The Heroes' Pantheon (Spanish: Panteón de los Próceres) is a crypt inside the old Church of San Carlos, located at the former Real Convictorio de San Carlos in the historic centre of Lima, that holds the remains of 24 of the national heroes of the Peruvian War of Independence.[1]
History
The Church was inaugurated on January 17, 1765. It belonged to the Jesuit novitiate of San Antonio Abad, but it was transferred after the Jesuits were expelled from Spanish territories. The Church was rebuilt after the 1746 Lima–Callao earthquake leveled Lima, and in 1876 it became the Chapel of the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. In 1924, the remains of various heroes of the wars of independence (1821–1824) were transferred to a crypt just under the altar and the Church was renamed "Panteón de los Proceres", a name which remains to date.[2] The Pantheon features murals by José Sabogal.
In 2024, PROLIMA announced the restoration of the church.[2]
Burials
Here, the remains of 24 independence heroes and 41 effigies are preserved.
Remains
Among the remains of heroes are:
- Ramón Castilla
- Hipólito Unanue
- Pascual Saco Oliveros
- José Andrés Rázuri
- José Bernardo Alcedo
- José de la Torre Ugarte
- Martin George Guisse
- Guillermo Miller
- Francisco Vidal
- Domingo Nieto
- Juan Espinosa de los Monteros
- Mariano Necochea
- Juana de Dios Manrique
- Narciso de la Colina
Effigies
Among the effigies are:
References
- ^ "Panteón de los próceres: trabajadores relatan los escalofriantes sucesos paranormales que han vivido". larepublica.pe (in Spanish). 31 December 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
- ^ a b Cayetano Chávez, José (2024-04-01). "Conoce cómo quedará el Panteón de los Próceres tras restauración: el monumento que resguarda la fe y el patriotismo". El Comercio.
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