Quinta Vergara is a park located in Viña del Mar,

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. The park features three major landmarks: the Palacio Vergara, the

Quinta Vergara Amphitheater The Quinta Vergara Amphitheater is an open-air amphitheater within the Parque Quinta Vergara in Viña del Mar, Chile. The amphitheater is the site of the Viña del Mar International Song Festival held yearly in February. The venue is owned by the ...

and a garden. Every year the park is home to the

Viña del Mar International Song Festival , image = , caption =Overture to the closing night of LI Viña del Mar International Song Festival (2010) , location =Viña del Mar, Chile , years_active =1960-present , founders = , dates =3rd week of February , ...

Park landmarks

Palace Vergara

The Palacio Vergara is the former home of Jose Francisco Vergara, the founder of Viña del Mar. The home was built by the Vergara family in 1910 in a

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style. The home serves as a replacement to the family's former home, which was destroyed in the

1906 Valparaíso earthquake The 1906 Valparaíso earthquake hit Valparaíso, Chile, on August 16 at 19:55 local time. Its epicenter was offshore from the Valparaíso Region, and its intensity was estimated at magnitude 8.2 . This earthquake occurred thirty minutes after the ...

. In 1941 the city bought the building and it was converted into a museum of fine art, which features over 60 works of art. The park around the home features sculptures and statues, including a bust of writer

Gabriela Mistral Lucila Godoy Alcayaga (; 7 April 1889 – 10 January 1957), known by her pseudonym Gabriela Mistral (), was a Chilean poet-diplomat, educator and humanist. In 1945 she became the first Latin American author to receive a Nobel Prize in Li ...

Quinta Vergara Amphitheater

The Quinta Vergara Amphitheater was built after the first

Artequin Museum of Viña del Mar

The Artequin Museum of Viña del Mar opened in 2008. It is an interactive based museum, which features a collection of photographic reproductions of major works from Western art history.

Gallery

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External links

Artequin Museum of Viña del Mar

Vina del Mar: Museums
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