:quality(75)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/elcomercio/NBR33U4N4BCJTOY35YRKS4MI4Y.jpeg?fit=%2C&ssl=1 "The fire left more than 4,000 books on the history of Ica in ashes | EDITION")
A raging fire raged through a house museum in Ica, where they collected thousands of books, documents, photos and more about the history of Ica, affecting the knowledge of the culture of Ica and leaving extensive material damage.
heavy losses
The incident occurred in the early hours of the morning in the neighborhood of Los Ángeles, on Avenida Arenales (next to the old cemetery), in the area where the “Víctor Pacheco Villar” house-museum, owned by the citizen of the same name, is located , which indicated that more than four thousand books on the history of Ica, which were more than 100 years old, of great historical contribution and with an economic value of one million soles, were lost.
“More than 10 years it took me to collect historical books, archives, documents, 4 thousand books are lost, first editions of Ica books, literature, poetry, machotes, original documents and an important collection of more than three thousand old photos of Ica and historical figures, including original documents signed by José María Arguedas, Juan Velazco Alvarado, Francisco Bermúdez, José Matías Manzanilla, Ramón Castilla, Manuel Odría, Augusto B. Leguía and others,” he said.
Víctor Pacheco, a lawyer by profession and collector for decades, stressed that he only managed to save one collection of works of art, as the fire almost completely consumed the important memorable space and also reduced the incunabula books to ashes , in In addition to the first edition, Abraham Valdelomar’s Caballero Carmelo and other first editions by authors that were published in 1800, 1912 and 1920.
He added that he had as a projection to open the space to the general public, and in this way the literary heritage contributes to the investigation and to know the history of Ica through books, but the fire has hindered progress.
Furthermore, support is needed for the removal of the rubble, since the fire also reached the roof of the house and caused its total collapse, so if the population wants to support, contact 956963855.
