4231 x 2001 px | 35,8 x 16,9 cm | 14,1 x 6,7 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
2. April 2010
Ort:
La Ermita Chapel, southern end Cerro Santa Lucia, Centro, Santiago, Chile
Weitere Informationen:
The little La Ermita Chapel, at the southern end of Cerro Santa Lucia, houses the remains of Vicuna Mackenna, the Mayor of Santiago who landscaped the hill with the parks and gardens of today in 1872. In the modern urban landscape of skyscrapers beyond the hill we see the red brick Iglesia San Francisco, the oldest church in Santiago. Charles Darwin, visiting the hill in August 1834, proclaimed the view from the top 'most striking'. Cerro Santa Lucia (Santa Lucia Hill), a defensive site 629 metres above sea-level, was the place where Conquistador Pedro de Valdivia, sent south from Peru to conquer new lands for the Spanish Crown, founded the city of Santiago in 1541. Valdivia climbed the hill on the feast-day of Santa Lucia (13 December 1541), hence the name. During the Chilean Independence in 1818, forces loyal to the Spanish Crown defended the northern side of the hill with Fort Hidalgo.
