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2 unusual facts about Barranco


Atlético Barrio Frigorífico

In the 2007 Copa Perú, the club classified to the Regional Stage, but was eliminated by Cooperativa Bolognesi of Barranco.

La Liga del Sueño

Their first public performance was on October 31, 1991 in "Centro Cultural Parra del Riego" (Barranco, Lima) along with established local musician Miki Gonzales.


1912 Liga Peruana de Football

This first season with organised league, covering Lima, Callao, and suburbs such as Miraflores and Barranco.

Canarina canariensis

La Palma: Mazo, Los Tilos, Barranco Nogales etc., open areas in laurel forests or forest relicts.

Cotton Tree Lodge

Tours include Lubaantun, Nim Li Punit, the Garifuna village of Barranco, swimming in Blue Creek Cave, waterfalls, cacao (chocolate) making workshops, tortilla-making workshops, and more.

Gesnouinia arborea

In Gran Canaria found in Los Tiles de Moya, Barranco de la Virgen and Osorio, rare.

In Tenerife found in laurel forest zone of Sierra Anaga, Las Mercedes, Vueltas de Taganana, 600-800 m, Icod el Alto and Barranco del Agua near Los Silos, rare.

Gideonmantellia

In 1982, amateur palaeontologist José María Herrero Marzo together with his son Jesús uncovered in a loam pit near Galve, the Poyales Barranco Canales site, the remains of a small euornithopod.

Ricardo Rossel

That mysterious flame of his genius was extinguished forever on December 6, 1909 at the city of Barranco, at age 68 of a life well spent.


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