Gregorio Albarracín

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Albarracín and the second or maternal family name is Lanchipa.
Gregorio Albarracín
NicknameEl Centauro de las Vilcas
Born(1817-05-30)May 30, 1817
Tacna, Department of Tacna, Peru, Spanish Empire
DiedOctober 2, 1882(1882-10-02) (aged 65)
Héroes Albarracín District, Tacna, Peru
Buried
Crypt of Heroes, Cementerio Presbítero Matías Maestro, Lima, Peru
Allegiance Peru
Branch Peruvian Army
Service years1842 – 1882
RankColonel
ConflictsPeruvian-Bolivian War of 1841-1842
Chincha Islands War

War of the Pacific

Spouse
María Berríos
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(m. 1848⁠–⁠1882)​

Gregorio Albarracín Lanchipa was a Peruvian Colonel and War Hero who participated in the Peruvian-Bolivian War of 1841-1842, the Peruvian Civil War of 1843–1844, the Peruvian Civil War of 1856–1858 and the War of the Pacific. He is known as El Centauro de las Vilcas as he was notable for using a vilca, a typical tree from Tacna, as a pole to raise the Peruvian flag during the Chilean administration of the area.

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