Pisco Elqui

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Church in Pisco Elqui

Pisco Elqui (formerly La Greda and La Unión ) is a Chilean village in the Elqui Valley , located in the Paihuano commune in the Coquimbo region . The distance from La Serena is approximately 107 km in an easterly direction.

history

Because of its extremely clayey soil, the village was previously known as La Greda . This clay was used by both the Indians and Spaniards in the 16th century for pottery and for making treasures.

The name La Greda was used by today's village of Pisco Elqui until 1873. At that time the name was changed to La Unión , with which the residents expressed their solidarity and sympathy for the victims after a bad smallpox epidemic.

On March 20, 1873, the name for the place was officially changed to La Unión by enactment.

At the initiative of the MPs Gabriel González Videla , Humberto Alvares Suarez and Pedro E. Alonso , the place name of La Unión was changed to Pisco Elqui on February 1, 1936 with the help of Law 5798. The aim was that the spirit “born” in Chile could be sold all over the world without any legal difficulties.

Gabriela Mistral , Chilean poet and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, was born in Vicuña and brought to Montegrande by her parents when she was 10 days old, so that she spent her childhood there and in Pisco Elqui, which was then called La Unión. She spoke out against the name change from La Unión to Pisco Elqui, as it was an incomprehensible decision for her and she hoped that the name change will be reversed at some point, as the name La Unión also expresses the unity of the Derecho and Cochiguaz rivers .

tourism

The village is one of the main tourist destinations in the Elqui Valley and numerous tourist agencies in the village offer excursions throughout the Elqui Valley. The climate in the Elqui Valley is particularly appealing, offering around 360 days of sunshine per year. It also impresses with its proximity to the Andes Cordillera as well as the rural and old villages. Furthermore, the uniquely clear sky offers the best conditions to visit one of the numerous observatories in the region, which are internationally known.

Culture

The name alone brings the place in connection with the Chilean national drink pisco , a drink whose origins go back to the Peruvian region of Pisco in Ica . The Elqui Valley's oldest pisco distillery, Los Nichos, is located in the vicinity of the village .

Web links

Commons : Pisco Elqui  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cortés Olivares, Hernán F. (2005). "El origen, producción y comercio del aguardiente chileno, 1546–1931". Revista Universe 2 (20): pp. 42-81. ISSN  0718-2376 . http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-23762005000200005&lng=pt&nrm=i&tlng=es
  2. ↑ PROCHILE. "Los inicios de Pisco Elqui: desarrollo con identidad propia". Consultado el 21-02-2012.
  3. ↑ Intendencia Región de Coquimbo (31-01-2011). "Localidad de Pisco Elqui celebra 75 años de vida". Consultado el 21-02-2012.
  4. ^ Ministerio del Interior (20 de marzo de 1873), Decreto sobre subdelegaciones del departamento de Elqui, Boletín de Leyes y Decretos Nº 3/1873.
  5. ↑ Ministerio del Interior (01 de febrero de 1936), Ley 5798: “Declara que el pueblo de La Unión se denominará, en lo sucesivo, Pisco Elqui”, http://www.leychile.cl/Navegar?idNorma=269333&idVersion= 1936-02-01 (consultado el 23 de octubre de 2011)
  6. ↑ La noticia del cable sorprendió a productores y consumidores nacionales: la situación se creía superada. En 1935, los entonces diputados Gabriel González Videla, Humberto Alvares Suarez y Pedro E. Alonso patrocinaron una ley: cambiar el nombre de La Union (Norte Chico) por el de "Pisco de Elqui". Así el licor chileno sería "oriundo" and colocado en cualquier lugar del mundo sin dificultades legal. Ercilla, volume 34, numbers 1714-1723. Pagina 25. Año 1967. [1]
  7. ↑ "Naturalmente no llamaré nunca a la Unión, por Pisco Elqui, triste ocurrencia de algún coquimbano, que quiso reírse del lindo pueblo a lo tonto. Algún día hemos de devolverle su apelativo que apunta a la conjunción de los dos ríos en ciertas casas bailaron y cantaron aquel fallo extranjero como una fiesta y me alegró saberlo pero de una alegría con dejo amar "
  8. ↑ - ( Memento of the original from February 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. El río Claro está conformado por dos afluentes: el río Derecho y el río Cochiguaz, aguas abajo sólo recibe aportes muy exiguos de la Quebrada de Paihuano. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / bibliotecadigital.ciren.cl