German Settlement of Chile
statue in Puerto Montt
commemorating 100 years of settlement
many of the settlers came from Eastern Germany
Vincente Perez Rosales
agent for the German settlement
statue in Puerto Varas
they lived as farmers
building substantial dwellings
covered with the weather
resistant redwood shingles, from the Alerce tree
and a mill
built Lutheran churches
and Catholic churches
chapels
some no longer used
with grave yards of German descendants often with Spanish names
beside pastures for sheep
or for llama
nalca, large plants along the roadside which resemble rhubarbrb