Cerro Concepción

The city’s first funicular, Ascensor Concepción (1883) climbs from a nearly hidden entrance at the upper end of Carreño, just off Prat, to scenic Paseo Gervasoni.

Among the sights in this zona típica are the Museo El Mirador de Lukas [1], memorializing Porteño cartoonist and caricaturist Renzo Pecchenino, directly on Gervasoni; Chile’s second Protestant church, dating from 1858; the Iglesia Anglicana San Pablo (Pilcomayo 566; classical organ concerts take place every Sunday at 12:30 p.m.); and the 1897 Gothic-style Iglesia Luterana (Beethoven and Abtao).

Paseo Atkinson and Paseo Dimalow are typical hillside promenades, the latter linking with Ascensor Reina Victoria (1902), an easy route to or from Plaza Aníbal Pinto.