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Muelle Prat

Muelle Prat. Located in west side of Plaza Sotomayor, Valparaiso

Muelle Prat (Prat Pier) was established in the 1930’s​ and all the port activity from Valparaiso can be found there. A fender of about a kilometer long is seen projected towards the sea at one side of the pier, which serves as an anchorage point for big draft boats. Muelle Prat is a great place for tourism since boat trips are offered in order to tour the port as well as craftwork shops and restaurants. The large underground parking lot built under the Plaza Sotomayor (Sotomayor Square) makes it easier for visitors to get there and enjoy the attractions.

Navy Headquarters, Former Intendancy building

Comandancia de la Armada in Plaza Soyomayor, Valparaiso

Year: 1908 – 1910

The Comandancia de la Armada (Navy Headquarters) was designed to serve as the headquarters of the Government of the Province of Valparaiso, residence of the intendent , a place of official receptions, and summer residence of the presidents of the Republic. This building was built on the same site that occupied the first Intendance, built at the beginning of the 19th century and demolished in 1900 . The work was designed and directed by the architect Ernesto Urquieta, who was inspired by the city hall of Paris, applying forms and elements of the French Renaissance from the period of Louis XVI; the forms being noticed in the organization of the central body and in the accused stonework of the Zocalo, and the elements in the serene elegance of the lateral bodies. Because of its location and its unique presence, the Palace of the Former Intendance presides over the Plaza Sotomayor (Sotomayor Square). Its façade presents a varied ornamentation of plaster and artificial stone characteristic of the Art Nouveau, highlighting a set of incoming and outgoing volumes and numerous bays that generate movement in the plane. In the upper part there is a clock and a dome, and the windows of the third floor have balconies facing the Sotomayor square. The central access to this palace consists of a large marble staircase with two small balustrades. The doors are protected by an iron lattice. During the first years this building was constituted in a center of great celebrations that congregated the high society. At present it is occupied by the Commander in Chief of the First Naval Zone.