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Wulff Castle as seen in 1930. Viña del Mar (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈbiɲa ðel ˈmaɾ]; meaning "Vineyard of the Sea") is a city and commune on central Chile's Pacific coast. . Often referred to as La Ciudad Jardín ("The Garden City"), Viña del Mar is located within the Valparaíso Region, and it is Chile's fourth largest city with a population of 324,836 (according to the 2008 censu
Open Air Museum Viña del Mar (Spanish: Museo al Aire Libre de Viña del Mar) is an open-air art museum located near Recreo, Viña del Mar, Chile, near the city of Valparaíso. The museum called, "Walls watching the sea", is focused on reproductions of Chilean Modern art executed by Claudio Francia Willms.
The Viña del Mar International Song Festival (Spanish: Festival Internacional de la Canción de Viña del Mar) is a music festival that is considered the best and biggest in Latin America and the most important musical event in the Americas which is held annually on the 3rd week of February since 1960 in Viña del Mar, Chile. [1] [2] [3] [4]
In 1904, he bought from Dr. Teodoro Von Schoeders 1,260 square metres (13,600 sq ft) in front of Cerro Castillo (Castle Hill), in Viña del Mar. [1] He built the new house in 1906. [ 2 ] By 1917, Wulff hired architect Alberto Cruz Montt to make the house into a castle. [ 1 ]
The area is a major tourist draw due to the internationally important Viña del Mar International Song Festival, its balnearios (beaches and resorts), and the world's largest pool San Alfonso del Mar in Algarrobo. The Historic Quarter of the Seaport City of Valparaíso is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its cultural significance.
The origin of the Viña del Mar International Song Festival was modest. Thanks to the initiative of the mayor Gustavo Lorca [12] and Carlos Ansaldo, director of the Department of Tourism and Public Relations of the Municipality of Viña del Mar, between February 21 and 28, 1960, a unique competition was organized, in which the contestants had to present an original song whose theme was the ...
Del Mar added a monthlong fall meeting to its summer meet. And Los Alamitos, a quarter-horse track, was the real hero, reconfiguring its track to a mile and adding about six weeks of daytime ...
The idea for a Chilean film festival was born in 1962, when the Viña del Mar Film Club was created by a group of film aficionados. In 1963 the first Amateur Film Festival was held, and the following year the festival opened to films from the Latin American region.