Tacna Prefecture

Tacna Prefecture
Prefectura de Tacna
Intendencia de Tacna
The building in 2018
Alternative namesTacna Intendancy
General information
StatusDestroyed
LocationTacna, Peru
Construction started1905
Completed1909
Destroyed30 October 2008
OwnerGovernment of Peru (since 1929)
Government of Chile (1905–1929)
Technical details
Floor count2

The Tacna Prefecture, also known as the Tacna Intendancy, is a building located at Blondell street, in the homonymous city in Peru. It was built and used by Chile under its administration of its former Tacna Province until its return to Peru in 1929. The building was declared a historic site in 1980, however was torched by accident in 2008 by demonstrators, and its outer facade is the only part that's still standing.