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 The Mapuche part of town
from the plane by joernme
Still, it's great to see they still keep up many traditions and btw this gives the city the certain something.
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 A look to the cactus side of
the range by joernme
This is a National Park, empty of people and full of cactusses and breathtaking cloud magic. It's were the coastal fogs meet the coastal range. As long as you stay on the cactus side, you enjoy sun and blue skys. Taking the road to the peak of the coastal range you already see the clouds hiding behind. At the top - this is a steep dust road, we had to push our car on some parts.... - take out your sweater and enjoy the view out of and on the clouds and the constant movement of the holes between. Simply great.
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Talcahuano Naval Base, home to the ironclad gunship "Huascar", is well worth a visit. On arrival you'll need to check in with your passport at the gate. Before making your way to the dock to be taken across to the ship itself, take a few moments to look around the small memorial park known as the Plaza de los Heroes. Here you'll find naval guns of different periods, anchors and statues commemorating three men who lost their lives on board the "Huascar".
Arturo Prat is regarded as the greatest of Chile's heroes and you will see memorials to him wherever there is a naval presence, and his name on streets and squares all over Chile. He was killed in action against the Peruvians in 1879 at the Battle of Iquique. The Peruvians had rammed his ship, the "Esmeralda" with their monitor, the "Huascar". Prat lept aboard the "Huascar", only to be killed almost immediately. His death and that of the two men who jumped with him, led to his name became the rallying cry of the Chilean Navy, and the three becoming the country's greatest naval heroes.
Today, the navy's beautiful sail training ship, named "Esmeralda" is based at Talcahuano.
The elegant white building behind the plaza, known as "El Vaticano" is the headquarters of the Commander in Chief of the Second Naval Zone and is not open to the public.
Spanish language guided tours of the base take place at weekends and include the Naval Port, the residential area, the breakwater and the Asmar shipyard. Between 14:30 and 17:00 hrs, two small trains leave from the main gate, Puerta de Los Leones. The tour takes 50 minutes. During the week, the trains are used for visiting school parties and other visitors are limited to the Plaza de los Heroes and the "Huasca" itself.
Closed Mondays. Opening hours 9.30 -12 and 2-5.30
You may only take photographs of the park and the "Huascar". Nothing else of the base should be photographed. The photo of the "Esmeralda " here has been cropped out of the background of a photo taken on board the "Huascar". Leave a Comment Phone: +56 41 274 4000
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Virtuoso pianist, Claudio Arrau was born in Chillan in 1903. A child prodigy, at the age of 8 he left the town with his mother, aunt and sister, to study in Berlin. Chillan remained close to his heart however and when he died he left the town an enormous treasury of his personal possessions, including the complete library of his manuscripts. The town has responded by building a wonderful new museum and learning centre to house the collection and to provide access not onlt to the great man's life and work but music generally.
Although not yet complete - there are plans for a recital hall and music studios that are yet to be funded so they are still on the drawing board - the complex has made a museum of Arrau's childhood home and built the first stage of the music centre - a wonderful room full of interactive musical experiences. These are the areas for public access - there are offices and administrative areas as well.
The staff are justly proud of their museum and look forwqrd to the day when the whole dream is realized. Meanwhile, they are delighted to have visitors other than the school groups that come. The director showed us around when we were there, taking out manuscripts to show us and talking about the work that has gone into the project.
The museum is situated on Claudio Arrau Street (where else?) two blocks west of the Plaza de Armas.
Opening hours 10- 7
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