5 Sights in Rancagua, Chile (with Map and Images)

Lucila Godoy Alcayaga, known by her pseudonym Gabriela Mistral, was a Chilean poet-diplomat, educator, and Catholic. She was a member of the Secular Franciscan Order or Third Franciscan order. She was the first Latin American author to receive a Nobel Prize in Literature in 1945, "for her lyric poetry which, inspired by powerful emotions, has made her name a symbol of the idealistic aspirations of the entire Latin American world". Some central themes in her poems are nature, betrayal, love, a mother's love, sorrow and recovery, travel, and Latin American identity as formed from a mixture of Native American and European influences. Her image is featured on the 5,000 Chilean peso banknote.

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Gladys del Carmen Marín Millie was a Chilean activist and political figure. She was Secretary-General of the Communist Party of Chile (PCCh) (1994–2002) and then president of the PCCh until her death. She was a staunch opponent of General Augusto Pinochet and filed the first lawsuit against him, in which she accused him of committing human rights violations during his seventeen-year dictatorship. Gladys Marín was the youngest person ever elected to the Chilean Congress, the first woman to run for the country's presidency and the only female leader of a Chilean political party.

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The Plaza de los Héroes de Rancagua is the most important square in this city; it was in this place where the Villa Santa Cruz de Triana was founded and where the Battle of Rancagua took place. Characteristic of this square is that two streets cross it, forming the "Santa Cruz", the foundational name of Rancagua; each street points towards the four cardinal points. Of the cross, the only corner that is preserved as it was originally arranged is the southeast corner.

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Museo Regional de Rancagua is the main public museum of the Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins Region, located in two old colonial mansions on the Paseo del Estado in the city of Rancagua, Chile: the Casa del Ochavo and the Casa del Pilar de Esquina, also called Casa del Pilar de Piedra. Both houses were declared a National Monument in 1980.

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The Church of La Merced is a Catholic temple located in the city of Rancagua, Chile, on the north side of the Plaza de Los Héroes, specifically at the intersection of Cuevas and Estado streets. He belongs to the Order of Mercy. It served as a refuge for patriot troops in the Battle of Rancagua in 1814 and is a Historical Monument.

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