It is prolonged to the south for two blocks and to the north until it reaches Rímac Avenue in San Juan de Lurigancho.

The road that today constitutes the street was laid by Francisco Pizarro when he founded the city of Lima on January 18, 1535.

[2] Prior to this renaming, each block (cuadra) had a unique name: During the 20th century, the road underwent a major renovation after the 1940 Lima earthquake, becoming an avenue.

The Gildemeister & Co. building, built in 1928 as the first skyscraper in Lima, paled in comparison to the new construction projects of the post-1940 period.

[13] The intersection with Emancipación Avenue is the location of the Edificio Oropeza, an incomplete building that has been abandoned for over three decades,[14][15] as well as that of a station of the same name of the Metropolitano bus system.