CASA OSAMBLEA

The House or House Osambela Oquendo is a late colonial building , rococo architectural style , which was completed between 1803 and 1805 . The land on which the house stands , corresponded to a destroyed part of the novitiate of Santo Domingo. In view of the convent had debts , and to meet the payments and end with works of the church that had been left unfinished , it was decided to sell part of the land to the ship owner , banker and merchant Osambela Spanish Martín .

When the liberator Jose de San Martin arrived home Osambela made ​​available for the big dance that offered Libertador Lima society . Also, this house served as home to the liberator after proclaiming the Independence of Peru .
When Osambela died in 1854 , the wife decides to sell the property to cancel debts incurred by her late husband, passing this way at the hands of Jose Oquendo Assumption man known for Lima society , why people began to call the property as Casa Oquendo , the name by which it is also known today.
The House Osambela draws two peculiarities which distinguished it from the other buildings in Lima at the time. The rooms are arranged in parallel to the street having five balconies. Another feature of the house, is that the four levels , the last of them an octagonal gazebo .
It was declared a National Monument in 1963 and Heritage Cultural Property in 1973.