Other sights in Valparaíso
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Mercado Cardonal
As colorful as Valparaíso’s trademark houses – and built almost as high – are the fruit and vegetable displays in the Mercado Cardonal, bordered by Yungay, Av Brasil, Uruguay and Rawson. Ground-floor stalls spill out onto the street, while upstairs is taken up by cheap seafood restaurants. Whole families of cats are on constant leftover-fish patrol.
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Cementerio 1
The city’s most illustrious, influential and infamous residents love the afterlife style of Valpo’s Cementerio 1, where tombs are actually ornate mini palaces. Adjoining it is the back-up option, Cementerio 2, and the Cementerio de Disidentes, or ‘dissident cemetery’ – despite the name, it’s the final resting place of Protestants rather than rabble-rousers.
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Palacio Baburizza
The rambling art nouveau building at the western end of Cerro Alegre is Palacio Baburizza; it houses the Museo de Bellas Artes but was closed for renovation at the time of research. Ascensor El Peral runs here from just off Plaza Sotomayor.
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Museo Lukas
Local cartoonist Lukas had a sharp eye for the idiosyncrasies of Valparaíso. You need to speak Spanish to understand his sardonic political strips in the Museo Lukas but the ink drawings of Valpo buildings speak for themselves.
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Iglesia San Francisco
The bell tower of the ornate, red-brick Iglesia San Francisco served as a landmark for approaching mariners, who gave the city its common nickname ‘Pancho’ (a diminutive of Francisco).
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Edificio de la Comandancia Naval
A severe strain of seafarers dominates Plaza Sotomayor: the Chilean navy, whose petrol-blue Edificio de la Comandancia Naval looms large on the southwestern side.
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Mercado Puerto
The crumbling stone facade of the Mercado Puerto hint of times gone by. It is a defunct food market now home to a pack of street cats.
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