Edificio Armada de Chile

The Edificio de la Comandancia en Jefe de la Armada de Chile, also known as Edificio de la Intendencia de Valparaíso, because it was a purpose-built Intendencia, is a building designed in an eclectic style with Renaissance Revival architecture elements, which rises 5 floors in height and covers 8,000 square metres.

Photo: Fflemingl, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Type: Building
Description: national monument of Chile
Also known as: “Edificio Ex Intendencia, Valparaíso”
Historically known as: “The Intendencia”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Plaza Sotomayor and Monument to the Heroes of Iquique.

Plaza Sotomayor

Photo: Peretz Partensky, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Plaza Sotomayor is a plaza in Valparaíso, Chile. It is named after Rafael Sotomayor. The square is lined by buildings occupying full block-fronts of the streets that flank it.

Monument to the Heroes of Iquique

Photo: Ricardo Martins, CC BY 2.0.

Monument to the Heroes of Iquique is situated 110 metres northeast of Edificio Armada de Chile.

El Peral funicular

Railway station

Photo: CARLOS TEIXIDOR CADENAS, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The El Peral funicular is located between two urban centers of Valparaíso, Chile, Plaza de la Justicia, a quiet place in Valparaiso’s downtown and Paseo Yugoslavo that offers a sightseeing balcony with a vista of the bay and mountains.