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12 unusual facts about Valparaíso


Atomic Aggressor

However, in 1992, unable to bounce back from losing their drummer and other internal problems, the band separated, playing for the last time on May 9, 1992, in Valparaíso, Chile.

Carlos Condell

His remains were carried to the Crypt of the Naval Heroes (Cripta de los Héroes Navales) in Valparaíso.

Carlos Arnaldo Condell De La Haza (August 14, 1843 in Valparaíso – November 24, 1887 in Quilpué) was a prominent Chilean naval officer and hero of the Battle of Punta Gruesa during the start of the War of the Pacific.

Catalina Saavedra

Saavedra started acting lessons at the age of ten, prompted by her mother's hiring of a private theater arts teacher in Valparaíso, Chile.

John C. McKenzie

Born on a farm near Elizabeth, Woodbine Township, Illinois, Mckenzie attended the common schools, and the normal school at Valparaiso, Indiana.

Juan Bautista Topete

He was sent out to the Pacific in command of the frigate "Blanca," and was present at the bombardment of Valparaíso and Callao, where he was badly wounded, and in other engagements of the war between Chile and Peru.

Pailton Engineering Ltd

As Pailton were growing their product range so was the market reach, due to the opening in 1999 of Pailton Inc. in Valparaiso, Indiana, USA.

Pedro Moncayo

Pedro Moncayo y Esparza (29 June 1807 in Ibarra, Ecuador — February 1888 in Valparaíso, Chile) was an Ecuadorian journalist and politician.

Ramón Freire

After failing in his purpose, he was imprisoned in the port of Valparaíso, court-martialled, and exiled first to the island of Juan Fernández, and afterwards to Tahiti and in 1837 temporarily settled in Australia.

During his administration he promoted some initiatives of enormous impact, such as the abolition of slavery, the reorganization of the defense system of the port of Valparaíso and the opening of the Chilean markets to world commerce.

Rodrigo de Quiroga

Drake managed to sack the port of Valparaíso, but when he tried to repeat the action at La Serena, he encountered the armed resistance of the inhabitants, and was repulsed.

Valparaiso, Florida

The field was assigned the ICAO airport code VPS for Valparaiso, which Northwest Florida Regional Airport retains to this day.


1985 Chilean telethon

This was the year when Don Francisco formally launched the spin-off disaster relief telethon Chile helps Chile in response to this, and called on the nation to exert its efforts towards rebuilding Valparaiso Province and the Santiago Metropolitan Region.

AES Railcar

Their main area of passenger service has been rapid suburban transit between Valparaiso and Limache, with extended service between Valparaiso and Santiago during the 1980s, and service on the Biotren in the South of Chile since the 2000s.

Alan Harre

On December 18, 2007, Valparaiso University announced Mark A. Heckler, provost and vice chancellor for academic and student affairs at University of Colorado Denver, as Alan Harre's successor.

Arturo Sanhueza

The next season, Sanhueza made his international debut in the Copa Libertadores, in where he was member of the historic 1–0 home victory over Boca Juniors at Valparaíso and of the also important tie with the same team at La Bombonera.

Asociación de Fútbol de Santiago

In the early twentieth century, in Santiago there did not exist any organization for the various college football clubs that were emerging and therefore no any football tournament was contested, unlike what happened in Valparaiso, where competitions were held by the Football Association of Chile since 1895 and there was a championship each year.

Balfour Williamson

The company traded with South America, and had offices in Valparaiso, Chile and San Francisco.

Cerro La Campana

When the second survey voyage of HMS Beagle arrived at Valparaiso on 23 July 1834, Charles Darwin took residence ashore to explore the area.

Chile–Peru relations

Nevertheless, as far as things concerned Chile, Peru still owed a debt to the Chilean government as a result of this government helping in the liberation of Peru from Spain, and both nations were still under a commercial competition as to which port would become the most important in the southern Pacific coasts (Callao in Peru or Valparaíso in Chile).

Cristóbal Vela

Copy of an engraving by Hieronymus Wierix from Marten de Vos, from the monastery of San Jeronimo de Valparaiso, circa 1630

Francisco Ruiz Lozano

Over his lifetime, he pursued mercantile affairs nearly everywhere in Spanish America — Panama, Cartagena de Indias, Acapulco, Valparaiso, Concepción and Talcahuano.

Greeks in Chile

Many of the original families moved to Santiago and Valparaíso, however there are is still an estimated seventy current residents that were born in Greece.

Greg Paulus

He set a Duke freshman record for assists in a game with 15 (with three turnovers) in a 104–77 home victory over Valparaiso on December 18, 2005; that assist total was only one away from the all-time single-game Duke record of 16, set by NCAA career assist leader Bobby Hurley.

Harre

Alan Harre (born 1940), the seventeenth president of Valparaiso University

Hollandsche Bank-Unie

By 1922, the Hollandsche Bank voor Zuid-Amerika was running branches in Genoa, Hamburg, Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, Santos, Santiago, São Paulo and Valparaíso.

Iglesia de la Matriz

In 1559, the Bishop of Santiago, Rodrigo Marmolejo, founded the first temple in Valparaiso, a small chapel that was really little more than a hut initially.

Indiana State Road 49

Then SR 49 leaves Valparaiso heading north toward Chesterton having an interchange with U.S. Route 6, Interstate 80/Interstate 90/Indiana Toll Road, Interstate 94, U.S. Route 20, and U.S. Route 12.

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.

Japanese cruiser Asama

On 21 August 1920, it made a training voyage to Hong Kong, Singapore, Columbo, Durban, Cape Town, Rio de Janeiro, Montevideo, Valparaíso, Tahiti, Truk and Saipan, thus circumnavigating the globe east to west.

John C. Caldwell

He then entered the diplomatic service as the U.S. Consul in Valparaíso, Chile, from 1869 to 1874; U.S. Minister to Uruguay and Paraguay, 1874 to 1882; U.S. Consul to San José, Costa Rica, 1897 to 1909.

La Cenicienta

In 1967, a production of La Cenicienta went on a tour through several cities in Chile: Valparaíso, Viña del Mar, Concepción and Santiago, the capital.

La Segunda

Since the 2000s (decade), Second expanded its distribution to the regions of Valparaíso, Metropolitan of Santiago and O'Higgins.

Lobelia tupa

Lobelia tupa (Tupa, Tabaco del diablo) is a species of Lobelia native to central Chile from Valparaíso south to Los Lagos regions.

Lowell Yerex

Lowell Yerex (24 July 1895 - 1968) was born in New Zealand, and attended Valparaiso University in Valparaiso, Indiana United States.

Memorial Opera House

Valparaiso native Beulah Bondi got her start in theatre on the stage of the Memorial Opera House in a production of Little Lord Fauntleroy.

National Congress of Chile

Congress meets in the Chile Congress building, which was built during the last years of the Pinochet regime and stands in the port city of Valparaíso, some 140 km west of the capital, Santiago.

Orélie-Antoine de Tounens

He moved to Coquimbo in Chile in 1858 and spent two years in Valparaíso and Santiago, studying Spanish and forming social connections.

Oswald Hoffmann

In addition, he held an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from Concordia Seminary, an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Valparaiso University in Valparaiso, Indiana, and an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from the Philippine Christian University in Manila, The Philippines.

Pedro Lucio Cuadra

In 1874, the owners of the newly discovered silver mines at Caracoles, Bolivia, gave Cuadra the general superintendence of the works, and in 1876 he was appointed president of the Bank of Valparaiso.

Popcorn

At least six localities (all in the Midwestern United States) claim to be the "Popcorn Capital of the World": Ridgway, Illinois; Valparaiso, Indiana; Van Buren, Indiana; Schaller, Iowa; Marion, Ohio; and North Loup, Nebraska.

Sandra Masin

Masin graduated from Maple Heights High School in Maple Heights, Ohio, then went on to Valparaiso University in Valparaiso, Indiana, where she majored in Government, and minored in Economics, earning a B.A. in 1964.

Senate of Chile

The Senate sessions at the new (1990) National Congress located in the port city of Valparaíso that replaced the old National Congress located in downtown Santiago, the nation's capital.

Stephen Williamson

In 1848 he went to Liverpool, and there founded, with Alexander Balfour, the firm of Balfour Williamson, trading with South America with offices in Valparaiso, Chile and San Francisco.

Swiss Chilean

Later during 1915 to 1950 was the last recorded mass exodus of Swiss to Chile recorded 30,000 residents installed in the central area of the country, primarily in Santiago and Valparaíso.

Trolleybuses in Valparaíso

For nearly 40 years, the fleet comprised solely Pullman-Standard trolleybuses, a combination of new-to-Valparaíso 1952-built Pullmans (the 700-series) and, from 1954 on, a number of ex-Santiago Pullmans, built in 1946–1948 (the 800-series).

William Wheelwright

In 1838, with help from the Chilean government, he founded the Pacific Steam Navigation Company which commenced operations on October 15, 1840 and provided commercial sea access to cities such as Valparaíso and El Callao.