Parque Pino - City Plaza Puno - Peru

Parque Pino, connected to the larger Plaza de Armas by the pedestrian stretch of Jirón Lima, was landscaped in 1901, to honor puneño, Dr. Manuel Pino, who emerged as a hero of the Guerra del Pacífico against Chile. A statue of the doctor stands atop a column in the center of the park, and busts of other notable local sons who partook in this campaign are found below. One side of the square is taken up by the "Glorious National College of San Carlos," founded by Simón Bolívar, general of South America’s independence wars.

Location:

Jirón Lima and Jirón Arbulú

City Plaza

Getting There

From the Plaza de Armas, walk three blocks north on Jirón Lima.

Price Description: Free.

Relative price: Free

Travel Skills: None

Currencies accepted
Peruvian nuevo sol

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By Ricardo Segreda
Growing up in New York, Rick Segreda used to cut out of high school in order to hang out at the Museum of Modern Art and catch foreign-language...

Updated: 12 Jun 2012