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Dragutin Dimitrijevic Apis
Feb 10, 2005, 10:30 |
URBAN CIRCUIT
From the Lookout of Rahue located at the end of the Av. Republic, turning to the left side, you will have a panoramic sight of the city, the river and the volcanoes. This Quarter was an independent municipality up to 1928 and place of emplacement of reductions huiliches up to the coast.
Lowering for the Street Concepcion and turning for Chillán up to the Av. Republic you will come to the Market of Rahue, where the fair of small farmers works costinos. From there also salt the buses that they lead to the coast.
Close to him and on the banks of the river is Strongly Queen Maria Luisa, constructed in 1793, and it was constructed by don Tomás de Figueroa as a homage to the wife of King Carlos V, having served as residence of the Governor Ambrosio O'Higgins and later as Don Juan Mackenna.
The building of the city in general it this characterized by European influences, principally with styles provenientes of the south of Germany that they were introduced by craftsmen who came during the colonization.
Returning to the center, in the street Mackenna, between Cochrane and I Will fry there is a group of six declared houses National Monument. Constructed in the XIXth century, his architectural characteristics reflect the style that occupied first place in the whole city before the earthquake of 1960: they are of wood, his roofs of tejuelas were replaced by others of zinc, preserving the exterior roofed portals, something like roofed footpathsThey are the Houses: Mohr Pérez; Chalet E. Schüller (1923); House Surber (1894); House H. Stuckrath (1880 aprox.); House Stuckrath (1890) and House And. Stuckrath (1882).
In Osorno you will find the biggest Cattle Fair of the South. There every morning the best animals of the zone are finished off, and the best centers of German gastronomy of the south of Chile are in this city, do visit them.
In the South-Western sector of Osorno one finds the Handmade Park, with permanent exhibitions of products realized in wool, wood and leather.
You will be able to visit also the Cultural Center placed in street Matta 556. It is an impressive construction that realizes permanent exhibitions and cultural diverse activities.
Between the natural attractions of the city, the Rio is Checkers with his Fourth famous Centenary Park shaped by autochthonous species as araucarias, oaks, lengas and olivillos.
We suggest you to visit the Municipal Museum of Osorno located in street Matta 806, and that it possesses sections of archaeology, natural, military history, objects of the epoch of the colonization and indigenous native art, archaeological relics, historical documents and popular art
Also you can visit the Catholic Cemetery, where his familiar crypts overcome those of the rest of the country, the Old District, between the Square of Weapon and the Railway Station, a zone with many life.
Finally the Cathedral of San-Mateo, opposite to the Square of Weapon, which was constructed in five opportunities and stands out for his singular architectural ogival style. The first construction was raised in the year 1577, being at present, also center of cultural musical activities, since in his interior concerts organized by the community develop osornina and the presentation of concerts of the Musical Weeks of Frutillar.
In the square of weapon they emphasize an attractive pileta of multicolored lights and a cinnamon-tree planted in 1938 by the poetess Gabriela Mistral..
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