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Cerro Santa Lucia - Santiago
Cerro Santa Lucia
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Cerro Santa Lucia: The Santa Lucia Hill
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  • The Cerro Santa Lucia, it´s in the middle of the city, It´s a hill and was one the first places where Pedro de Valdia ( our conqueror) founded the city in Feb 12th of 1554
    Now it´s a nice place , with a magnificent entrance and a nice Casttle ( chilean one) on the top, You can walk inside some of the pads and stay a nice time try to do it´s early and not get into dark zones, because get´s pretty dangereous after midday.
    There is an craftsmanship indigenous center of on the hill, also a tourist information office. You can have a great view of the city, specially after a rainy day.

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  • Address: Alameda street
  • Phone: 6644216
  • Directions: Is located in the Alamada street, next to the Nacional library, you need to take the subway and take off in santa Lucia Station, the hill is acroos the street, there is no way that you can´t see it from there.
  • Website: cerrosantalucia@munistgo.cl
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    Cerro Santa Lucia: Cerro santa Lucia
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  • In the middle of the city you will find Cerro Santa Lucia, One of the entrances found the monumental stairs. It is a pretty ride walking, plenty of vegetation is as a labyrinth of stairs and each zone offer a different view. In the top it offers a beautiful view of Santiago, in the park you will found castle hidalgo, that she has been transformed in a center of events

    Tips: It is recommended to visit it in the hours of the day since at night it can be not so safe

    En medio de la cuidad encuentras el cerro santa lucia, En una de las entradas encontraras las escaleras monumentales. Es un lindo paseo a pie, lleno de vegetación, es como un laberinto de escaleras y cada zona ofrece una vista distinta. En la cima te ofrece una hermosa vista de la cuidad de santiago, En el paseo encontraras castillo hidalgo, que ha sido trasformada en un centro de eventos

    Tips: Se recomienda visitarlo en las horas del día ya que en la noche puede ser no tan seguro

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  • Address: Av Bernardo O'higgings and Av Santa Lucia
  • Directions: On the Metrored Line 1 station Santa Lucia
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    Cerro Santa Lucia: Fuente Magica
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  • Known as the Magic Mountain (Fuente Magica), this fountain can be found on Cerro Santa Lucia. It'll be one of the first things you see when you climb the hill from the Alameda.
    Maybe it's not huge, maybe it's not as big as many others, but it does have something special: every coin thrown there is collected for the Make-a-wish foundation. So please, cooperate.
    Oh, and one other thing. Next to this fountain, you can find some artisan work in some small kiosks.

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  • Address: On Cerro Santa Lucia
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    Cerro Santa Lucia: Ermita Vicuna Mackenna
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    Ermita Vicuna Mackenna is a tiny church on top of Cerro Santa Lucia, unfortunately the church is locked, but it looks interesting also from outside and from its terrace you will have a great view of the modern city of Santiago below the church.

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  • Directions: Follow the signposts, sooner or later they will all take you to Ermita Vicuna Mackenna on top of Cerro Santa Lucia.
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    Cerro Santa Lucia: Cerro Santa Lucia
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  • Cerro Santa Lucia is a hill in the centre of Santiago with a castle on top of it. It kind of looks like a wacky tourist attraction but the hill is historically significant as this is where Pedro de Valdivia founded the city of Santiago.

    The hill has been known to be dangerous, particularly at night, however it is now fenced off and locked at night and all entrants during the day must sign in at the front gate.

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  • Address: Alameda
  • Directions: Take metro line 1 and get off at the Santa Lucia stop.
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    Cerro Santa Lucia: the old gate at Cerro Santa Lucia
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  • That old towngate or maybe rather the gate of the old fortification on top of Cerro Santa Lucia is the only gate that is left over, with great decorations above the antrance-gate and with an excellent view of the surrounding area. You cannot enter that gate, just walk around of it and next to it you will find the monument of the indio and the old cannons.

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  • Directions: this old gate is on top of cerro Santa Lucia.
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    Cerro Santa Lucia: Castillo Hidalgo & Terraza Neptuno
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  • Terraza Neptuno is that lovely fountain in front of the great building at the foot of Cerro Santa Lucia, named Castillo Hidalgo. That Castillo is just for decoartion, and much too small to live inside, but it looks great indeed !From there you can step up through a wide system of steps and paths to the top of Cerro Santa Lucia.

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  • Directions: Castillo Hidalgo & Terrazza Neptuno are next to Av. Bernardo O'Higgins
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    Cerro Santa Lucia: My favorite spot in Santiago
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    When Benjamín Vicuña Mackenna was elected mayor of Santiago in 1872, one of his first decisions was to improve the city's urban environment and among his many projects was the development of Cerro Santa Lucia, a 69 m hill that stands in the middle of downtown Santiago. This hill already was of great historical importance since it was where Pedro de Valdivia founded the city of Santiago in the name of Spain back in 1541 (a monument marks the spot where the ceremony took place). About 150 prisoners were put to work to build different paths and lookouts that lead visitors from the bottom of the hill to the chapel where Vicuña Mackenna was eventually buried, and to the beautiful Castle Hildalgo.

    From the top of the hill you get one of the best views of the city and the surrounding Andes. Cerro Santa Lucia is open every day from 9:00 am to 7:00 pm, free of charge. You will however be asked to provide your passport information - this safety measure was added a few years ago to make sure the hill remains a safe spot for visitors and locals alike. If you only have a few hours to spend in the city, I would definitely recommend putting Cerro Santa Lucia at the top of your list of things to do, it was my favorite spot in all of Santiago!

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  • Address: At the corner of Santa Lucia and Alameda St.
  • Directions: Downtown Santiago, metro Santa Lucia
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    Cerro Santa Lucia: Cerro Santa Lucia
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  • The Santa Lucia Hill in the city center is an important historic landmark. It was here, at the foot of this hill formerly known as the "Huelen", that the Spanish Conquistador Pedro de Valdivia founded the city of Santiago on February 12th, 1541. He planned the city according to the traditional Spanish checkerboard layout which is still evident in the downtown area today.
    Try going in the morning, as it can get dangerous when the sun goes down.

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  • Address: Alameda
  • Directions: Take the subway (line 1) and get off in Santa Lucia station. The hill will be right there.
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    Cerro Santa Lucia: Caupolican
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  • This statue conmemorates the mapuche Caupolican. He was one of the chief mapuches that fought the spanish as he didn't want his land to be conquered by the spaniards. He fought Pedro de Valdivia (founder of the city) again and again, making his plans quite difficult. At the end, Pedro de Valdivia did win, but with a good battle.

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  • Address: On top of Cerro Santa Lucia
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