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In the heart of a zone declared World Heritage Site, by Unesco, the "Cerro Concepción", with his old victorian houses and viewpoints it takes us back to the old Valparaiso...
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View the article by the Arquitect & Manuel Moreno Award (National Architecture Award, Citation Heritage), Nelson Morgado, about Hill Concepción here.(in spanish)
“....Uno de los miradores más sobresalientes de estilo victoriano es el Paseo Atkinson que conserva prácticamente intactas aquellas casas con postigos pintados de azul y ventanas de guillotina...”
“... Una terraza suspendida que mira al mar...”.“... Algo de ese mundo romántico es lo que flota en el clásico cuadro de Alfredo Helsby “La Niña del Aro”, pintada a comienzos del siglo XX.Con notable sentido de la atmósfera Helsby refleja esa luz tamizada de Valparaíso a mediodía, con una suave neblina...” .
Fotografía del ascensor Esmeralda. Conectaba el paseo Atkinson con la calle Esmeralda. Funcionó desde año 1905 hasta la década del año1960.
The Atkinson ride is inserted in a regular plot located on the plateau of Cerro Concepcion began to evolve in 1825 when Jossué Waddington purchase the hill, making a year after the first streets. This task of "Urbanization and sale of lots" is done with other retailers as we can read in power embedded in the writing of 1875, before the Notary of Valparaiso Joaquin Segundo Iglesias: "... since Jose Carlos Rogers Templeman and Brownell are two members of the defunct company, under the grounds of Waddington Templeman and Company, dealers and merchants of Valparaiso and other ports of America South except in Peru ...". Joseph Rogers Templeman living in London and Carlos Brownell in Liverpool...
Read the complete document, here.
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Brighton Bed & Breakfast, Pasaje Atkinson 151 - 153, Cerro Concepción, Valparaiso. Phone/Fax: (56 - 32) 222 35 13 / Phone: (56 - 32) 259 88 02.
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