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La '''Casa de Fierro''' (English: the Iron House, French: La Maison de Fer), located in the city of [[Iquitos]] in the jungle of [[Peru]], in front of the major square between Prospero and Putumayo streets, is a large iron residence built during the [[rubber boom]] at the end of the nineteenth century. |
La '''Casa de Fierro''' ([[archaism]], English: the Iron House, French: La Maison de Fer), located in the city of [[Iquitos]] in the jungle of [[Peru]], in front of the major square between Prospero and Putumayo streets, is a large iron residence built during the [[rubber boom]] at the end of the nineteenth century. |
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La Casa de Fierro is one of the finest as well as best-preserved samples of civil architecture in Peru. The walls, ceiling, and balcony are plastered in rectangular sheets of iron. It is said to be the first prefabricated house in the Americas.<ref>''Practiguia Peru'', First ed., pag. 261. Peru Guia S.R.L., Lima, 1994 {{es icon}}</ref> It was designed by the French architect [[Gustave Eiffel]] and built in the Belgian workshops of Les Forjes D´Aisseau. Rubber baron Anselmo del Aguila bought it at the International Exposition of Paris in 1889. Once dismantled, it was brought in pieces to Iquitos (the metal sheets were carried by hundreds of men through the jungle), and assembled there in 1890. |
La Casa de Fierro is one of the finest as well as best-preserved samples of civil architecture in Peru. The walls, ceiling, and balcony are plastered in rectangular sheets of iron. It is said to be the first prefabricated house in the Americas.<ref>''Practiguia Peru'', First ed., pag. 261. Peru Guia S.R.L., Lima, 1994 {{es icon}}</ref> It was designed by the French architect [[Gustave Eiffel]] and built in the Belgian workshops of Les Forjes D´Aisseau. Rubber baron Anselmo del Aguila bought it at the International Exposition of Paris in 1889. Once dismantled, it was brought in pieces to Iquitos (the metal sheets were carried by hundreds of men through the jungle), and assembled there in 1890. |
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| The Iron House | |
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La Casa de Fierro Template:Es icon | |
 The "Casa de Fierro" in the Peruvian jungle | |
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| Alternative names | La Maison de Fer Template:Fr icon |
| General information | |
| Type | House |
| Location | Iquitos, Peru  Peru |
| Address | streets Próspero/Putumayo |
| Coordinates | 3°44′59.49″S 73°14′38.41″W / 3.7498583°S 73.2440028°W |
| Current tenants | "The Café of the Amazon" (restaurant; second floor) |
| Construction started | 1887 (creation in Belgium) |
| Completed | 1889 (prefabrication state) |
| Inaugurated | 1890 (built in Iquitos) |
| Owner | Judith Acosta Vda. De Fortes |
| Technical details | |
| Structural system | Precompression |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Gustave Eiffel |
| Awards and prizes | Cultural Heritage of Peru |
La Casa de Fierro (archaism, English: the Iron House, French: La Maison de Fer), located in the city of Iquitos in the jungle of Peru, in front of the major square between Prospero and Putumayo streets, is a large iron residence built during the rubber boom at the end of the nineteenth century.
La Casa de Fierro is one of the finest as well as best-preserved samples of civil architecture in Peru. The walls, ceiling, and balcony are plastered in rectangular sheets of iron. It is said to be the first prefabricated house in the Americas.[1] It was designed by the French architect Gustave Eiffel and built in the Belgian workshops of Les Forjes D´Aisseau. Rubber baron Anselmo del Aguila bought it at the International Exposition of Paris in 1889. Once dismantled, it was brought in pieces to Iquitos (the metal sheets were carried by hundreds of men through the jungle), and assembled there in 1890.
Since 1985, it is being administered by the Club Social de Iquitos; which has contributed in its restoration. Its second floor now has a restaurant.
A fully different story of the origin of the house is told in Mario Vargas Llosa's novel Captain Pantoja and the Special Service (Pantaleón y las visitadoras).
See also
References
- ^ Practiguia Peru, First ed., pag. 261. Peru Guia S.R.L., Lima, 1994 Template:Es icon
External links
- Iquitos: following the route of the rubber boom
- Template:Fr La Casa de fierro d'Iquitos (Pérou): Une oeuvre du "magicien du fer" (Gustave Eiffel) en pleine Amazonie
- Template:Fr La Casa de Fierro d'Iquitos (Pérou): Gustave Eiffel en pleine Amazonie
- Iquitos Times "Any Old Iron?"
- ikitos.com A brief history of the Iron House.