José Castro Mendivil Digital Planetarium (Spanish: Planetario Digital José Castro Mendivil), also known simply as the Morro Solar Planetarium (Spanish: Planetario del Morro Solar), is a planetarium and site museum dedicated to astronomy in the Morro Solar of Chorrillos District, Lima, Peru. It is named after the engineer who designed it.[2]
It is administered by the Peruvian Astronomy Association (Spanish: Asociación Peruana de Astronomía, APA), founded on August 15, 1946,[3] and then headed by Peruvian astronomer Víctor Estremadoyro Robles [es].[2] Besides its 360° theatre, it also features remnants of the Battle of San Juan during the War of the Pacific.[4]
History
The first stone was placed at 1 p.m. by Peruvian astronomer and head of the Peruvian Astronomy Association Víctor Estremadoyro Robles [es], during a ceremony that took place on February 19, 1954, three years after the Peruvian government granted the terrain for the building's construction.[2] It was formally inaugurated on April 23, 1960.[2]