Parque de la Reserva

The park makes quite a splash
On this page you will find (1) the article Parque de la Reserva (08 July 1973) from the Massey Archive, (2) some additional information regarding the topic of the article and also (3) (under construction) one step further in Dr A Fraser-Day's Language Course which is based on bilingual phrases from the articles.



Did you know that
The Park is named in honour of the [largely] civilian force - the reservist army - which defended Lima on 15 January 1881 during the War of the Pacific, in which Peru was drawn into defending Bolivia against Chile, but ceded the whole Department of Tarapacá and much more besides. Visit the park after dark to see one of the best dynamic water displays (some say in the world).

Another park

Visit the site of the Battle of Miraflores itself (9th block of Avenida Benavides, Miraflores), its reducto redoubt (temporary fortification), museo de sitio museum at the site / field museum and share in some tragic memories. Not the most joyful day out but you cannot understand Peru without getting to grips with some of the context of this unwarranted war.

Phrase for the day
Leguía stated that the money to make the park, 450,000 soles, came largely from a tax levied on oil companies.

Some suggestions
stated declaró

to make para hacer (in order to make)

soles S|. or S/. if there is no specific key for a more elegant rendering!

came (in this sense provenir). Think 3rd person past tense of venir.

largely Try "in great part".

levied Try imponer to impose. "Tax" is of course an impuesto.

oil "Oil" in this usage is part of a compound noun which describes "companies". In Spanish an adjective petroleras could be used.

Please note
To know more about the background to this series please see The Massey Collection (referred to as the Magic Basket) http://peruvian.wikia.com/wiki/The_Magic_Basket. For more about using the bilingual Massey collection to improve Spanish/English language see http://peruvian.wikia.com/wiki/Welcome_to_Spanish. The Massey project in Zotero is at http://www.zotero.org/groups/perustudies/items/collection/CS3A7PAC%7C250px