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2 unusual facts about Valdivia


Ricardo Araneda

Ricardo Anibal Araneda Aviles (born January 3, 1971 in Valdivia, Los Ríos Region) is a cruiserweight boxer from Chile, who won the silver medal at the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata, Argentina.

Valvulas Industriales

Established in 1983, Valvulas Industriales S.A (VISA) has its headquarters in Santiago, with branches Antofagasta, Copiapó, Talcahuano and Valdivia.


Ambrosio O'Higgins, 1st Marquis of Osorno

This caused alarm among the Huilliche of the Llanos de Osorno (flatlands of Osorno) who decided to ally with the Huilliche Aillarehues of the Río Bueno valley and those around Lake Ranco to the north and ask for the intervention of the Governor of Valdivia, Mariano Pusterla.

Battle of Penco

After toqui Ainavillo's defeat in the Battle of Andalien he gathered tens of thousands of warriors from the Arauco and Tucapel regions to reinforce his depleted 15,000 man army for an attack on Valdivia's new settlement at Penco.

Calle-Calle Bridge

It allows connection from Valdivia to the airport of Pichoy and to the Pan American Highway.

Celulosa Arauco y Constitución

Beginning in 2004, and just months after the opening of CELCO's Valdivia plant, thousands of Black-necked Swans in the internationally protected RAMSAR site and national reserve Carlos Anwandter in Chile died or migrated.

Conquest of Chile

These battles allowed to Valdiva to build cities on Indian territories such as Concepcion in 1550, La Imperial, Valdivia in 1552, Villarrica in 1552 and Los Confines in 1553.

Diplomystes camposensis

Diplomystes camposensis is a species of velvet catfish endemic to Chile where it occurs in the Valdivia region.

George Karsten

Das Phytoplankton des Atlantischen Ozeans nach dem Material der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition 1898-1899 (Phytoplankton of the Atlantic Ocean from the German Deep-sea Valdivia Expedition); (1906).

German colonization of Valdivia, Osorno and Llanquihue

From 1850 to 1875 the Chilean region around Valdivia, Osorno and Llanquihue in Southern Chile received thousands of German immigrants as part of a state-led colonization scheme.

Guido Mutis

Guido Mutis Carrasco (b. 5 August 1934, Yungay, Chile—d. 10 July 2008, Valdivia, Chile), was an English literature professor at the Valdivia campus of the Austral University of Chile and director of the Valdivia International Film Festival.

Islam in Chile

The majority lived in Santiago, with the rest of the population scattered in the provinces of Antofagasta, Coquimbo, Valparaíso, O'Higgins, Concepción, Malleco, Cautín and Valdivia, without much organization among them.

La Moneda Palace

Works on the building started in 1784, with building materials arriving the following year from around Chile and the world: limestone from the Polpaico country estate; sand from the Maipo River; red stones from a quarry at the Cerro San Cristóbal in Santiago; white stone from the neighbouring Cerro Blanco; oak and cypress wood from Valdivia; Spanish metal works from Vizcaya.

Pedro de Valdivia Bridge

Together with Río Cruces Bridge (built in 1987) it allows connection from Valdivia to the coastal town Niebla.

Pedro de Valdivia Bridge is named in honour of the founder of Valdivia the Spanish conquistador Pedro de Valdivia.

Pedro González Vera

Pedro Alejandro González Vera (born 17 October 1967 in Valdivia) is a Chilean football player nicknamed "Heidi".

Providencia, Chile

Other notable areas of interest in Providencia include the Metropolitan Zoo, the Teleférico (an aerial gondola that transports people from the foot of Pedro de Valdivia Norte Street to the top of San Cristóbal Hill), several television networks and Radio Cooperativa.

Río Cruces Bridge

Together with Pedro de Valdivia Bridge (built in 1954) it allows connection from Valdivia to the coastal town Niebla.

Saint George's College, Santiago

Its traditional rival schools are Colegio del Verbo Divino and Colegio San Ignacio, which were originally located near one another in the Pedro de Valdivia neighborhood of Providencia.

Saltire

Saltires are also seen in several other flags, including the flags of Grenada, Jamaica, Alabama, Florida, Jersey, Logroño, Vitoria, Amsterdam, Breda, Katwijk, Potchefstroom and Valdivia.

Sharpe's Devil

George Blair; surly Liverpool merchant acting as British Consul in the port of Valdivia who welcomes Sharpe and Harper to Chile.

Universidad Autónoma Gabriel René Moreno

The first governor was Bishop Juan Jose Valdivia, and the school initially offered Medicine, Technology, and Law.


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