Two blocks or so from the market and the archway in downtown Huamanga, on Av. 28 de Julio, there is a small Army-run museum dedicated to the memory of Andrés Avelino Cáceres Dorregaray.
Cáceres was a military officer who rose through the ranks, eventually leading the resistance to the Chilean expeditionary forces invading during the War of the Pacific, and subsequently against the government which signed the Treaty of Ancon, which ended the war. For these efforts he is regarded as a national hero, and in his own time came to be regarded as an elder statesman, and was called upon to serve as President on three separate occasions.
In 1919 the government awarded Cáceres the rank of Marshall. He died at Ancon in 1923 at the age of 90.
Though he was born in Huamanga, his home and former estate are in neighboring Huancavelica department. The museum is located in a casona (colonial mansion) that was the home of the Marquis of Mozobamba, and contains some of the Marquis' belongings in addition to items that belonged to Cáceres and others from the period.
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| Andrés Avelino Cáceres, wearing the presidential sash |
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| Cáceres' epaulets |
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| Cáceres' medical kit box, used during the Battle of Acuchimay |
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| Cáceres' signature |
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| Casona of the Marquis of Mozobamba |
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| Funerary effigy of either conquistador Pedro Álvarez Holguín or colonial governor Juan Gutierrez de Quintanilla |
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| Colonial painting, of the Ayacucho School, depicting the Last Supper with guinea pig and chapla-like bread |
Museo Andrés Avelino Cáceres
Avenida 28 de Julio #512
Ayacucho, Peru
Tel: +51 066 81 8686
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