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History of Vina del Mar


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Origins

View flower clock , a major tourist landmarks of the city

The first Spanish who arrived in the Valley area Peuco, held in the mouth of the Marga Marga , divided the territory into two large haciendas . North watercourse was the Vineyard of the Sea , whose name was because one of its first owners planted a vineyard which remained in place until it was destroyed by a storm in the year 1827 , and to the souththe Seven Sisters whose name alluded to the seven hills that separate the castle hill , which was formerly attached to Recreation, of Baron Hill .

In the early nineteenth century both estates were acquired by the trader Portuguese resident in Valparaiso Francisco Alvares , who paid a combined figure of around $ 100,000.  Upon the death Alvares both properties came under the administration of his widow, Dolores Perez, who began to rent small plots located on its grounds, pointing to a precedent for the development of the area.

The arrival of the railroad and the founding

Castillo Wulff.


The final impetus for the arrival of new residents, as well as the first casual visitors, began with the construction of therailway from Valparaiso to Santiago , whose first section, between the Baron Hill estate and Vi�a del Mar, was inaugurated on 17 September of 1855 .

In 1859 the granddaughter of Francisco Alvarez and Dolores Perez, Mercedes Alvarez, married the engineer andpolitician Jos� Francisco Vergara , who finally presented the project to convert the properties in a different municipality of Valparaiso, engaging also planning. On December 28 of 1874 , Vergara-buried in the cemetery No. 1 port-able that the draft submitted to the mayor Francisco Echaurren was approved, giving birth to the new community that since the arrival of the railroad had evolved to look like a small city.

The first buildings arose around the railway station and the central plaza, the current Plaza Vergara , and spread
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