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Transportation Attractions In Valparaiso

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Valparaíso is a major city, seaport, and educational center in the commune of Valparaíso, Chile. Greater Valparaíso is the second largest metropolitan area in the country. Valparaíso is located about 120 km northwest of Santiago by road and is one of the South Pacific's most important seaports. Valparaíso is the capital of Chile's third most populated administrative region and has been the headquarters for the Chilean National Congress since 1990. Valparaíso has seven universities. Valparaíso played an important geopolitical role in the second half of the 19th century, when the city served as a major stopover for ships traveling between the Atla...
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Transportation Attractions In Valparaiso

  • 1. Trolleybuses in Valparaiso Valparaiso
    Trolleybuses in Valparaíso, Chile, have provided a portion of the public transit service since 1952. The trolleybus system is the second-oldest in South America. The originally state-owned system has been privately owned since 1982, and since 1994 it has been Chile's only operational trolleybus system. Almost two-thirds of its vehicles were built in 1946–52 by the Pullman-Standard Company, and they are the oldest trolleybuses in regular service anywhere in the world. Those vehicles were collectively declared a national monument by the Chilean government in 2003. They helped the city gain its designation by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site, and have been called a heritage sight in their own right by at least one travel writer. In 1991–1992 the system acquired several secondhand trolleyb...
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  • 3. Ascensor Cordillera Valparaiso
    The ascensor El Peral is a funicular located between two characteristic urban centers of Valparaíso, Chile, Plaza de la Justicia , a quiet place in Valparaiso’s downtown and Paseo Yugoslavo that offers a sightseeing balcony towards the bay and the mountains.Access turnstiles are found in an alley inside a building, Augusto Geiger’s work. The upper station reaches Paseo Yugoslavo where the pedestrian is welcomed in the routes of Valparaiso hills. Furthermore, This is a place to stop and behold the city and to visit the Museo Municipal de Bellas Artes de Valparaíso . The top arrival station is really transparent allowing the visitors to see the functioning machinery. This funicular was the first one that used a steam traction equipment with a chimney that became the main feature. When ...
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