History
Granda lived part of her childhood on a ranch at the Bajada de los Baños in the district of Barranco until she was twelve years old, near the Bridge of Sighs, to which in 1960 she dedicated a song of the same name.[1][2]
As a result of this tribute to a major landmark of the district, the municipality decided to erect a sculpture in gratitude to her.[3][4] The monument, a stone work by Fausto Jaulis, an artist from Ayacucho,[5] was inaugurated on October 24, 1992,[6] in the Plazuela Chabuca Granda, next to the Bridge of Sighs. Next to it stands the monument to the José Antonio de Lavalle y García, to whom Chabuca dedicated the song José Antonio.[7]
In Santiago de Chile, a replica of the statue was unveiled in 2015.[8][9]
In 2021, Lavalle's statue was vandalised, with its head removed. It was quickly restored to its original state and an investigation was launched.[10]
