The historic town of the port city of Valparaiso

Unesco's Science, Education and Culture Organization has recognized the historic neighborhood of the port city of Valparaiso in Chile as a World Cultural Heritage in 2003.

Valparaiso is an extremely important port city in Chile, which is surrounded by the Mediterranean coast and the steep slopes of mountains and hills. Before the Panama Canal opened in 1915, the day harbor was the only road connecting the Pacific to the Atlantic Ocean.

Because Valparaiso is a big and important port, it was very rich and developed. People from many cities around the world have come here to settle down. Migrants who come here bring both the culture and customs of their country to create a diverse cultural color at Valparaiso. The first difference and variety to mention is also the most visible thing in the city of Valparaiso is the architecture .

The architecture here is extremely impressive with different colors that have created a beautiful image for the city. If viewed from afar, the port city of Valparaiso is like a contemporary art work . The whole city is a multi-color whole, each house is painted one or several colors due to the owner's preferences and choices. Some individual houses are also created by the owner by drawing graffiti on the wall. The reason for this port city has such unique traditional culture is because according to legend, the ships on board the ships often bring paint to repair and paint their ships after the journey. long day at sea. Countless paint cans left over from month to month at the stacked harbor, people here used them to repaint the color of their houses. From a few houses, the people of Valparaiso have joined together to paint all colors for their home, thus creating the port city of Valparaiso today.

Historically, Valparaiso used to be a political city and very rich. The heyday of this city was about before the 19th century, at that time the port city was one of the places that attracted immigrants from Europe into the second most of the region. Urban areas and architectural works were also built at a rapid pace, creating an extremely impressive appearance for Valparaiso. The city's wealth and fame were so far away that it was called miniature San Francisco . To this day, the architectural works that mark the golden age of Valparaiso still include: Stock Exchange; Public Library; Fire Department; Editorial newspaper in Spanish. Among them, the Stock Exchange in Valparaiso is the oldest stock exchange in Latin America. By 1915, after the Panama Canal was opened, the economy at Valparaiso faced a seismic and also since then Valparaiso's position has been lost.

Today in Chile, San Antonio has replaced Valparaiso to become the most important port, but Valparaiso transformed itself to become a vibrant cultural center of this American country. If you've ever visited Valparaiso or heard about Valparaiso, everyone knows this is considered a city of color art .

The life of the port city residents in a golden age has now been transformed perfectly into a unique cultural beauty to attract tourists. The whole city has 42 steeply sloping hills on the edge of the sea, on those hills, close to colorful buildings, very impressive. The salty air of salt, the streets winding along the slopes with the array of sharp colors and diversity of the works created a romantic charm for Valparaiso.

The historic town of Valparaiso port city is recognized by the Unesco as a World Cultural Heritage by criterion (iii): Valparaiso is a testament to Chile's historical period. In this port city was once an important trading port on the Pacific coast.