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    Morro de Arica is a steep hill located in the Chilean city of Arica. Its height is 139 metres above sea level. It was the last bulwark of defense for...
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    in Perú. Arica is connected to both Tacna and to La Paz via separate railroad lines. Morro de Arica The city view from Morro de Arica Arica's Customs Office...
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    The Combatants of the Morro de Arica Museum (Spanish: Museo de los Combatientes del Morro de Arica), also known as the Casa de Bolognesi, is a house museum...
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    assault to Arica, where the 1600 men of the defense fought more than 8000 Chileans, from sea and land, who finally captured the Morro de Arica (English:...
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    The newspaper El Morro de Arica was founded in 1893 by Alfredo Corrales and Nicasio Ruiz de Olavarría. Both newspapers published in Arica highlighted Peruvian...
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    coast of South America parallel to the Andean Mountains, extending from Morro de Arica in the north to Taitao Peninsula, where it ends at the Chile Triple...
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  • born in Arica. He was also a playwright, historian, founder of the newspaper El Ariqueño and a journalist of the newspaper El Morro de Arica published...
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    Arica Province (Spanish: Provincia de Arica) is one of two provinces of Chile's northernmost region, Arica y Parinacota. The province is bordered on the...
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    Uhle began his work in Arica, an estimated 282 mummies have been found by archaeologists. Morro-I, at the base of the Morro de Arica, revealed 96 bodies...
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    located in the Edificio Plaza and its transmitter located then in the Morro de Arica. It was officially inaugurated on the same day by President Eduardo...
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    Port of Arica (Spanish: Puerto de Arica, Terminal Portuario de Arica; TPA) is the main port of the northernmost coastal Chilean city of Arica. The northern...
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    reported on the ethnic composition of the inhabitants of the "Partido de Arica". Once Spanish presence in Valdivia was reestablished in 1645, authorities...
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    Westminster Abbey, while in France La tombe du soldat inconnu was placed in the Arc de Triomphe. The idea of a symbolic Tomb of the Unknown Soldier then spread to...
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    the Morro de Arica Museum. The painting depicts a chapter of the War of the Pacific, where the armies of Chile and Peru fought in the battle of Arica, where...
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    simply as the Morro Solar Planetarium (Spanish: Planetario del Morro Solar), is a planetarium and site museum dedicated to astronomy in the Morro Solar of...
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  • 2013, Law 20,663 established the regional Battle of Arica holiday, to be observed only in the Arica and Parinacota region. On December 30, 2016, Law 20...
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    respuesta de Bolognesi, is an 1891 oil painting by Peruvian painter Juan Lepiani. It forms part of the collection of the Combatants of the Morro de Arica Museum...
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  • that carried Francisco Bolognesi and his troops to the defence of the Morro de Arica during the War of the Pacific. This plaza was built to house the centennial...
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    Lima (redirect from La Ciudad de los Reyes)
    (/ˈliːmə/ LEE-mə; locally [ˈlima]), founded in 1535 as the Ciudad de los Reyes (locally [sjuˈdat de los ˈreʝes], Spanish for "City of Kings"), is the capital...
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    Valley. The mountains run parallel in a north–south direction from Morro de Arica to Taitao Peninsula, making up most of Chile's land surface. South of...
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    The Catacombs of Lima (Spanish: Catacumbas de Lima) are underground ossuaries in the historic centre of Lima, Peru. The catacombs were built under the...
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    "San Francisco de Jesús", is located in the Historic Center of Lima, Peru. This church together with the Sanctuary Nuestra Señora de la Soledad and the...
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    made him into a Chilean hero was the assault and capture of the Morro de Arica (Arica Cape), that took place on June 7, 1880. General Baquedano just ordered...
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    in the district of Ate in Lima, Peru. It is the home of Club Universitario de Deportes, and it was opened in 2000 to replace the Estadio Teodoro Lolo Fernandez...
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    the Alliance for Progress, and the 7 June Park, named after the Battle of Arica of the War of the Pacific. In the 1990s, the area was reportedly plagued...
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    The Plaza Mayor de Lima, or Plaza de Armas de Lima, is considered one of the birthplaces of the city of Lima, as well as the core of the city. Located...
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    Stadium of Peru (sometimes known as Estadio José Díaz or Estadio Nacional de Lima) is a multi-purpose stadium located in Lima, Peru. Its current capacity...
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    The Casa Matusita is a building located at the intersection of Garcilaso de la Vega and España avenues in the center of Lima, Peru. It is known for the...
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    of Peru, in the south-eastern Pacific, located in Callao. It is also the de facto port of the city of Lima. It is the country's main port in terms of...
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    The Central Market of Lima (Spanish: Mercado Central de Lima) is the central market of the city of Lima, Peru. Located in the neighbourhood of Barrios...
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