Its name comes from an event that preceded the
battle of Arica during the
War of the Pacific, being the site of the meeting between
Francisco Bolognesi of the
Peruvian Army and
Juan de la Cruz Salvo of the
Chilean Army, where the latter requested the Peruvian garrison's surrender after the
defeat at Tacna, to which Bolognesi replied by saying he would "fight until the last cartridge is spent" (). From 1934 to 1987, it served as the
Consulate General of Peru in the city, being the cultural section of the Consulate since 1996, having been restored the year prior. It is used by the
Peruvian government for ceremonies. ==See also==