Barrio Yungay (Yungay Town)
Barrio Yungay (Yungay Town)
Barrio Yungay (Yungay Town)
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- Cumming • 8 min walk
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jump78
Santiago, Chile825 contributions
May 2014 • Solo
One of my favourite neighbourhoods in Santiago. The streets are lined with older homes and there is interesting graffiti art around almost every corner. Plaza Yungay (Santo Domingo/Libertad) has a large map which highlights points of interest in the area. Two blocks south of the Plaza, there are three small streets, Pasaje Adriana Cousino, Lucrecia Valdes and Hurtado Rodriguez, which showcase well-preserved European style homes. It's definitely worth setting aside a few hours to take a leisurely stroll through this eclectic sector. Directions: Take the subway to Cumming (line 5) and walk west on Catedral.
Written May 22, 2014
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Reece
New York City, NY12 contributions
Feb 2023 • Friends
Be very careful if you go to this area… Dangerous with a lot of guns around… Eric Garvin an American lawyer was on vacation.
He was murdered in this neighborhood. Shot here for no reason, while he was taking a photograph of a building … Be aware… Perhaps go with a group…
He was murdered in this neighborhood. Shot here for no reason, while he was taking a photograph of a building … Be aware… Perhaps go with a group…
Written April 24, 2023
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global_connaisseur
Geneva, Switzerland72 contributions
Dec 2012 • Family
"Barrio Yungay" is an interesting neighbourhood in Santiago. For instance go to the metro station Quinta Normal. You then have the park quinta Normal or Museo de la Memoria. There is the restaurant Boulevard Lavaud. There are also some other museums and the public library. Watch the old houses that in some places are being renovated e.g. close to the restaurant Boulevard Lavaud.
Internet site below but also:
elsitiodeyungay.cl and boulevardlavaud.cl
Twitter: Barrio_yungay
Internet site below but also:
elsitiodeyungay.cl and boulevardlavaud.cl
Twitter: Barrio_yungay
Written July 9, 2013
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Anthony706
Brooklyn, NY74 contributions
Aug 2019
Just walk around and check out the architecture and street mural art. You can plan to start your day at Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos and the proceed to walk Barrio Yungay and hit a spot for lunch. Then step into the Museo del Sonido a new museum on the history of sound. Get out of Centro Santiago and check out the real Santiago
Written August 24, 2019
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mcitaly2016
Milan, Italy954 contributions
Jul 2019 • Couples
It is an old barrio with houses from some decades ago, overall unimpressive. The best part is Parque Quinta Normal with a nice green area and several (simple) museums.
Written July 16, 2019
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Sil_SP
Sao Paulo, Brazil116 contributions
Jan 2019 • Family
Youngay is such a lovely nerighborhood, The houses are from different periods and we have some cités (popular houses in a row). The day may begin in the wonderfun Museo de la Memoria y de los Derechos Humanos an ther one can explore the district. There re nice coffees and the Museo de la Educación gabriela Mistral worths the visit,
Written January 9, 2019
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Mabel A
Santiago, Chile7 contributions
Oct 2018 • Solo
A quarter where the community themselves have been the main protagonists of the protection of the local heritage, which made this a consolidated cultural place within downtown Santiago.
I would like to stand out the Casa Quemada Cultural Center (2841 Catedral Street). An artsy place that was affected by a fire in 2013 and since then they've kept track of the disaster, turning into its hallmark.
I highly recommend this last place, where you'll find exhibitions from emerging artist, a local handcrafting fair, a coffee shop and a theatre stage. All of this in a place with green walls (with plants) and a friendly atmosphere; under the mixed of concepts: heritage, art and sustainability.
I would like to stand out the Casa Quemada Cultural Center (2841 Catedral Street). An artsy place that was affected by a fire in 2013 and since then they've kept track of the disaster, turning into its hallmark.
I highly recommend this last place, where you'll find exhibitions from emerging artist, a local handcrafting fair, a coffee shop and a theatre stage. All of this in a place with green walls (with plants) and a friendly atmosphere; under the mixed of concepts: heritage, art and sustainability.
Written November 19, 2018
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Claudia A
Santiago, Chile9 contributions
Oct 2018 • Friends
This neighborhood is attractively tourist because it has several types of houses from an employer's house with large grounds, cites and multi-storey collective housing and courtyards, it is a relatively interesting place as it still retains its history. It is also the focus of cultural centers, libraries, museums, cafes, restaurants, and also various cultural and artistic activities, which is why it is excellent as a panorama to go with your family or friends.
Written November 18, 2018
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Novo Yungay
Santiago, Chile3 contributions
Jun 2024 • Family
It is the largest heritage district in Santiago. Its streets and avenues are a permanent evocation of the cultural and architectural wealth of the 19th and 20th centuries. For some years, the residents themselves have promoted the recovery of their spaces, generating community access to the history and heritage present in their streets, cultural centers, museums and churches.
Its name is a tribute, from the authorities of the time, to the triumph of Chile in the Battle of Yungay, on January 20, 1839. That historical event was perpetuated with the creation of this urban site, a gesture that was crowned with Yungay Square and the beautiful sculpture that shows a soldier, the Chilean Broken, as a faithful symbol of those who participated in that heroic gesture.
The architectural beauty of this neighborhood is represented by the contrast between the buildings built for aristocratic families and those intended for family groups and their communal life in cités and convents.
But the growth of the city and the displacement of the elite to neighborhoods like Brazil and Concha y Toro, caused Yungay to acquire a more popular character. In turn, this neighborhood was the focus of the intellectual avant-garde of the mid-19th century, being the scene of the Literary Movement of 1842. Throughout history, prominent national and foreign intellectuals lived and gathered in this sector, such as Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, who was later President of Argentina, Bartolomé Mitre, Ignacio Domeyko, Eusebio Lillo, Joaquín Edwards Bello, Nicanor Parra and Violeta Parra, among others.
In March 2022, the President of the Republic, Gabriel Boric, chose a beautiful Huérfanos street house as his residence.
Scattered among its streets are true treasures that account for the validity of that spirit. It highlights the network of museums inserted in Parque Quinta Normal, such as the National Museum of Natural History, Museo Parque Ferroviario or the Museum of Contemporary Art. This offer is enriched by the Museum of Memory, the Matucana 100 Cultural Center and the Santiago Library.
Neighborhood life still flows serenely in the passages Hurtado Rodríguez, Adriana Cousiño and Lucrecia Valdés, an atmosphere that contrasts with the Attraction generated, in domestic and foreign visitors, gastronomic proposals of the level of the typical restaurant El Huaso Enrique or the French Hairdresser.
In this context, it highlights the work of the community that has organized to preserve this heritage and join the activities of cultural centers, museums, artistic workshops and foundations, to shape a consolidated and recognized cultural circuit of Santiago and Chile.
Yungay was declared a Typical Zone in 2009.
Its name is a tribute, from the authorities of the time, to the triumph of Chile in the Battle of Yungay, on January 20, 1839. That historical event was perpetuated with the creation of this urban site, a gesture that was crowned with Yungay Square and the beautiful sculpture that shows a soldier, the Chilean Broken, as a faithful symbol of those who participated in that heroic gesture.
The architectural beauty of this neighborhood is represented by the contrast between the buildings built for aristocratic families and those intended for family groups and their communal life in cités and convents.
But the growth of the city and the displacement of the elite to neighborhoods like Brazil and Concha y Toro, caused Yungay to acquire a more popular character. In turn, this neighborhood was the focus of the intellectual avant-garde of the mid-19th century, being the scene of the Literary Movement of 1842. Throughout history, prominent national and foreign intellectuals lived and gathered in this sector, such as Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, who was later President of Argentina, Bartolomé Mitre, Ignacio Domeyko, Eusebio Lillo, Joaquín Edwards Bello, Nicanor Parra and Violeta Parra, among others.
In March 2022, the President of the Republic, Gabriel Boric, chose a beautiful Huérfanos street house as his residence.
Scattered among its streets are true treasures that account for the validity of that spirit. It highlights the network of museums inserted in Parque Quinta Normal, such as the National Museum of Natural History, Museo Parque Ferroviario or the Museum of Contemporary Art. This offer is enriched by the Museum of Memory, the Matucana 100 Cultural Center and the Santiago Library.
Neighborhood life still flows serenely in the passages Hurtado Rodríguez, Adriana Cousiño and Lucrecia Valdés, an atmosphere that contrasts with the Attraction generated, in domestic and foreign visitors, gastronomic proposals of the level of the typical restaurant El Huaso Enrique or the French Hairdresser.
In this context, it highlights the work of the community that has organized to preserve this heritage and join the activities of cultural centers, museums, artistic workshops and foundations, to shape a consolidated and recognized cultural circuit of Santiago and Chile.
Yungay was declared a Typical Zone in 2009.
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Written July 19, 2024
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Casona L
Santiago, Chile7 contributions
Feb 2024 • Business
There are several historical places of interest, charming passages and heritage buildings that you can visit.
We found very good infrastructure for work meetings, events and quality cultural spaces.
Really recommended for work days; very good prices.
We found very good infrastructure for work meetings, events and quality cultural spaces.
Really recommended for work days; very good prices.
Written February 18, 2024
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