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Monument to the Landing of San Martin marked the beginning of a series of episodes in Peruvian history of great significance for the political organization that independent South America would adopt.On August 20, 1820, the Liberating Expedition of Peru left Valparaiso, Chile, bound for Peru, under the command of General Jose de San Martín.