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Museo de los Combatientes del Morro de Arica - Casa de Francisco Bolognesi
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Museo de los Combatientes del Morro de Arica - Casa de Francisco Bolognesi

The house where Francisco Bolognesi was born in 1816, on Jr. Cailloma, turned by the Army in 1975 into a museum devoted to him and the combatants of the Morro de Arica: uniforms, weapons, documents and an original flag from the battle.

Opening hours

Hours
Monday
Closed
Tuesday
09:00–16:00
Wednesday
09:00–16:00
Thursday
09:00–16:00
Friday
09:00–16:00
Saturday
09:00–16:00
Sunday
Closed

About Museo de los Combatientes del Morro de Arica - Casa de Francisco Bolognesi

The Museo de los Combatientes del Morro de Arica occupies the house where Colonel Francisco Bolognesi was born, at Jr. Cailloma 125 (the old calle Afligidos), a few blocks from the Plaza de Armas; the Ministry of War acquired and restored it, and it opened as a museum in June 1975. Today it is run by the Peruvian Army. It is a single-theme museum, with ten rooms on two floors devoted to Bolognesi and the officers and soldiers who fought at Arica on 7 June 1880: uniforms, weapons, sabres, documents, an original flag from the battle and a French Voruz cannon, plus the inner courtyard and the period kitchen (Ministry of Culture leaflet). Our take: it is a short visit focused on a single episode of the War of the Pacific, worth it as much for the story as for seeing what a 19th-century Lima house looked like. It opens Tuesday to Saturday from 9:00 to 16:00 (Ministry of Culture record; Google matches). Curation note: it has no website of its own and no current official admission price; an undated Ministry of Culture leaflet listed S/ 7 for adults and S/ 5 for students.

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