Maybe one day I’ll have enough Spanish to adequately describe this place. Charles Darwin gave it the high praise of “certainly most striking.”
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- The west entrance. This is a PARK.
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- Terrazzo Neptuno.
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- The fountain of Neptute.
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- The first part of the park made of terraces going up the hill.
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- Looking down.
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- On the way up the hill.
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- Of course there’s a statue of a dog!
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- Plaza de Pedro de Valdivia, founder of Santiago.
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- Looking up at Torre Mirador, the highest point of the park.
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- Looking down on Jardin Circular (Circle Garden).
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- The VIEW.
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- The ANDES.
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- Obligatory selfie.
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- The crypt of Santiago’s first archbishop…partway up this hill!
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- Mural dedicated to ONE OF Chile’s Nobel laureate’s, Gabriela Mistral.
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- The park BELOW the park!
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- The east entrance to the park, where I came out.
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wonderful pictures. I would love to see this place in person one day. I like the history and it looks like a good walk