Isidora Goyenechea Gallo (1836-1897)Virgilio Figueroa. Diccionario histórico y biográfico de Chile, t.2, p. 474, Establecimientos gráficos Balcells & Co, Santiago, 1928 was a Chilean industrialist. She owned and managed the coal mines in Lota and Coronel, the silver mines of

Chañarcillo Chañarcillo is a town and mine in the Atacama Desert of Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile, located near Vallenar and 60 km from Copiapó. It is noted for its silver mining. The town grew up after the Chañarcillo silver mine was discovere ...

, the vineyard Viña Cousiño Macul and had her own trade fleet, and was at the time regarded as one of the richest people in the world. Her house was in the current one Palacio Cousiño in

Santiago de Chile Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile as well as one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is the center of Chile's most densely populated region, the Santiago Metropolitan Region, whose ...

. She founded the

O'Higgins Park O'Higgins Park (, formerly known as Parque Cousiño), with an area of around , is Santiago, Chile's second largest public park after Metropolitan Park. It is located in the center of the capital, in the Santiago Commune. The park, named after B ...

. She inherited her business from her late spouse Luis Cousiño (1835-1873).

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