Casa Courret — Attraction in Lima Metropolitan Area

Casa Courret is located on the pedestrian street Jirón de la Unión, or rather the part of the street which is most popular, most frequented and most often mentioned; it connects Plaza San-Martin in the south and Plaza de Armas (now rechristened as Plaza Mayor) in the north. There is a southernmost extension of the street (from Plaza San-Martin to Avenida Franklin D. Roosevelt) but it is more grimey and not really a part of Jirón de la Unión, attraction-wise. The street is almost entirely lined up with stores and to a lesser degree restaurants, mostly of a fast-food nature. The stores are both chains and independent retailers, invariably of a budget tier (that is for the Americans, whereas for the locals they might be considered as highly-prized shopping destinations). The street offers many architectural points of interest, such as colonial buildings with their ornate wooden carved Moorish balconies and buildings in the Belle Epoque or Art Nouveau style. The elegantly curvy Art Nouveau style is represented by the beautiful 1906 Casa Courret, which used to be the studio of the Eugenio Courret Photography, founded by the famous Lima photographer, a French native Eugène/Eugenio Courret; by the time the building was inaugurated, in 1905-1906, the studio was operated by his successor Adolfo Dubreuil, whereas Monsieur Courret himself has already returned to France. The street address is Jirón de la Unión 459, but it is of little help, for the street numbering in Lima is a nightmare to navigate. It is approximately the 5th building on your left, walking down from Plaza Mayor to...

Art Nouveau at its best! One of the most beautiful facades to admire in the Jirón de la Unión is that of the Casa Courret. From 1863 to 1935, the building housed the photo studio "Fotografia Central", founded by Eugenio and Aquiles Courret. The name of Adolphe Dubreuil also adorns the facade, because Eugenio Courret founded a second photo studio with...

Casa neorrococó de finales del siglo XIX donde funcionaba el celebérrimo estudio fotográfico que atestó esa Lima que se fue, a medio caballo del virreinato y la republica. Ubicada en el céntrico jirón de la Unión, zona neurálgica del comercio limense, es una vista imperdible, aunque afeada por un farol y unos cables...