Inauguration of La Parada wholesale market

In 1945, the La Parada wholesale market was inaugurated in Lima, an event that had important demographic and urban consequences for the Peruvian capital. This inauguration generated a new wave of slum formation in the area, driving migration and informal settlement processes. The opening of this wholesale market provoked the invasion of the slopes of San Cosme hill in 1946, followed months later by the invasions of San Pedro, and in 1947 with the formation of the El Agustino slum. This process marked the beginning of a significant urban transformation in Metropolitan Lima, contributing to the growth of human settlements on the periphery of the city.