guadalupe College Hermitage of Barranco Hospital Civil de la Misericordia Hotel Crillón Immaculate Heart of Mary Church Monument Institute of Hygiene Interbank Building Javier Alzamora Valdez Building La Atarjea La Colmena Building La Rosa Náutica Larcomar Teatro La Plaza Library of Congress Lima Civic Center Legislative Palace Lima Convention Center Lima Stock Exchange Building Luis Gálvez Chipoco Stadium Mesa Redonda Monumental Stadium Morro Solar War Monument Mosque of Lima National Geographic Institute National Library of Peru National Maternal Perinatal Institute National Stadium of Peru Palacio de la Exposición Palacio de Miraflores Palacio Municipal Palace of Justice Petroperú Building Public Ministry of Peru Quinta Heeren Quinta Leuro Quinta Presa Rospigliosi Castle Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus Church Sheraton Lima Historic Center Stone of Taulichusco The Westin Lima Hotel & Convention Center Torre Banco de la Nación
Museums and theatres	Aeronautical Museum Bodega y Quadra Museum Canout Theatre Casa Grau Naval Museum Combatants of the Morro de Arica Museum DIRCOTE Museum Gold Museum of Peru and Arms of the World Gran Teatro Nacional José Carlos Mariátegui Museum Larco Museum Lima Art Museum Metropolitan Museum Morro Solar Planetarium Municipal Theatre Museum Museum of Congress and the Inquisition Museum of Contemporary Art Museum of the Brain Museum of the Central Reserve Bank of Peru Museum of Elections and Democracy Museum of Italian Art Museum of Natural History National Afro-Peruvian Museum National Museum of Archaeology, Anthropology and History National Museum National Museum of Peruvian Culture Naval Museum Pinacotheca of Lima Teatro Colón Teatro Municipal Teatro Peruano Japonés Teatro Segura
Squares and promenades	Cinco esquinas Jirón de la Unión Pasaje Olaya Monument Paseo de los Héroes Navales Las llamas La yunta Paseo Colón Columbus Statue Pizza Blvd. Plaza de la Bandera Plaza Bolívar Plaza Bolognesi Plaza de la Democracia Plaza Dos de Mayo Plaza Francia Statue of Liberty Plaza Grau Monument Plaza Italia Plaza Manco Cápac Monument Plaza Mayor Fountain Plaza Perú Plaza Ramón Castilla Monument Plaza San Martín Lamp of the Three Graces Plazuela de las Artes Plazuela del Teatro Monument
Parks and zoos	Alameda Chabuca Granda Alameda de los Descalzos Museum Bridge of Sighs Campo de Marte Monument Costa Verde Pan-American Complex El Olivar Friendship Park Cultural Centre Museum Heroes of Independence Park Huachipa Zoo Malecón de Miraflores Love Park Villena Bridge Medicinal Botanical Garden Kennedy Park Lachay National Reserve Pantanos de Villa Wildlife Refuge Parque de la Exposición Fountain Parque de La Muralla Pizarro statue Parque de la Reserva Parque de las Leyendas Paseo de Aguas Plazuela Chabuca Granda Monument Reducto № 2 Museum University Park Clock
Education	Antonio Ruiz de Montoya University Cayetano Heredia University Federico Villarreal National University National Superior Autonomous School of Fine Arts Cultural Centre National University of Engineering National University of San Marcos Officers' School of the National Police of Peru Peruvian University of Applied Sciences Pontifical Catholic University of Peru Raúl Porras Barrenechea Institute Ricardo Palma University Technological University of Peru University of Engineering and Technology Campus University of Lima
Health	Archbishop Loayza National Hospital Dos de Mayo National Hospital Edgardo Rebagliati Martins National Hospital San Bartolomé National Hospital Víctor Larco Herrera Hospital
Nearby areas with beaches	Ancón Callao Base Port Chancay Chorrillos La Herradura Miraflores La Pampilla Pucusana
Former	Banco Comercial Barranco Lake Barranco Zoo Cabildo of Lima Casa Alcántara Casa Marcionelli Casa Oechsle Casa Tenaud Church of Our Lady of the Forsaken Cine Tauro El Sexto Prison Gate of Lima Giacoletti Building Great Clock of Lima Hipódromo de San Felipe Hipódromo de Santa Beatriz Lima Penitentiary Limatambo Airport Limatambo Building Marsano Palace Moorish Arch Museo de la Nación National Stadium San Jorge Prison San Martín barracks Venetian Palace Saint Paul's College Viceregal Palace

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