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Transportation Attractions In Valparaiso Region

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The Valparaíso Region is one of Chile's 16 first order administrative divisions. With the country's third highest population of 1,790,219 million in 2017, and third smallest area of 16,396.1 km2 , the region is Chile's second most densely populated after the Santiago Metropolitan Region to the southeast.Its capital is the port city of Valparaíso, other important cities include Viña del Mar, Quillota, Quilpué, and San Antonio.
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Transportation Attractions In Valparaiso Region

  • 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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  • 4. 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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