City tour

ATTRACTIVE HISTORICAL CIRCUIT WHERE YOU CAN VISIT AMBROSIO O’HIGGINS SQUARE ( POST EARTHQUAKE) LOCATED IN THE PRAT STREET WITH I.I. VALLEJOS, IN THE SQUARE WE CAN APPRECIATE THE RED MARBLE STONE WALL OF VALLENAR, OWN OF THE INTERIOR OF THE VALLEY ( PINTE GORGE) IN ADDITION WE WILL FIND SEVERAL SCULPTURES OF DON JOSE CAROCCO, A VALLENARINO PERSONAGE WHO CARVE A GABRIELA MISTRAL, AMBROSIO O¨HIGGINS, BERNARDO O’HIGGINS AND ARTURO PRAT SCULPTURE, AND A SUGGESTIVE SCULPTURE “ THE SECRET OF THE SOURCE”. IN THE CORNER OF THE SQUARE WE CAND FIND THE PERGOLA PLACE WHERE THE BAND OFFERS ITS MUSIC. TOWARDS THE NORTHWEST THE POST OFFICE BUILDING , CONSTRUCTION OF YEAR 1930 FORMERLY ON YEAR 1813 THERE WAS LOCATED THE FIRST SCHOOL SO THE STREET IS NAMED SCHOOL AVE., NOWDAYS J.J. VALLEJOS. IN THIS SAME PLACE THE GOVERNMENT BUILDING OF A CLASSIC ARCHITECTURE, WHOSE FIRST PURPOSE WAS TO BE USED AS A JAIL AND TRIMMING.
SAN AMBROSIO-FRANCISCANA CHURCH ( FOURTH CHURCH) BUILT WITH GUAYAQUIL CANE AND OREGON PINE, ITS STRUCTURE SURVIVED THE 1922 EARTHQUAKE, THE TOWER AND CUPOLA WAS RETIRED BY STRUCTURAL DAMAGE, BEING REPLACE BY METALLIC AND COPPER CUPOLA.

TOWNHALL MARKET CRAFTSMEN SQUARE WHERE YOU CAND FIND A LOT OF SHOPS WITH TYPICAL ANTIQUITY PRODUCTS ANF A FOOD COURT ( HOME MADE COURSES9

VENDIMIA SSCULPTURE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ACTIVITY OF INNER VALLEYS, ALSO A BUST OF THE AUTHOR AND THE CENTENARIO TOWER ( CLOCK)

THE 18 OF SEPTEMBER IN 1930 WITH THE PRESENCE OF ITS AUTHOR JOSE CAROCCA LAFLOR, WAS BORN IN VALLENAR THE 12 DECEMBER OF 1899.HE CREATED SIX WORKS IN VALLENAR, RECOGNIZED AT A NATIONAL LEVEL, BY WHICH DO SO MUCH AS PROFESSOR OF BEAUTIFUL ARTS AND PAINTER. HE PASSED AWAY THE 16 APRIL OF 1966 BURIED IN SANTIAGO. CENTENARIO TOWER ( CLOCK) DONATED BY FOREIGN LADIES FOR THE CENTENARY OF THE CITY, AT THE BEGINNING WAS IN THE SQUARE.

WE FINISHED THE ROUTE AT THE HUASCO MUSEUM WHERE YOU CAN FIND FLORA, FAUNA, MINERALOGY AND ARCHAEOLOGY SYNTHESIS.