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The surrounding buildings that you will see there are only part of
what is now called the "Corregidor's House", a name given
by the National Institute of Culture (INC).
The title 'corregidor' was a Spanish title given to officials in Spain
and the colonies, from the Spanish word 'corrector'. In fact, it was
like the role of judge, governor and tax collector all rolled into one
(Ed.note).
The house was built by the priest Silvestre de Valdés, who was
put in charge of the construction of the Cathedral in Puno, after a
visit to Puno by the Earl of Lemos in 1668. In his testament in 1701
the priest left instructions that his house was to be transformed into
a chaplaincy for perpetual masses. The House was rented to José
Salcedo, Marquee of Villa Rica de Salcedos in 1707.
For a century, the Church remained in charge of The House that had indeed
been transformed into a Chaplaincy; then, in 1802, the Church organized
a public sale and The House was acquired by Miguel Pasqual de San Román,
who in 1809 transferred it to María Manuela de Orellana y Velasco,
daughter of Joaquín de Orellana who was the Corregidor in Puno
at that time.
María Manuela in turn gave the property to Manuel Cavallero,
and from that time on The House was divided up and a series of cases
for successors rights were lodged, almost up to 1900, when the property
became unified again under the effort of Juan Manuel Gerónimo
Costa Ondarza, who was representative in the Senate of the Republic
for Puno. Upon his death The House passed on to the sisters Costa Rodríguez.
One of them was Carlos Dreyer Spohr's wife, a German painter and collector
of antiques. His collection would later constitute the Municipal Dreyer
Museum.
In 1976, the heirs of the family Dreyer-Costa sold part of The House
to the Municipality of Puno. In 1980, the other half was declared an
Historical Monument typifying colonial domestic architecture of the
XVIII century; together with the small strip between The House and the
´Prefecture´ which belonged to María de Noriega,
widow of Barriga. Until 1841 this strip was used as a street and in
1981 was acquired by Augusto Dreyer Costa and Christiane Lefebvre. Christiane
Lefebvre was an architect and carried out the most serious reconstruction
of The House until then. In 1986 they jointly sold the entire property
to the Peruvian Central Cooperative Credit Bank (C.C.C.). Then in 1992,
this bank liquidated its assets and its properties were on auction from
then on. In 1995, The House was sold in the 16th public auction, to
the sole bidder, Mrs. Ana María Pino Jordán, the present-day
owner.
Architect Estuardo Núñez Carvalo was involved in restoring
The House to its present condition. It was he who suggested what to
do with the free spaces annexing the property. Later a Group of Architects,
Fabbri & Kukurello, prepared the plans to be presented to the INC
for approval. Skillfully and with great care Antonio Pino Jordán
undertook the task of restoring the property and making it ready for
its present function. Invaluable was the contribution of Dien Koomen
and Andrés Lope who worked in the garden and on the stones that
adorn the vestibule today as was the contribution of Vicente Jallo who
carved the stones and of Architect Joseph Reyes Bedoya, with whom colours
and details of the era were chosen. Finally we would like to note that
Juan, Rafael, Víctor and especially Mourik, Mauro, Zezé
and Martha, and all others who joined in creating this part of the history
of the Corregidor 's House have all done their share with love and dedication.
They have worked for what also belongs to them: PUNO
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