The Plaza Manco Cápac, formerly the Plaza Leguía, is a public square in Lima. Formerly named after president Augusto B. Leguía, its current name comes from Manco Cápac, the first Sapa Inca of Cuzco.

The Centennial of the Independence of Peru took place on July 28, 1921, as well as on December 9, 1924. To commemorate the hundred years of the country's independence from Spain, large and lavish part