Palacio Carrasco

La Defensa von Rodin

Schönes Gebäude, früher im Besitz eines reichen Salpeter-Minenbesitzers, der das Elend seiner Arbeiter in der Wüste wahrscheinlich nicht mehr mit ansehen wollte und lieber hierher in die Sommerfrische...

Heritage Building

Palacio Carrasco is a heritage building in the city of Viña del Mar. It was built to be the residence of the businessman Emilio Carrasco between 1912 and 1923. Together with it’s surrounding park and ...

French Renaissance Building In Vina Del Mar

This was an interesting building in Vina Del Mar and one we were taken to on a very bad tour of Valparaiso. It is now a cultural center & library but started out as the private residence of the Carras...

Rodin in Vina del Mar!

Who would have thought you could find a statue of Rodin in front of a Palaccio in Vina del Mar. Beautiful version of the statue. A huge one is at the Musee Rodin in Paris. I heard the story that it...

The Rodin statue is an absolute gem

I didnt´t actually go inside, but the building looks wonderful, and the Rodin statue in front of it is an absolute gem. The fact that is is relatively unknown in Chile (and therefore by visitors too) ...