Yesterday after i made the konigsberg before war aerial post a lot of people in the comments were saying that the russian actually saved some of the architechture after the war, the last picture is of the castle blown up by explosives

Source of the pictures here, here and here,

The former La Acumulativa building, located on the second block of Jirón Azángaro, was designed by architect Alberto Berton in the late nineteenth century. It followed the Second Empire architectural style and was distinguished by its mansard roofs, dormer windows, and a richly decorated façade.

However, in 1928, the Gildemeister Company demolished it to construct the Gildemeister Building on the same site. Regarded as Lima's first "skyscraper," the new five-story structure featured an Art Deco design, although the term "Art Deco" itself was not coined until the 1960s.

Pt 2 of my yesterday's post

Read the whole story here: https://www.whatsurvivestheflood.com/p/life-and-preservation

This was definitely still there in 2020, but the coverage of this tiny town is very poor. Gone by 2024 at the latest. Blanchard once had just over 500 people, now has only 29. The building to the right was the fire station, and is also gone. My photo from January 2010.

Around 1942-43..

Destroyed by an explosion on 3 November 1941. A replica was consecrated on the site in 2000.