| Casa de las Trece Monedas | |
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| General information | |
| Architectural style | Late Baroque |
| Address | Jirón Áncash 536 [1] |
| Owner | National Afro-Peruvian Museum |
The House of the Thirteen Coins (Spanish : Casa de las Trece Monedas) is a historical building in the neighbourhood of Barrios Altos, in the historic centre of Lima, built during the Viceregal era of Peru. Since 2009, it houses the National Afro-Peruvian Museum. [1]
Its architectural style is French Rococo, from the second half of the 18th century. [2] It shows a slender doorway, cornices with flower motifs, and small windows with curved panels.
The building belonged to the López-Flores family, Counts of Puente Pelayo. [2] It owes its name to the thirteen coins found in the coat of arms of the owner family. Currently it is the headquarters of the National Afro-Peruvian Museum, but it was also once the headquarters of the Institute of Mathematics and Related Sciences of the National University of Engineering. [3] [4] In 1972 it was declared Cultural heritage of Peru. [2]
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