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Banco Comercial (1962–2000)

Buildings and structures completed in 1963Buildings and structures demolished in 2005Buildings and structures destroyed by arsonDemolished buildings and structures in PeruHistoric Centre of Lima
Banco Comercial del Perú (1965) 2
Banco Comercial del Perú (1965) 2

The Banco Comercial was a multi-purpose office building located in the historic centre of Lima, Peru. It housed the Banco Comercial del Perú (BANCOPER), after which it was named, and later the Banco de la Nación. The building was designed by Peruvian architect Enrique Seoane Ros, and built by Flores & Costa, S.A., a Peruvian construction firm. It was destroyed by a fire during the Four Quarters March caused by a bomb reportedly planted under the orders of Vladimiro Montesinos, then director of the National Intelligence Service, in order to discredit the protests against Alberto Fujimori, then president of Peru. The building was replaced by the Plaza de la Democracia, inaugurated on July 27, 2006, by Alejandro Toledo. The bank itself moved to San Isidro prior to the inauguration of its new headquarters in 2015.

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Banco Comercial (1962–2000)
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15001 Lima Metropolitan Area, Lima
Lima, Peru
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