| Jirón Santa Rosa | |
| Part Of: | Damero de Pizarro |
| Namesake: | Saint Rose of Lima |
| Terminus A: | Jirón de la Unión |
| Terminus B: | Miguel Grau Avenue |
| Junction: | Jirón Carabaya, Jirón Lampa, Jirón Azángaro, Abancay Avenue |
| Completion Date: | 1535 |
Jirón Santa Rosa, known as Jirón Antonio Miró Quesada (until 2017)[1] and as Jirón Ayacucho before that,[1] [2] is a major street in the Damero de Pizarro, located in the historic centre of Lima, Peru. The street starts at its intersection with the Jirón de la Unión and continues until it reaches Miguel Grau Avenue.
The road that today constitutes the street was laid by Francisco Pizarro when he founded the city of Lima on January 18, 1535. In 1862, when a new urban nomenclature was adopted, the road was named jirón Ayacucho, after the Department of Ayacucho. Prior to this renaming, each block (cuadra) had a unique name:
The Edificio Fabbri, whose construction concluded in 1890, is located in the street. During the 17th century, it belonged to the heirs of Pedro Gavilán y González de la Torre, thus acquiring the name of the "Casa de los Gavilanes" (a play-on-words on the heirs' family name). It was acquired in 1867 by the Peruvian State to house its official printing press, organised by .[3]
From the 1930s until 2017, the street was renamed Miro Quesada[4] in honour of Antonio Miró Quesada de la Guerra.[5] This name remained until 2017, when it was renamed in honour of Saint Rose of Lima by the Municipality of Lima.[1]
In 2016, four houses collapsed in the street's 12th block, affecting 13 families living there.[6] [7]