Cruz del Tercer Milenio
Cruz del Tercer Milenio is an 83 meter tall, 40 meter wide, concrete cross located at the top of El Vigía hill in Coquimbo, Chile. Construction began in 1999 and it was completed in 2001.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Nereidas, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: monument cross in Coquimbo, Chile
- Also known as: “Cross of the Third Millennium” and “Third Millennium Cross”
- Address: Juan Pablo II, Coquimbo
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Estadio Municipal Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso and Estadio La Pampilla.
Estadio Municipal Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso
Stadium
Photo: Seba Flores, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Estadio Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso is a multi-purpose stadium in Coquimbo, Chile. Currently, it is mostly used for football matches. It is the home stadium of Coquimbo Unido. Estadio Municipal Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso is situated 1½ km southeast of Cruz del Tercer Milenio.
Estadio La Pampilla
Pitch
Photo: Adrycoquimbo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Estadio La Pampilla is a pitch, which is situated 1 km south of Cruz del Tercer Milenio.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Peñuelas and Tierras Blancas.
Peñuelas
Neighborhood
Photo: Seba Flores, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Peñuelas is a neighborhood, which is situated 4½ km east of Cruz del Tercer Milenio.
Tierras Blancas
Suburb
Photo: Larrymox, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tierras Blancas is a suburb, which is situated 9 km east of Cruz del Tercer Milenio.
Cruz del Tercer Milenio
- Categories: monument, cross, and tourism
- Location: Coquimbo, Elqui Province, Coquimbo Region, Northern Chile, Chile, South America
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Latitude
-29.95191° or 29° 57′ 7″ southLongitude
-71.3472° or 71° 20′ 50″ westElevation
135 metres (443 feet)Inception
2001Operator
Fundación Cruz del Tercer MilenioOpen location code
572C2MX3+64OpenStreetMap ID
node 1064753654OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Spanish—“Cruz del Tercer Milenio” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Cruz del Tercer Milenio”
- Indonesian: “Cruz del Tercer Milenio”
- Spanish: “Cruz del tercer milenio”
- Spanish: “Cruz del Tercer Milenio”
- Spanish: “Cruz Del Tercer Milenio”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Cruz del Tercer Milenio”. Photo: Nereidas, CC BY-SA 3.0.