Cañete, Chile

Cañete, is a city in Chile in the Región del Bío -Bío. It is located about 154 km away from Arauco. Cañete has about 16,000 inhabitants and is located 71 meters above sea level. The main tourist attractions are the Archeological Museum and sites to visit the Mapuche culture.

History

In the fall of 1553, the Mapuche in the Arauco War defeated the Spanish troops at Fort Tucapel and killed Pedro de Valdivia. Tucapel located a few kilometers away from Cañete. In Cañete even the Chilean governor García Hurtado de Mendoza built on his by Alonso de Ercilla described expedition against the Indians in 1558, a new fort He named the place after Cañete in the Spanish province of Cuenca, since it the title of " Marquis of Cañete " ( Marqués de Cañete ) wore. 1602, the settlement was abandoned by the Spaniards in 1868 and re-populated when the previously independent Mapuche areas were connected to Chile.

The Chilean politician Juan Antonio Ríos Morales, who was President of Chile from 1942 to 1946, came from Cañete.

From the earthquake in February 2010, the city was hit particularly hard.