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Barrio Puerto

Barrio Puerto sightseeing, from Cerro Artilleria, Valparaiso.

Barrio Puerto covers the area between Plaza Wheelwright and Plaza Sotomayor of the city center of Valparaiso. It turned out to be the first populated area in the city when small houses were built near Iglesia de la Matriz. Iglesia de la Matriz lies in the heart of Barrio Puerto. The little village, established at the church’s vicinity, started to grow and warehouses and stores were built. The area, surrounded by Cerro Artilleria and a narrow strip between the hills and the sea, was subsequently opened as La Planchada street. With the boom of Valparaiso at the end of 19th century, the area turned into the residential and commercial neighborhood of the city, and several emblematic edifications were built, especially in the zone of Plaza Echaurren, such as Mercado Puerto, Palacio Astoreca, and Edificio Tassara. Over the years, high class residents relocated to other sectors of the city, Cerro Alegre area, and the commercial area moved beyond Plaza Sotomayor. Nowadays, Barrio Puerto, which is the heart of the patrimonial zone in Valparaiso, is a priority in the heritage recovery plans.

Plaza Echaurren, heart of Barrio Puerto, Valparaiso

Edificio Tassara or Edificio Liberty

Edificio Tassara

Location: Esplanade Echaurren - La Matriz surroundings

Year: 1910

Building located in Plaza Echaurren. Formally it is inserted in the proper eclecticism at the end of XIX century and beginnings of XX century, in which mainly neoclassical elements are collected. Its rectangular levels are connected to an inner courtyard; being its harmonious facades the ones that give the outstanding urban presence in the place.

Mercado Puerto

Location: Barrio Puerto - Plaza Echaurren

Year: 1923

A sample of buildings that span a block, surrounded by four streets with homogeneous construction continuity, in the official line of the urban plot of the historic area. It is organized around an inner courtyard which access to the second level by concrete stairways. The roof allows a terrace from which the Barrio Puerto is contemplated. This building was delivered on May 28, 1923 and received by the Mayor Carlos Rodríguez Alfaro.