Travel Reference
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Sights
CASA DE FIERRO
(cnr Putumayo & Prospero, Plaza de Armas)
Every guidebook tells of the 'majestic' Casa de Fi-
erro (Iron House), designed by Gustave Eiffel (of Eiffel Tower fame). It was made in Paris
in 1860 and imported piece by piece into Iquitos around 1890, during the opulent rubber-
boom days, to beautify the city. It's the only surviving one of three different iron houses
originally imported here. It may be important, but it looks like a stack of scrap-metal
sheets bolted together.
While you're wandering around the central part of the city, look for the 19th-century
azulejos
- handmade ceramic tiles from Portugal - that decorate the old mansions that
once belonged to rubber barons. You can find these on buildings along Raimondi and the
Malecón Tarapacá.
| Historic Building
