Of colorful aspect, its origin is bound to the mining of copper. Here 40 furnaces of smelting settled. Today it is an agricultural center. Continue by the way and you contemplate the potreros, surrounded by pircas.
Follow the way to The Andes and in km 93 it will pass next to Chagres, a small village formed next to the railway station and to the population of the Chilean Tobacco Company that in the past was a great center of tobacco plantation. Today Chagres is known by its refinery, which elaborates copper of the Disputed Mine Las Condes. Its old buildings next to the hill and the modern plant Next to the railroad can be seen. In Chagres it takes the deflection from 1,86 mi to the left towards the Catemu Valley with 6,706 inhabitants. It is an old indigenous establishment that was a great cattle property. In XVIII century it passed at the hands of Don Francisco Garcia Huidobro, retailer, founder of the House of Moneda of Santiago and owner of other properties in Paine and Pirque, where she founded mayorazgo.
At the top of the valley it is the town of Catemu. Of colorful aspect, its origin is bound to the mining of copper. Here 40 furnaces of smelting settled. Today it is an agricultural center. Continue by the way and you contemplate the potreros, surrounded by pircas. Near 1,86 mi it ahead, to the right, appear the houses of the Agricultural School Salesiana of the Varillas. The first houses were built towards 1860 by Borja Garcia Huidobro, Its main construction was demolished after the earthquake of 1985 and replaced by a new building that follows the architectonic style of the original one. In this school are elaborated, cheese, butter, honey, wines and other products (can be visited every day of the week, during the day). The entrance is gratuitous.
Back return until the highway to San Felipe and advance by this one towards the mountain range crossing an agricultural landscape intensely worked between which several tourist centers with waters slopes and places of picnic are located. In km 120 it is the Vine Sanchez Loria, founded in 1890, has the oldest planted vines in the valley. It offers wines Cabernet Sauvignon, Sauvignon Blanc, Annoys Harvest and aged wine. Its centennial facilities can be visited knowing the vineyards, warehouses and the traditional process of wine factorie.
There are tasting wines in its room of sales. The schedule of attention of the room of sales is of 8 to 19 hours. For visits previous reserve is advised.
In km 124 it is the town of Panquehue. Enter to the right to Hacienda Panquehue. A section of 3,11 mi penetrates by the corner to the old property of the colonial family Toro-Mazotte. Towards 1870 it was acquired by Maximiano Errázuriz, a miner of copper and the coal, which planted vines in the valley and canalized waters for the irrigated land. The vineyards still can be seen in the side hills. It cultivated 800 blocks - it was the greater vine of an individual person in the world that gave fame to the Vine Errázuriz Panquehue. In front of the warehouses is the supervisory houses and the park planted by Errázuriz. Its descendants, the family Chadwick Errázuriz, founded the prestigious Errázuriz Vine, with vineyards here, in the valley of the Maipo and Curicó.
At the top of the valley it is the town of Catemu. Of colorful aspect, its origin is bound to the mining of copper. Here 40 furnaces of smelting settled. Today it is an agricultural center. Continue by the way and you contemplate the potreros, surrounded by pircas. Near 1,86 mi it ahead, to the right, appear the houses of the Agricultural School Salesiana of the Varillas. The first houses were built towards 1860 by Borja Garcia Huidobro, Its main construction was demolished after the earthquake of 1985 and replaced by a new building that follows the architectonic style of the original one. In this school are elaborated, cheese, butter, honey, wines and other products (can be visited every day of the week, during the day). The entrance is gratuitous.
Back return until the highway to San Felipe and advance by this one towards the mountain range crossing an agricultural landscape intensely worked between which several tourist centers with waters slopes and places of picnic are located. In km 120 it is the Vine Sanchez Loria, founded in 1890, has the oldest planted vines in the valley. It offers wines Cabernet Sauvignon, Sauvignon Blanc, Annoys Harvest and aged wine. Its centennial facilities can be visited knowing the vineyards, warehouses and the traditional process of wine factorie.
There are tasting wines in its room of sales. The schedule of attention of the room of sales is of 8 to 19 hours. For visits previous reserve is advised.
In km 124 it is the town of Panquehue. Enter to the right to Hacienda Panquehue. A section of 3,11 mi penetrates by the corner to the old property of the colonial family Toro-Mazotte. Towards 1870 it was acquired by Maximiano Errázuriz, a miner of copper and the coal, which planted vines in the valley and canalized waters for the irrigated land. The vineyards still can be seen in the side hills. It cultivated 800 blocks - it was the greater vine of an individual person in the world that gave fame to the Vine Errázuriz Panquehue. In front of the warehouses is the supervisory houses and the park planted by Errázuriz. Its descendants, the family Chadwick Errázuriz, founded the prestigious Errázuriz Vine, with vineyards here, in the valley of the Maipo and Curicó.
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