One of the specific manifestations of this sentiment was the creation of the Museum of the Patria Vieja, in a central house of Rancagua, where he resided for some years.
His 1872 portrait of the Argentine War of Independence hero, General José de San Martín (The Review in Rancagua), was also a success in Buenos Aires, and Blanes was invited to Chile to display the historic depiction.
The city is famous in Chilean history as the scene of the Disaster of Rancagua of 1814, when Chilean forces fighting for independence from Spain were defeated, marking the beginning of the period known as the Reconquista (Reconquest, an attempt by Spain to regain control of Chile).
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The city's Braden Copper Stadium was one of the four venues of the 1962 football (soccer) World Cup.
As an important member of Chilean society at the time, William Blest, after being granted Chilean nationality, was in 1832 elected a member of the national congress for Rancagua, a seat he occupied until 1834, but without major interventions.
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In 1945, the company constructed the Braden Copper Stadium in the city of Rancagua, now called Estadio El Teniente.
Diego Alejandro Olate Jeria (born January 11, 1987 in Rancagua, Chile) is a Chilean footballer, who currently plays for Husqvarna FF.
This school has a sports park called Estadio Marista (Marist Stadium), located in the town of Machali, near Rancagua.
In 1814, he became the secretary of Supreme Director Francisco de la Lastra, and was forced after the defeat of Rancagua, together with other patriots, to emigrate to Mendoza, Argentina, where, soon after his arrival, he was appointed secretary of the treasury of that province.
On October 1, the two sides fought in Rancagua, an attempt to prevent the expeditionaries from taking Santiago.