Historic Quarter of the Seaport City of Valparaíso (UNESCO/NHK)

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Channel: UNESCO · 2013 · Nonprofits & Activism

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The colonial city of Valparaíso presents an excellent example of late 19th-century urban and architectural development in Latin America. In its natural amphitheatre-like setting, the city is characterized by a vernacular urban fabric adapted to the hillsides that are dotted with a great variety of church spires. It contrasts with the geometrical layout utilized in the plain. The city has well preserved its interesting early industrial  ...

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