In the nineteenth century, the expansion of world trade pushed the construction of ports, railways and cities on the southern coast of Peru. Mollendo is a city whose architecture was imported from the southern state of Oregon in the United States. Most of the ports of Mollendo were built with wood from the American city.
Don Enrique Chavez Jara, live in this port, he is aware of its history, and talk dominates phallicity on this topic.
days before the agreed time and place of our meeting on Saturday, March 20-across from the obelisk was waiting for me Don Enrique sits a bench in the square one with a bag and a specification of cardboard, where he had taped a series of old photographs of Mollendo those which had made a expositions, brought them in order to show the wooden houses of old Mollendo how it has changed at present and still remain due the efforts of their owners who hold them.
Don Enrique begins to explain the history of Mollendo, and "... before it starts, I can record this conversation?" I ask-"clear", he answers with ease. Initially
Mollendo houses were of "wood color" that is not painted so that there was a resinous element was called "condom" and consisted of throw it in the wood to protect it from moths, this resin had no color .... so begins our conversation about the history and architecture of Mollendo, an issue that is also known by me and is the reason why we understood very well, speak the same language,
after showing his photo collection, walk Castilla Marriscal the avenue, saying "... this avenue was called before the orchard street because mission style architecture houses were surrounded by beautiful gardens and wooden lattice, there are still remnants of these bars in some homes that we will examine forward "shows me the" villa Velasquez ", the home of Maria Auxiliadora school and the" people's house "recently restored, where he participated. While
I Blondell street shows and explains the neoclassical architecture of the houses of reinforced concrete and wooden houses of simple architecture, - the curious, "he says, - esque these homes are on a slope by the geography of the place, some homes are cosntuidas on rocks and in streams that is why they made basement-and it shows me a house, modern cosntruccion that their input is down, and-across, a wooden house that is at high level, being built on rock, has some steps that connect to the gateway.
We are facing one built in 1916 whose original owners were the brothers Carlos and Enrique Delgado, this house is neoclassical French, which emphasizes, for example four columns Corinthian there are those who say that this house is a copy of the Trianon at Versailles in France .... - I said in the plaza Grau where we sat on a bench. there is three types of architecture: the wooden, reinforced concrete and brick, "said Commissioner and suprefectura - and the seasoning is one of the first buildings in Mollendo of brick, made around 1940 - the Cazorla house, that of excess (wood) was the movie theater Mollendo Flanagan's house still retains its style and the English Donelly which is on the corner of Calle Arequipa and Plaza Grau.
Wilson walked down the passage to "Station", also restored, figuring in the transit of those men of port when This was in business - "The rail workers working in the office and while they were musicians, and when the train arrived ... down, changed his uniform and played to welcome the tourists" - I said Don Enrique moving arms as if playing a trombone.
I shows two houses on the street that goes to the beaches of Mollendo, these are houses with wood brought from the port of Islay, one of the oldest houses Mollendo. Molllendo
houses with architecture that has its peak port evidence of the last century, Mollendo currently living through a crisis, the desintres Mollendinos to preserve the traditional architecture leads them to say "to fix houses old, must vote on them and build new "clear we are not against progress, but this is what represents Mollendo - Arequipa, Arequipa would not be without its ashlar architecture, if you replace cement in the words of Don Henry, I think it's one of the few passionate about this issue, the Village hsitoriador.
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