Valparaíso: Quick City Overview
City: Valparaíso
Place: Quick City Overview
Valparaíso transcended on the region because of its Port. The city grew around it and it developed its residential area mostly on the mountains. At the same time, very interesting urban examples appeared throughout the city, such as the Sotomayor Square, surrounded by palaces of many styles and periods, or the district of banks, who has as its icon the tower of the Turri Clock. Valparaíso is probably the weirdest city of the Americas. Among this bohemian culture and urban originality, also emerged new transportation systems like the elevators from the sea level to the neighborhoods of the mountains, the stairs amongst the houses of the hills, and the passageways (called “Paseos”) of Gervasoni, Yugoslavo and Atkinson. Lastly, the most curious detail: the huge population of cats.