Parque Mariscal Ramón Castilla is the green heart of Lince, a densely built district in central Lima. Municipal documents put its area at approximately ten hectares—about 55 percent of all green space in the district and more than four percent of Lince’s territory. Those figures explain why residents describe the park not merely as recreation ground, but as an essential environmental reserve in Peru’s desert capital.
The park occupies land once associated with the estates that preceded the district’s twentieth-century urbanisation. Local historical records say the public park was inaugurated in 1953 during the administration of Mayor Carlos Campodónico. It was named for Marshal Ramón Castilla, the nineteenth-century soldier and statesman who served multiple terms as president of Peru and is closely associated with the abolition of slavery and Indigenous tribute.
