Qualla: Curicó https://qualla.com/curico en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:39:57 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/6/3/v/2/curico-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Curicó https://qualla.com/curico Curicó: Introduction https://qualla.com/curico/ Photo credit User:Xarucoponce, CC BY 3.0. In the main square of Curicó, two very different men stand cast in bronze. One is José Antonio Manso de Velasco, the Spanish governor who founded the city. The other is Lautaro, the young Mapuche toqui who fought to drive men like Manso de Velasco out of Chile and was killed in battle on the Mataquito River just to the west. That a colonial wine town would honor the Indigenous war leader who resisted the colonizers says something about how Chile has come to remember its own beginnings, and about the layered history packed into one shady plaza of palms.

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]]> Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/6/3/v/2/curico-wp/63v2-curic-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Curicó: Founded by a Future Viceroy https://qualla.com/curico/ Photo credit Qwerty242, CC BY-SA 3.0. Curicó was born on October 9, 1743, as San José de Buena Vista de Curicó, established under the authority of José Antonio Manso de Velasco, then governor of Chile. He was an ambitious administrator who would go on to become Viceroy of Peru, the highest Spanish office in South Ame...

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]]> Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/6/3/v/2/curico-wp/63v2-curic-founded-by-a-future-viceroy.mp3 0:06 2 full Curicó: Sixty Palms and an Iron Kiosk https://qualla.com/curico/ Photo credit Qwerty242, CC BY-SA 3.0. The heart of Curicó is its Plaza de Armas, a square so distinctive it has been declared a Typical Zone. Sixty phoenix palms, brought from the Canary Islands, rise over its walkways and fountains. At its center stands an ornate iron bandstand in the manner of Gustave Eiffel, a del...

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]]> Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/6/3/v/2/curico-wp/63v2-curic-sixty-palms-and-an-iron-kiosk.mp3 0:06 3 full Curicó: Wine and a World-Record Cake https://qualla.com/curico/ Photo credit XTSY, CC BY-SA 3.0. Curicó is a wine town to its core. Winemaking has shaped the valley for close to five centuries, and every year in mid-to-late March the city throws its Fiesta de la Vendimia, the Wine Harvest Festival, a celebration of grape and Creole tradition. A wine route threads through the...

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]]> Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/6/3/v/2/curico-wp/63v2-curic-wine-and-a-world-record-cake.mp3 0:06 4 full Curicó: Hills, Heroes, and the 2010 Quake https://qualla.com/curico/ Photo credit Qwerty242, CC BY-SA 3.0. Above the city center rises Cerro Condell, a hill topped by a monument to the Immaculate Conception and laced with paths that fill with people on Chile's national holidays, offering panoramic views over the rooftops and vineyards. The region produces its share of heroes; the city...

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