Casa Matusita, Colonial building at Garcilaso de la Vega and España avenues, Lima, Peru

Casa Matusita is a two-story building at the corner of Garcilaso de la Vega and España avenues in central Lima, built in 1909. Its off-white facade has a dark band along the flat roofline and another between floors; three dark windows face the front on the upper floor. The ground floor holds a wide doorway with closed brown doors, a small "Mbanco" sign and a black-and-white arrow sign.

Casa Matusita was built in 1909; its first owner was Dr. Carlos Ramírez, and it later belonged to the Andrade family. The Lima Penitentiary had opened across the street in 1862, and the prison and its surroundings are said to have served as interrogation centres, especially during the War of the Pacific.

The name comes from Matusita S.A., a hardware company that rented the ground floor as a warehouse from the 1950s until 2005. Local lore includes the story of Parvaneh Dervaspa, said to have been accused of witchcraft and burned in 1754, and tales of a family poisoning. The legend reached cinema in the film Secreto Matusita.

The building sits in a busy downtown area easily reached by public transit. The ground floor remains accessible during banking hours, while the upper level is not open to visitors.

The hardware firm Matusita S.A. rented the ground floor as a warehouse from the 1950s until 2005, and its name stayed with the building. The sign above the ground-floor windows still reads "Mbanco", the bank that later took over the lower level.