Plaza Mayor de Huamanga (Ayacucho)

Peru / Ayacucho / Ayacucho
 park, town square

Known as Plaza de Armas or Plaza Mayor de Huamanga or just Plaza Mayor, the square centers around a park with benches and a statue of Antonio José de Sucre in the middle.

Sucre is the most important Peruvian independence leader, victoriously defeating the Spanish on December 9, 1824 in the Battle of Ayacucho at the Pampa de La Quinua, a few kilometers from Ayacucho.
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Coordinates:   13°9'37"S   74°13'32"W
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