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Valparaiso UNESCO world heritage sites

Queen Victoria Elevator on Av. Elias
The funicular is owned by the municipality and stretches from Elias Street to Paseo Dimalow. It was built 1902 and opened 1903.

Joyful hill at Montealegre Street
It is a city filled with irony and a surprising charm given that every open space imaginable is painted on with art and made to be beautiful amidst the grim.

Conception hill at Papudo 541
For its part, the Conception received a good part of the German colony. These immigrants - attracted by the pure air, the view of the sea and the distance from the hustle and bustle of the center - designed a varied urban layout with passages and viewpoints, elegant mansions and flowery ante-gardens.

Justice Square at Plaza de La Justicia
Valparaíso is an exceptional testimony to the early phase of globalisation in the late 19th century, when it became the leading commercial port on the sea routes of the Pacific coast of South America.

Sotomayor Square at Plaza Sotomayor
The square is lined by buildings occupying full block-fronts of the streets that flank it. The focus of the square is the monument that honors the Chilean sailors who fell during the Battle of Iquique and the Battle of Punta Gruesa. The plaza and surrounding buildings was designated a Zona Típica (historic district) on January 23, 1979.

Prat dock on Errázuriz
Valparaíso's main wharf, Muelle Prat, bustles with activity. Vendors hawk their offerings, from trinkets and snacks to face painting and temporary tattoos, and owners of the dozens of bobbing lanchas (small boats) dwarfed by enormous cargo ships call out departure times for the next tour of the bay.

Historical Market at San Martín 124-156
The outstanding nature of the historic quarter of Valparaíso results from a combination of three factors, all associated with its role as a port: its particular geographical and topographical environment; its urban forms, layout, infrastructure and architecture; and its attraction to and influence by people from around the world.

Echaurren Square at Cochrane 253
The plaza—the first ever constructed in Valparaíso—lies at the heart of the old Puerto neighborhood; in the 18th and 19th centuries, this was the center of commercial activity in the city.

Matrix Church at Sto Domingo 71
The church of a typical basilical style, but is built in a way to represent three ships in a rectangular fashion, separated by two waters. The main facade stands out with its classic composition. Eight columns surround the body of the church and the interior walls are decorated with zenithal paintings. There are two main influences which make up the interior of the church including this classicist style of the tower, and the 18th century Creole style represented by its great heavy walls of adobe brick and the ceiling covered with clay roofing tiles.