Los Dominicos ParkLos Dominicos Park, in Spanish
www.miparque.cl Vía Plataforma Urbana (www.plataformaurbana.cl) Retrieved April 20, 2013 is a public park located at the end of

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(Apoquindo Avenue) in

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. The park is an access point for the Santiago municipalities of

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and

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and also provides access to some parts of the municipality of

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. It is the site of a permanent crafts market at

Los Dominicos Village Pueblito Los Dominicos (Los Dominicos Village) is a crafts market and popular tourist shopping destination in a heritage zone of Santiago, Chile. It is located at the end of Avenida Apoquindo in Los Dominicos Park, to the side of San Vicente Ferr ...

, a popular tourist destination, as well as a regular local food market and

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, part of the Santiago Metro network.

Name

The park is named after the nearby San Vicente Ferrer church, which formerly belonged to the

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and is commonly known as “Iglesia de los Dominicos” (Church of the Dominicans). The same name is used for Los Dominicos street, which leads up to the park from the south west, and Los Dominicos Metro station, which sits opposite its western edge.

History and development

The land holding the park was formerly part of the ''Fundo Apoquindo'' (“fundo” in

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means a large farm owned by a single landlord), which also held San Vicente Ferrer church, stables and warehouses, giving the area traditional pastoral feel that can still be seen today in

. In the 80s, artists and artisans took over the farm’s old cellars and stables in the eastern part of the park and built more small shops, using traditional, colonial-style

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, to form the ''Pueblito de Los Dominicos'' (Los Dominicos Village). The development of the village has increased with the development of the surrounding neighbourhoods of

and

, connected via Avenida Padre Hurtado (

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Avenue). Los Dominicos Metro station, constructed in January 2010, completed an extension of the

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into the northeastern sector of Santiago, and saw new shopping centres open in the area, as well as an increase in population.

References

External links

In Spanish,La nueva cara del Parque Los Domínicos Las Condes Municipality
{{Commons category, Parque Los Dominicos Urban public parks Parks in Santiago, Chile

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History and development

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