martin Osambela house 
The house or house Osambela Oquendo is a colonial-era 
building and stands on the old novitiate of the Dominican
 fathers, destroyed by the earthquake of 1746, and part 
of the garden, fronting on the avenue Veracruz 
(now shred Count Superunda) in the historic center of
 Lima, Peru. It is one of the largest mansions in downtown
 Lima and is notable for its broad facade and balconies
 of excellent quality.
The facade of the house Osambela is neoclassical,
 reminiscent of the Rococo. Sample 5 balconies, Louis
 XVI style, decorated with garlands and accompanied
 by 3 balconies sill. At the top is a gazebo covered by
 a small dome silhouette Muslim.
"Although the house was completed between 1803
 and 1805 in its present form, the eighteenth-century
 architecture remains perfectly still and looks much of
 the finery of Louis XVI and reminiscences of Louis 
XV; cover with neoclassical pilasters with garlands 
Ionic capitals, typical of the style, arch in segment of 
a circle, perillones cup shape flowers, overlapping
 central entry openings on three floors with plastic 
and vertical continuity of low relief in the French 
manner. It is remarkable that this sense of verticality
 is accentuated even more by the lookout, as Lima, who
 tops and exalted, by contrast, and so eloquently, broad
 and horizontal rhythm of the facade. That minaret, 
covered by a small dome silhouette Muslim, it seems
 that the first owner of the house, the Spanish banker 
Osambela binoculars watched the entrance of the 
galleons to Callao ... ".