Plaza El Descanso

Plaza El Descanso is a park in Valparaíso, Central Chile. Plaza El Descanso is situated nearby to the hostel Casa Verde Limon, as well as near the ruins Estanque de Agua.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Parque Cultural de Valparaíso and Dissidents Cemetery.

Parque Cultural de Valparaíso

Park

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Parque Cultural de Valparaíso is a park, which is situated 220 metres southwest of Plaza El Descanso.

The Cemetery of Dissidents is on the Panteón hill, in front of the Cemetery nº 1 and at one side of the old city jail in Valparaíso, Chile. It was created in 1825 to hold the remains of the British and other Europeans residents, whose Protestant faith differed from the official state religion at the time, Roman Catholicism. Dissidents Cemetery is situated 150 metres southeast of Plaza El Descanso.

Cementerio Nᵒ 1 de Valparaíso

Cemetery

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The Cementerio Nᵒ 1 de Valparaíso is a cemetery located in the Panteón Hill, immediately north of the Cementerio de Disidentes, in Valparaíso, Chile. Created in 1825, it was declared as a National Monument of Chile in 2005, within the category of Historic Monuments. Cementerio Nᵒ 1 de Valparaíso is situated 130 metres east of Plaza El Descanso.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Panteón Hill and Cerro Concepción.

Panteón Hill

Neighborhood

Panteón Hill in one of the 42 hills of the city of Valparaíso, Chile. It is surrounded by Ecuador and Cumming Streets and it has its base on Condell Street.