Urban-Struktur anzeigen, Neo-klassizistischen Nationalbibliothek und modernen Wolkenkratzern, südwestlichen Ende Cerro Santa Lucia, zentrale Santiago, Chile
4287 x 2848 px | 36,3 x 24,1 cm | 14,3 x 9,5 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
2. April 2010
Ort:
Urban view, south western end Cerro Santa Lucia, Central Santiago, Chile
Weitere Informationen:
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. In 1872 Vicuna Mackenna, Mayor of Santiago, landscaped the hill with the parks and gardens of today. Charles Darwin, visiting the hill in August 1834, proclaimed the view from the top 'most striking'. Here, at the south-western end of the hiil, we see the neo-classical Biblioteca Nacional de Chile (National Library of Chile), completed in 1925, and Iglesia San Francisco, the oldest church in Santiago. Both buildings are on the multi-lane Avenida Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins, Santiago's principal east-west highway (also known as La Alameda or 'boulevard surrounded by poplar trees').