Chiloe Island

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Chiloe Island

 

Legends of Chiloe island

La Pincoya, lures men to the sea
El Trauco, lures women to the forest

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Quilen

 

traditional residences covered with the weather resistant redwood shingles, from the Alerce tree

More Photos from Queilen

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Castro City

 

looking down the hill to the harbor

More Photos from Castro City

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Churches of Chiloé island

listed as a

World Historic site

 

cathedral in Castro City

More Photos of the Cathedral

 

another church seen from the ship

 

 

still another

Link to the list of World Heritage sites
I have visited and photographed

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Argentine Crossing Cape Horn Carahue Castro City Chiloe Island Elderhostel German Settlement Glaciers Heritage Site Icebergs Mapuche Mapuche Weaving Moneda Palace Petrohue Falls Port Williams Puerto Aguirre Puerto Montt Puerto Varas Queilen Rodeo Santiago school Skorpios II Temuco

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