VALPARAISO
VALPARAISO
VALPARAISO
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<strong>VALPARAISO</strong><br />
History and Places to visit<br />
Susanne Schwellinger<br />
Workshop on Physics of the SM and Beyond in the LHC Era, UTFSM, Jan 2008
History of Valparaíso<br />
• Valparaíso Bay:<br />
• Original name:<br />
Valle de Quintril<br />
• First inhabitants:<br />
Changos
First Spanish expedition to Chile<br />
• 1536 Discovery of Chile<br />
• Capt. Juan de Saavedra<br />
(sent by Diego de Almagro)<br />
- discovers the Valle de Quintril<br />
- renames it Valparaíso<br />
(after his home town in Spain).
Second Spanish expedition to Chile<br />
• 1540: Conquest of Chile<br />
• Pedro de Valdivia:<br />
- 1541: Foundation of Santiago de Chile<br />
- 1544: Valparaíso is declared<br />
Port of Santiago
Life in Valparaíso in the 16 th Century<br />
• 1559: first church<br />
(Iglesia de La Matriz)<br />
…plus a few simple huts.<br />
1559<br />
1822<br />
1842 - today
Life in Valparaíso in the 16 th Century<br />
• Pirates and corsairs<br />
Sir Francis Drake<br />
Sir Thomas Cavendish<br />
• Earthquakes<br />
• Storms
Life in Valparaiso<br />
in the 17 th -18 th Century<br />
• First fortresses for the<br />
defense of the harbor<br />
• Arrival of first<br />
religious orders<br />
Augustines<br />
Franciscans Jesuits Mercedaries
• Simple Houses<br />
• Defense<br />
• Convents<br />
• Halls and Storage<br />
Places<br />
End of the 18 th Century<br />
(Colonial times)
Life in Valparaíso in the 19 th Century<br />
• 1810: Independence of Chile<br />
• 1820: Valparaíso becomes an open international harbor<br />
(law of free commerce)<br />
• Consequences: - Golden Age of Valparaíso<br />
- Large immigration of Europeans
Large European Immigration<br />
19 th Century<br />
• English and German<br />
representatives of<br />
shipping companies<br />
settle on the hills.<br />
• Cerro Alegre and<br />
Cerro Concepción
Large European Immigration<br />
19 th Century<br />
• French Immigrants<br />
open in Valparaíso<br />
the finest stores of<br />
South America.<br />
Calle San Juan de Dios (today: Calle Condell)
Large European Immigration<br />
19 th Century<br />
• Italian Immigrants settle in<br />
sector El Almendral
Foreign Influence in Valparaíso<br />
• Schools
Foreign Influence in Valparaíso<br />
• Schools<br />
• Churches and<br />
cemeteries
Foreign Influence in Valparaíso<br />
• Schools<br />
• Churches and<br />
cemeteries<br />
• Theaters
Foreign Influence in Valparaíso<br />
• Schools<br />
• Churches and<br />
cemeteries<br />
• Theaters<br />
• Trade
Land fillings:<br />
Today<br />
1900
Land fillings:<br />
1900<br />
1850
Land fillings:<br />
1850 1800
In total, from 1800 to today:
Golden Age of Valparaíso<br />
(1822 -1906)<br />
• First Stock Exchange (1850)<br />
• First Fire Department (1851)<br />
• First Bank (1855)<br />
• First Telegraph<br />
• First City in Chile with gaslight<br />
• Electric Tramways (1900)<br />
• Freedom of religion
End of the Golden Age<br />
• 1906: Earthquake! (~8.3)<br />
• 1914: Panama Canal<br />
• 1918: Saltpeter crisis
Valparaíso Today<br />
• 2003: World Cultural Heritage<br />
declared by UNESCO
Valparaíso Today<br />
• 2003: World Cultural Heritage<br />
declared by UNESCO<br />
• Major port of Chile
Valparaíso Today<br />
• 2003: World Cultural Heritage<br />
declared by UNESCO<br />
• Major port of Chile<br />
• 8 Universities
Valparaíso Today<br />
• 2003: World Cultural Heritage<br />
declared by UNESCO<br />
• Major port of Chile<br />
• 8 Universities<br />
• National Congress of the<br />
Republic of Chile
Places to visit<br />
• Plaza Sotomayor<br />
• Monument to the<br />
Heroes of the Iquique<br />
Naval battle.
Places to visit<br />
• Plaza Sotomayor<br />
• Monument to the<br />
Heroes of the Iquique<br />
Naval battle.<br />
• Muelle Prat (the pier).
Places to visit<br />
• Plaza Sotomayor<br />
• Monument to the<br />
Heroes of the Iquique<br />
Naval battle.<br />
• Muelle Prat (the pier).<br />
• Building of the Chilean<br />
Navy.<br />
• Archeological Museum.
First Route:<br />
Ascensor El Peral, Cerro Alegre<br />
• Palace of Justice with<br />
Statue of Themis.
First Route:<br />
Ascensor El Peral, Cerro Alegre<br />
• Palace of Justice with<br />
Statue of Themis.<br />
• Ascensor El Peral<br />
(1902).
First Route:<br />
Ascensor El Peral, Cerro Alegre<br />
• Palace of Justice with<br />
Statue of Themis.<br />
• Ascensor El Peral<br />
(1902).<br />
• Paseo Yugoslavo.
First Route:<br />
Ascensor El Peral, Cerro Alegre<br />
• Palace of Justice with<br />
Statue of Themis.<br />
• Ascensor El Peral<br />
(1902).<br />
• Paseo Yugoslavo.<br />
• Baburizza Palace.<br />
• Cerro Alegre.
Second Route:<br />
Calle Prat, Cerro Concepción, Plaza Victoria<br />
• Calle Prat, Banking district<br />
• Reloj Turri (clock tower)
Second Route:<br />
Calle Prat, Cerro Concepción, Plaza Victoria<br />
• Calle Prat, Banking district<br />
• Reloj Turri (clock tower)<br />
• Ascensor Turri (1883)
Second Route:<br />
Calle Prat, Cerro Concepción, Plaza Victoria<br />
• Calle Prat, Banking district<br />
• Reloj Turri (clock tower)<br />
• Ascensor Turri (1883)<br />
• Paseo Gervasoni
Second Route:<br />
Calle Prat, Cerro Concepción, Plaza Victoria<br />
• Calle Prat, Banking district<br />
• Reloj Turri (clock tower)<br />
• Ascensor Turri (1883)<br />
• Paseo Gervasoni<br />
• Cerro Concepción
Second Route:<br />
Calle Prat, Cerro Concepción, Plaza Victoria<br />
• Calle Prat, Banking district<br />
• Reloj Turri (clock tower)<br />
• Ascensor Turri (1883)<br />
• Paseo Gervasoni<br />
• Cerro Concepción<br />
• Paseo Atkinson
Second Route:<br />
Calle Prat, Cerro Concepción, Plaza Victoria<br />
• Calle Prat, Banking district<br />
• Reloj Turri (clock tower)<br />
• Ascensor Turri (1883)<br />
• Paseo Gervasoni<br />
• Cerro Concepción<br />
• Paseo Atkinson<br />
• Diario El Mercurio (1827)
Second Route:<br />
Calle Prat, Cerro Concepción, Plaza Victoria<br />
• Calle Prat, Banking district<br />
• Reloj Turri (clock tower)<br />
• Ascensor Turri (1883)<br />
• Paseo Gervasoni<br />
• Cerro Concepción<br />
• Paseo Atkinson<br />
• Diario El Mercurio (1827)<br />
• Ex-Hotel Royal<br />
• Hotel Colón
Second Route:<br />
Calle Prat, Cerro Concepción, Plaza Victoria<br />
• Calle Prat, Banking district<br />
• Reloj Turri (clock tower)<br />
• Ascensor Turri (1883)<br />
• Paseo Gervasoni<br />
• Cerro Concepción<br />
• Paseo Atkinson<br />
• Diario El Mercurio (1827)<br />
• Ex-Hotel Royal<br />
• Hotel Colón<br />
• Plaza Aníbal Pinto
Second Route:<br />
Calle Prat, Cerro Concepción, Plaza Victoria<br />
• Calle Prat, Banking district<br />
• Reloj Turri (clock tower)<br />
• Ascensor Turri (1883)<br />
• Paseo Gervasoni<br />
• Cerro Concepción<br />
• Paseo Atkinson<br />
• Diario El Mercurio (1827)<br />
• Ex-Hotel Royal<br />
• Hotel Colón<br />
• Plaza Aníbal Pinto<br />
• Calle Condell<br />
• Plaza de la Victoria
Third Route:<br />
Cerro Artillería, Paseo 21 de Mayo, Navy Museum,<br />
Avenida Gran Bretaña<br />
• Old Custom Building (Aduana)<br />
of Valparaíso
Third Route:<br />
Cerro Artillería, Paseo 21 de Mayo, Navy Museum,<br />
Avenida Gran Bretaña<br />
• Old Custom Building (Aduana)<br />
of Valparaíso<br />
• Ascensor Artillería
Third Route:<br />
Cerro Artillería, Paseo 21 de Mayo, Navy Museum,<br />
Avenida Gran Bretaña<br />
• Old Custom Building (Aduana)<br />
of Valparaíso<br />
• Ascensor Artillería<br />
• Paseo 21 de Mayo
Third Route:<br />
Cerro Artillería, Paseo 21 de Mayo, Navy Museum,<br />
Avenida Gran Bretaña<br />
• Old Custom Building (Aduana)<br />
of Valparaíso<br />
• Ascensor Artillería<br />
• Paseo 21 de Mayo<br />
• Navy Museum
Third Route:<br />
Cerro Artillería, Paseo 21 de Mayo, Navy Museum,<br />
Avenida Gran Bretaña<br />
• Old Custom Building (Aduana)<br />
of Valparaíso<br />
• Ascensor Artillería<br />
• Paseo 21 de Mayo<br />
• Navy Museum<br />
• Avenida Gran Bretaña<br />
(via Calle Artillería)
Fourth Route:<br />
La Sebastiana, Cerro Bellavista<br />
• Take Bus 612 (Av. España)<br />
and get off on Ferrari St.<br />
• La Sebastiana, house<br />
of poet Pablo Neruda.
Fourth Route:<br />
La Sebastiana, Cerro Bellavista<br />
• Take Bus 612 (Av. España)<br />
and get off on Ferrari St.<br />
• La Sebastiana, house<br />
of poet Pablo Neruda.<br />
• Open Sky Museum.<br />
(museo al cielo abierto)
Fourth Route:<br />
La Sebastiana, Cerro Bellavista<br />
• Take Bus 612 (Av. España)<br />
and get off on Ferrari St.<br />
• La Sebastiana, house<br />
of poet Pablo Neruda.<br />
• Open Sky Museum.<br />
(museo al cielo abierto)
Fourth Route:<br />
La Sebastiana, Cerro Bellavista<br />
• Take Bus 612 (Av. España)<br />
and get off on Ferrari St.<br />
• La Sebastiana, house<br />
of poet Pablo Neruda.<br />
• Open Sky Museum.<br />
(museo al cielo abierto)<br />
• Ascensor Espíritu Santo<br />
(1911)
Recommendations for a safe visit to<br />
Valparaíso:<br />
• Preferable to go in groups<br />
• Do not have the camera<br />
visible<br />
• Backpacks not on your back
Enjoy your stay in Valparaíso<br />
and<br />
thank you for your attention.
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