San Pedro de Lloc

San Pedro de Lloc is a town in the La Libertad Region of northern Peru and the capital of the coastal Pacasmayo Province, about 99 kilometres north of Trujillo. It is known for its main Catholic church, the Iglesia Matriz de San Pedro de Lloc on the Plaza de Armas, which is considered part of the patrimony of Peru, and as the last residence of the Italian-born scientist Antonio Raimondi, whose home within a block of the main plaza is open to the public as a museum. In the pre-Columbian period the territory belonged to the great Chimú culture; in the colonial period it belonged to the village of Saña, and in the republican era to the province of Lambayeque until 22 March 1839, when Agustín Gamarra formed the province of Chiclayo and included the district of San Pedro de Lloc in it, with Chiclayo as its capital. Notable people include José Andrés Rázuri Esteves, a hero of the independence war.