This work is intended to know in a very small why the names of the hills of Valparaíso.
Our first port has a special topographic settings in which stresses its small size of flat land, surrounded by a semicircle of hills which give a picturesque aspect of natural amphitheater.
hills names can be descriptive, can point to some peculiarity of the place or, at most, have taken the name of the owner or main resident of the property. All these documents have been compiled from the book "Place Names of Valparaiso Leopoldo Godoy Sáez, the Pedagogical Institute of the University of Chile.
1 - Cerro Esperanza: its name derives from the ancient parish of Our Lady of Hope.
2 - Mount Pleasant: the name comes from the stream that ran in broken Cabritería, whose waters and sand containing gold particles. In mining parlance these are called pleasure gold sand. The hill took the name of Pleasure.
3 - Baron Hill: for the defense of Valparaiso, a fortress and a castle where he lived Ambrosio O'Higgins, the governor, appointed by the king of Spain, Baron Vallenary. The City Council appointed him Baron Hill in 1795.
4 - Mountain Dairy: the foot and its slope were many dairies and milk distribution centers, which was distributed in carts pulled by horses or burros.
5 - Cerro Larraín: its name comes from the land owner Don Juan Larraín, who belonged to a distinguished family arrival of Navarra, Spain.
6 - Cerro Polanco: took the name of one of the main players of the region's residents, Don Santiago Polanco, ruler of Valparaiso from 1917 to 1927.
7-Hill Mill: the name corresponds to the existence of some missing today windmills that were in the top of the hill.
8 - Cerro Delicias: its name from the stream of delight coming down next to the mountain to the Avenida Argentina by the gorge of Santos Ossa.
9 - Cerro O'Higgins: hill formerly called the Foxes for the abundance of foxes that were in place. With the construction of the monument to rename O'Higgins.
10 - Cerro San Roque: the former owner of this property was a Genoese named Sanarega, who named the mountain with the name of a holy well known in his hometown.
11 - Cerro Ramaditas: in the celebration of national holidays in the hillside beautiful arbors were installed to celebrate the holiday with dancing empanadas and beverages.
12 - Cerro La Virgen: its name from the statue of the Virgin Stella Maris, 10 meters high, built in 1873 on a plateau of the hill overlooking the bay.
13 - Cerro Merced: the origin of the name comes from the religious order of La Merced which in 1717 built the church of Our Lady of the Rosary.
14 - Cerro Las Cañas: located between Cerro El Litre and Merced, this place was vacant for a long time, why was filled with weeds and especially the "cane" that grows on the banks of creeks and streams.
15 - Cerro El Litre: located between the hills of Reeds and the Cross. Its name comes from the abundance of this shrub in contact with its leaves and branches produce rashes and hives.
16 - Cerro La Cruz: is located to get to France Avenue. The name comes from a large cross located on top of the hill between Naylor and Navarro streets, which was destroyed by the earthquake of 1906.
17 - Cerro Monjas: the name comes from the chapel and school of French nuns located at the foot of the hill.
18 - Cerro Mariposas: his name recalls the abundance of butterflies of all colors that dominated the scene.
19 - Cerro Florida: the name is descriptive and conveys the old look of the place that was covered with beautiful wildflowers.
20 - Cerro Bellavista: your name highlights the beautiful view of the bay is the hill located in the central part of the city.
21 - Cerro San Juan de Dios, located between the hills Yungay and Jimenez. Its name comes from the hospital that the Dominicans settled in 1767.
22 - Cerro Jail: its name from jail installed on the hill in 1854.
23 - Cerro Jiménez: named after the former owner of the property and is located next door to Hill Prison and San Juan de Dios. It is one of the steepest hills of Valparaiso Avenue begins in Germany and comes to the way the gunpowder. At its top is a peculiar monolith: a huge ball of cement, a vestige of a former shooting club who worked there. For this reason, mistakenly called this place as Cerro La Bala.
24 - Cerro Miraflores: is among the hills Alegre and Concepcion Jail. It is believed that the name commemorates the battle Miraflores.
25 - Cerro Yungay: is located on the hillside between streams Bellavista de San Juan de Dios and Yerba Buena. The name commemorates the Battle of Yungay.
26 - Cerro Concepción: is adjacent to Cerro Alegre. Its name recalls an ancient fort built in 1678 and defending the port of Valparaiso.
27 - Cerro Alegre: is located between the Cordillera and Concepción hills. Its name derives from its attractive appearance and its gaily painted houses and flowery gardens owned by the large British colony.
28 - Cerro Cordillera: the name of the hill corresponds to the topography of the hill, winding and bumpy-looking home to his young side hills.
29 - Cerro Santo Domingo: neighbor Myrtle Hill. The name comes from the church and convent of Santo Domingo, which was located near the Matrix.
30 - Cerro La Loma: the hill is a small hill located between Mount Jail and Jimenez, a resident at Mount Cordillera.
31 - Cerro Toro: is located in the hills nearby Santo Domingo, Cordillera. Its name suggests it was taken from a neighbor founder of the neighborhood.
32 - Myrtle Hill: is located on the hillside Cordillera, between streams and Juan Gómez Márquez, with many homonyms shrubs that give rise to the name of the hill.
33 - Cerro Chaparro: is adjacent to the Cordillera mountain and apparently his name for the former owner who registered the site in 1876.
34 - Cerro Mesilla: hill is located behind Santo Domingo and its name comes from the diminutive of table for the flat shape of the surface.
35 - Partridge Hill: Toro hill next to the end of Calle Garcia Reyes and the name comes from the large number of birds that were in place.
36 - Cerro Playa Ancha: designating the mountain with the name of a great plain where the Alexis Park Stadium Districts and Valparaiso, where military parades were held and was called Campus Martius. The surface consisted of sand and pebbles, so that compared to a beach.
Hills that have taken the name of the neighboring hills and have been absorbed by these:
1 - Cerro Rodríguez: is among the hills Larraín and Recreation.
2-Hill Recreation: is among the hills Recreation and Polanco.
3 - Cerro Pajonal: hill is located behind the Merced and its name derives from its grassland which is a swamp in which cattails wildlife abound.
4 - Cerro Pantheon: Avenue is located between Cumming and Ecuador. Its previous name was Cemetery and early twentieth century lost its name and is known as the Pantheon.
5 - Hill Hospital: among the hills the Litre and the Cross was located an old charity hospital at the foot of small hill. Today there stands in the Carlos van Buren Hospital.
6 - Cerro Las Carretas: was a hill that rose between Myrtle and Mount Santo Domingo. The old road to Santiago started from square Echaurren and then took the foot of the hill. Its name derives from the heavy traffic of carts that used this way.
7 - Cerro Blanco: located within the Cordillera mountain, its name was taken from an ancient fortress painted white to make it visible from the sea and protected the city.
8 - Cerro potters: located next to the mountain ridge on the slopes had a very special clay artisans of the region used for making pottery figures.
9 - Cerro San Francisco: in 1663 the Franciscans built against the square of the same name a convent, an orphanage and a church. The hill was named after the religious order.
10 - Cerro Artillery: located opposite to stocks and port buildings. Sandy Hill is the current Wide ranging from the rise Carampangue south. The name comes from the artillery barracks was built on top of the hill.
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