Ascensor El Peral

Valparaíso


The recently revamped Ascensor El Peral starts from near the Tribunales (Law Courts) just off Plaza Sotomayor and continues to Cerro Alegre, home to the Palacio Baburizza (1916), which now contains the city's Museo de Bellas Artes.


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