VALPARAÍSO, WORLD HERITAGE

It was in 1536, when Juan de Saavedra arrived at Quintil Bay and according to the Catholic tradition he decided to put Valparaíso or Valley of the Paradise, due to the admiration that the natural charms of the region caused to the visitors that came from other latitudes. It is at the beginning of the 19th century that Valparaíso began to have a leading role and public notoriety for being an important enclave within the routes that communicated Europe with the Pacific coast through the Cape Horn. 

They are English, German, French, Yugoslav immigrants, as well as Spaniards, who begin to arrive at the coasts of this small and large city and those that give the particularity to the city that conforms Valparaíso, building passages, stairs and elevators to travel through Valparaíso. The city had its moment of prosperity until the beginning of the XX century  when it was flogged by an earthquake that almost destroyed it. With the opening of the Panama Canal, maritime traffic stopped and the city began to decay.

 Today, thanks to its history, architecture and cultural diversity, UNESCO declared it "Patrimony of Humanity" on July 2, 2003. Today Valparaíso is considered "The Jewel of the Pacific" because of its natural charm and the history that surrounds it. And serves as inspiration for renowned plastic artists, writers, poets and musicians.