La Dehesa
Maria Madre de la Misericordia
parrish church.La Dehesa is a
suburban neighborhood in Lo Barnechea Commune of Santiago, Chile. It borders Las Condes to the south and Vitacura to the west. It is located in a valley near the Andes, in the northeast of the city, north of the Mapocho River. La Dehesa is known as one of Chile's most affluent neighborhoods.[citation needed
]
History
It is believed that the first human group to be discovered here were mainly hunter–gatherer
Spanish during the seventeenth century. The Spanish were still in control of the area in the early 1800s when Bernardo O'Higgins
helped to win its independence from that empire in 1810.
In 1964 there was discovery of important
Bato Tradition, evidence that aboriginals previously inhabited the location.[3]
The harshest disaster that occurred in the area was in 1982, when coastal towns were inundated. The area was previously called
Inca word that meant: "Place of serious inundations".[4]
Notable people
- Mario Kreutzberger
- Rafael Araneda
- Raquel Argandoña
- Karen Doggenweiler
- Marco Enríquez-Ominami
- Paulina Nin de Cardona
- Augusto Pinochet
- Marcela Vacarezza
- Jorge Valdivia
See also
References
- ^ archeology pp:183-185. Viña del Mar
- ^ In the word of superficial recollections in the paddock B of La Dehesa
- Bato groupsoccupied the current zone of La Dehesa.
- ^ "Lluvias torrenciales causan graves daños en Santiago de Chile". Diario El País. EFE. 1 July 1982. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
