15 Sights in Valdivia, Chile (with Map and Images)

Pedro Gutiérrez de Valdivia or Valdiva was a Spanish conquistador and the first royal governor of Chile. After serving with the Spanish army in Italy and Flanders, he was sent to South America in 1534, where he served as lieutenant under Francisco Pizarro in Peru, acting as his second in command.

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Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar Palacios Ponte y Blanco was a Venezuelan military and political leader who led what are currently the countries of Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Panama, and Bolivia to independence from the Spanish Empire. He is known colloquially as El Libertador, or the Liberator of America.

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Zone:south The Torreón Los Canelos or Torreón de Cantarranas is a historical monument located in the city of Valdivia, Los Ríos Region, Chile. It was designed in 1678 by the engineer Juan Garland as part of a network of defense infrastructure to counteract the attack of indigenous people in Valdivia; and was executed by the Governor don Joaquín de Espinoza y Dávalos in 1774.

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The Plaza Simón Bolívar is located in the Chilean city of Valdivia, capital of the Los Ríos Region. It is located near the Calle-Calle bridge, at the northern entrance to the city, between Avenida Ramón Picarte to the north, and Errázuriz to the south. It is considered one of the historic squares of the city.

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Museo de Arte Contemporáneo or MAC is a modern art museum in Valdivia run by Universidad Austral de Chile. It was founded in 1994 by the then rector of Universidad Austral Manfred Max-Neef and the artist Hernán Miranda. Artists that have had exhibitions at MAC include: Nicanor Parra and Juan Francisco Salazar. MAC was built in the same site of the old Anwandter Brewery that collapsed during the 1960 Valdivia earthquake.

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The Torreón Picarte or Torreón del Barro is a historical monument located in the city of Valdivia, Los Ríos Region, Chile. It is located in one of the old accesses to the city – the road to Los Llanos – and was designed next to the Los Canelos Tower in 1768 by the engineer Juan Garland; its execution was carried out by the Governor don Joaquín de Espinoza y Dávalos in 1774.

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Museo Histórico y Antropológico Maurice van de Maele or is an anthropology and history museum in Valdivia run by Universidad Austral de Chile. The exhibitions at the museum deals with Mapuche and Huilliche culture and the German colonization of southern Chile. The museums exhibits collections of archaeological artifacts and also tools, toys, jewelry, textiles, ceramics and photo collection. The museum is named after Maurice van de Maele a Belgian amateur journalist, archaeologist and anthropologist who worked in Universidad Austral.

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The Museum of Telecommunications is a thematic museum located in the city of Valdivia, Los Ríos Region, Chile. Its purpose is to disseminate information on the progress and history of telecommunication methods used nationally and worldwide, this being the first of its kind in the country. It was inaugurated on May 18, 2022.

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The Morro Niebla Lighthouse, also known as the Niebla Lighthouse and the Fuerte Niebla Lighthouse is a lighthouse belonging to the lighthouse network of Chile. It is located in the dependencies of the Castillo de Niebla, in the Los Ríos Region. Above the door of the lighthouse appears the numeral 1900, the year in which the structure was built by Lever Murphy and Co. and assembled by engineers of the Chilean Navy.

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The Castle of San Pedro de Alcántara de Mancera or simply Castillo de Mancera is a historical monument located in the town of Mancera Island, Los Ríos Region, Chile. This property was part of a network of defense infrastructure built in Valdivia in order to counteract the attack of indigenous people, pirates, corsairs and foreign powers; the plans were made by Constantino Vasconcelos, chief engineer of the navy, while its construction dates back to the period between 1675 and 1680.

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Museo de la Exploración Rudolph Amandus Philippi is a museum in Valdivia run by Austral University of Chile. The exhibitions at the museum deals with the exploration of southern Chile, specially those made by the German naturalist Rodolfo Amando Philippi.

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The Prochelle I and II Houses are two old mansions located on Teja Island next to the Chilean city of Valdivia, in the homonymous province of the Los Ríos Region. Both, together with the Prochelle Park adjacent to them, have been considered since 1985 Historical Monument of Chile.

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The Plaza de la República is the official name given to the Plaza de Armas in the Chilean city of Valdivia, capital of the Los Ríos Region, in the south of the country. It is located in the urban center of the city, a few streets from the banks of the Calle-Calle River. It has the particularity of being the only bullring in Chile that bears this name.

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The Our Lady of the Rosary Cathedral Also Valdivia Cathedral Is the main Catholic church of the Valdivia diocese, built in the center of the homonymous city of Valdivia, in the South American country of Chile.

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The Castillo de Niebla, originally named in honor of the viceroy of Peru, the X Count of Lemos, as Castillo de la Pura y Limpia Concepción de Monforte de Lemos, also popularly known as Fuerte de Niebla, is a building located in the town of Niebla, Valdivia, Chile. It is part of the fortified system built from the seventeenth century at the mouth of the Valdivia River by the Spanish conquistadors.

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