Tag: Chile

Chile extends as a narrow strip on the Pacific coast of South America. The Andes with the Great Long Valley in the center and the Atacama in the north shape the…

The parliamentary regime, meanwhile, was going through a very critical period due to the internal discord between the parties, which generated the absolute instability of the successive ministries, under the…

The first professional ballet performances were given in Santiago by European companies as early as 1850. However, it was not until 1921 after a former dancer from Pavlova’s company, Jan…

The first poet on Chilean soil was Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga (1533–94). He is known for his long poem La Araucana, one of the Spanish language’s greatest epic works,…

Plant life in Chile The length and climate of the country gives great variation in plant life. The Andes and the Desert Zone in the north (Norte Grande) which extends…

Geographic isolation, and relatively little contact with Spain during the colonial period, led archaic Native American and older Spanish music traditions to be maintained in Chile. Native American minorities have…

Chilean visual arts has a far more modest position than the country’s literary production, which, with its long tradition and prominent writers, is world-renowned. A visual artist who stood out was…

Chile can be divided into three topographic regions: the high Andean mountains in the east, the low coastal mountains in the west and a fertile valley ( Valle Central )…

The earliest theater known from Chile is the display of the sacramentales of the autos, ie the Spanish variant of mystery games, with the Mystery of the Conception in 1612…