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5 unusual facts about Talca


Agustín Abarca

Agustín Abarca (27 December 1882 in Talca - 28 May 1953 in Santiago) was a Chilean painter.

Blechnum magellanicum

Blechnum magellanicum, Costilla de vaca (Chilean Spanish for cow's rib) or palmilla is a medium-sized fern native with a natural range from Talca at 35° S, to Magallanes Region in Chile.

Empetrum rubrum

Empetrum rubrum, known as red crowberry or diddle-dee (Chilean Spanish: Murtilla de Magallanes), is a species of plant in the Ericaceae family with a distributional range in Chile from Talca (35°S) to Cape Horn (55°S); in areas of adjacent Argentina; in the Falkland Islands; and in Tristan da Cunha.

Ramón Freire

In 1816 he joined the Army of the Andes, and returned to Chile as a battalion commander through the Planchón Pass (in southern Chile), occupying the city of Talca on February 11, 1817.

Talca

The inhabitants of Talca have a saying, Talca, Paris & London, born from a hat shop which had placed a ribbon stating that it had branches in Paris and London.


Gonzalo Salas

:2nd in Prologue Vuelta Ciclista de Chile, Ciudad de Talca (CHI)


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