Independencia Avenue (Santiago De Chile)
The Avenida Independencia (known as Camino de Chile during the colonial era, and known as La Cañadilla from mid-18th century until the beginning of the Patria Nueva) is a major north-south thoroughfare in Santiago de Chile, running 8.1 km through the districts of Conchalí and Independencia, giving its name to the latter. The name comes from the fact that on February 13, 1817, following the Battle of Chacabuco (a key event in the Chilean Independence), the Army of the Andes camped in the area known presently as Plaza Chacabuco, and moved along the road to make a triumphal entry into Santiago. History This avenue was originally a branch of the Inca road system, named Camino de Chile, and was for several centuries the main road access to the city. The Spanish conquistadors Diego de Almagro and Pedro de Valdivia arrived on the banks of the Mapocho River following this road. The original name was used until mid-18th century, when casaquintas were built on the sides of this roa ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Patria Nueva
Patria Nueva (''New Fatherland'') was a period in the history of Chile that began with the victory of Ejército de los Andes in the Battle of Chacabuco on 12 February 1817 and ended with the resignation of Bernardo O'Higgins as Supreme Director in 1823. Government of Bernardo O'Higgins First measures as Supreme Director Not long after becoming the Supreme Director of Chile, O'Higgins sent the ''Aguila'', a ship captured in the port of Valparaiso, to rescue Chile and patriots stranded on the Juan Fernández Islands. O'Higgins formed an army to face the Spanish Empire forces hidden in the port of Talcahuano and the ''montoneras'' (traitor patriots, natives and bandits), who were on the shore of the Bio-Bio River. He created the ''Vindication Tribunal'', a legal apparatus that granted patriots the right to reclaim goods taken by the Spanish during the Reconquest. He also ordered the exile of priests advocating for continued fealty to the Spanish throne. The surprise o ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Alameda (Santiago)
Avenida Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins ( en, General Liberator Bernardo O'Higgins Avenue), popularly known as La Alameda (meaning, a street bordered by poplar trees), is the main avenue of Santiago, Chile. It runs east-west in the center of the greater urban area and is long, and it has up to 5 lanes in each direction. It was named after Chile's founding father Bernardo O'Higgins. It was originally a branch of the Mapocho River. History The avenue is located on the former stream bed of a branch of the Mapocho River, which was drying up between 1560 and 1580. Such landforms were known by the Spaniards as '' Cañadas'', and from there the origin of its initial name of ''Cañada''. For many decades it was used as a landfill site, until it was converted into a boulevard by Bernardo O'Higgins during the first years of independence of the country and was named as ''Alameda de las Delicias''. Description Alameda Avenue originates immediately west of the Plaza Baquedano, as a con ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hospitales Metro Station
Hospitales is an underground metro station of Line 3 of the Santiago Metro network, in Santiago, Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a .... It is an underground, between the Plaza Chacabuco and Puente Cal y Canto stations on Line 3. It is located at the intersection of Independencia Avenue with Profesor Zañartu Avenue. The station was opened on 22 January 2019 as part of the inaugural section of the line, from Los Libertadores to Fernando Castillo Velasco. Etymology The name is due to the fact that near where the station is located are the Hospital Clínico of the University of Chile (formerly José Joaquín Aguirre), San José and Roberto del Río, as well as the National Cancer Institute. In addition, the station is adjacent to the Faculty of Medicine of the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Plaza Chacabuco Metro Station
Plaza Chacabuco is an underground metro station of Line 3 of the Santiago Metro network, in Santiago, Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a .... It is an underground, between the Conchalí and Hospitales stations on Line 3. It is located at the intersection of Independencia Avenue with Hipódromo Chile. The station was opened on 22 January 2019 as part of the inaugural section of the line, from Los Libertadores to Fernando Castillo Velasco. Etymology The station is located under Plaza Chacabuco; that square receives this name because the Liberation Army was established there after the Battle of Chacabuco, on February 13, 1817. In the pictogram that represents the station, one of the horses that exists at the entrance to the Hippodrome Chile appears. References ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Conchalí Metro Station
Conchalí is an underground metro station of Line 3 of the Santiago Metro network, in Santiago, Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a .... It is an underground, between the Vivaceta and Plaza Chacabuco stations on Line 3. It is located at the intersection of Independencia Avenue with Dorsal Avenue. The station was opened on 22 January 2019 as part of the inaugural section of the line, from Los Libertadores to Fernando Castillo Velasco. Etymology The station is located a few meters from the municipality of Conchalí from which it takes its name. The pictogram of the station presents the main access to the building that houses the Municipality of Conchalí, including part of the existing pool in that access. References External links Metro de Santiago website (in ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Vivaceta Metro Station
Vivaceta is an underground metro station of Line 3 of the Santiago Metro network, in Santiago, Chile. It is an underground, between the Cardenal Caro and Conchalí stations on Line 3. It is located at the intersection of Independencia Avenue with Paisaje Vecinal. The station was opened on 22 January 2019 as part of the inaugural section of the line, from Los Libertadores to Fernando Castillo Velasco. Etymology The station is located a few meters from the Avenida Fermín Vivaceta. This avenue recalls Fermín Vivaceta Fermín Vivaceta Rupio (January 12, 1829 – February 21, 1890) was a Chilean architect, teacher and firefighter. Life Vivaceta was born in Santiago, Chile on January 12, 1829. He was son of Fermín Vivaceta, an Argentinean citizen residing in C ..., architect and professor, who designed the buildings of the central house of the University of Chile, the tower of the Church of Saint Francis, the seats of the Alameda de Las Delicias, the Central Market, the Churc ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Cardenal Caro Metro Station
Cardenal Caro is an underground metro station of Line 3 of the Santiago Metro network, in Santiago, Chile. It is an underground, between the Los Libertadores and Vivaceta stations on Line 3. It is located at the intersection of Independencia Avenue with Cardenal Caro Street. The station was opened on 22 January 2019 as part of the inaugural section of the line, from Los Libertadores to Fernando Castillo Velasco. Etymology The station is located a few meters from Cardenal José María Caro Avenue. The Avenue remembers José María Caro, VIII Archbishop of Santiago de Chile and the first Chilean prelate to be created Cardinal by the Holy See The Holy See ( lat, Sancta Sedes, ; it, Santa Sede ), also called the See of Rome, Petrine See or Apostolic See, is the jurisdiction of the Pope in his role as the bishop of Rome. It includes the apostolic episcopal see of the Diocese of Rome .... References External links Metro de Santiago website (in Spanish){{Santiago Metro Sant ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Santiago Metro
The Santiago Metro ( es, Metro de Santiago) is a rapid transit system serving the city of Santiago, the capital of Chile. It currently consists of seven lines (numbered 1-6 and 4A), 136 stations, and of revenue route. The system is managed by the state-owned Metro S.A. and is the first and only rapid transit system in the country. The Santiago Metro carries around 2.5 million passengers daily. This figure represents an increase of more than a million passengers per day compared to 2007, when the ambitious Transantiago project was launched, in which the metro plays an important role in the public transport system serving the city. Its highest passenger peak was reached on 2 May 2019, reaching 2,951,962 passengers. In June 2017 the government announced plans for the construction of Line 7, connecting Renca in the northwest of Santiago with Vitacura in the northeast. The new line will add 26 kilometers and 19 new stations to the Metro network, running along the municipalities of Re ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Cervecería Ebner
The Cervecería Ebner is a former brewery on Independencia Avenue, in the district of Independencia, in Santiago de Chile. It was founded by the German Andrés Ebner, and operated until 1978. In 1888, the German businessman built his home on the brewery land, which, along with the interior yard, an antique barley grain dryer and the wall-fence, was declared as a National Monument of Chile on October 26, 1984, within the category of Historic Monuments. History Andrés Ebner was born in Bavaria, Germany in 1850, moving to Peru in 1868, and a year after to Chile, where he, along with his partner Otto Schleyer, founded a brewery in Talca in 1870. With the money earned in Talca, he acquired in 1878 the brewery owned by Salvador Koch, located in ''La Cañadilla'' (former name of Independencia Avenue), in Santiago. In 1879, Ebner installed equipment to begin to operate the brewery under his own name, bringing machinery from Talca and importing some items. In 1880, he acquired the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Iglesia Del Monasterio Del Carmen Bajo De San Rafael
The Iglesia del Monasterio del Carmen Bajo de San Rafael is a Catholic church located on Independencia Avenue, in the district of Independencia of the city of Santiago, Chile. Founded as a monastery in 1770, operated as such until 1958, and since 1985 is the seat for the Vicaría Episcopal Zona Norte of the Archdiocese of Santiago. The church, along with the surviving buildings of the former monastery, was declared as a National Monument of Chile on November 24, 1983, within the category of Historic Monuments. History On January 30,1762, the corregidor of Santiago Luis Manuel de Zañartu sent a petition to King Charles III of Spain requesting the construction of a monastery in the city for the Discalced Carmelites. It was granted by a Royal Decree in July 1766. The site chose for the monastery was located in ''La Cañadilla neighborhood'', north of the Mapocho River. Construction of the first buildings began in 1767 and finished in 1770. The church began to be built in 177 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Urban Decay
Urban decay (also known as urban rot, urban death or urban blight) is the sociological process by which a previously functioning city, or part of a city, falls into disrepair and decrepitude. There is no single process that leads to urban decay which is why it can be hard to encapsulate its magnitude. Urban decay can include the following aspects: * Deindustrialization * Depopulation * Counterurbanization * Economic Restructuring * Abandoned buildings or infrastructure * High local unemployment * Increased poverty * Fragmented families * Low overall living standards or quality of life * Political disenfranchisement * Crime * Elevated levels of pollution * Desolate cityscape known as greyfield land or urban prairie Since the 1970s and 1980s, urban decay has been a phenomenon associated with some Western cities, especially in North America and parts of Europe. Cities have experienced population flights to the suburbs and exurb commuter towns; often in the form of white ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Quinta (estate)
Quinta {{IPA-pt, ˈkĩ.tɐ} is a traditional term for an estate, primarily used in Portugal and the Portuguese-speaking world, but the term has sometimes been borrowed in non-Portuguese speaking countries of Ibero-America. Definition A quinta is a primarily rural property, especially those with historic manors and palaces in continental Portugal. The term is also used as an appellation for agricultural estates, such as wineries, vineyards, and olive groves. In urban contexts, quintas may often be walled-off mansions in city centers, but the term may also be applied to edifices once located in a more rural setting that have since been developed. The name was later often given to generally larger land estates that might originally have been used for agricultural purposes but were converted into residential estates. The term has also been applied to affluent gated communities in Portugal and Lusophone Africa, such as Quinta da Beloura in the Portuguese Riviera. Notable ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |