Agustín Ross Balcony

The Mirador in March 2011.

The Agustín Ross Balcony after the 2010 Chile earthquake and tsunami.

The Ross Balcony (Spanish: Mirador de Agustín Ross, also known as Mirador el Infiernillo) is a balcony constructed by Agustín Ross Edwards in 1910.^[1] It is located over rocks in the southern part of the beach of Pichilemu,^[2] in the Paseo de la Juventud (Spanish: Youthfulness Walk).^[3][4] The waves hit the balcony until the 1960 Valdivia earthquake.

Agustín Ross designed it with the purpose to view the sea.^[5] He constructed groceries near the balcony and became one of the most important places in the rise of the city.

References

1. Arraño, José (July 14, 2008). Hombres y Cosas de Pichilemu (fragment) (in Spanish). Retrieved April 12, 2010.
2. "Pichilemu" (in Spanish). Familia.cl. Archived from the original on January 12, 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-24.
3. "Turismo Chile - Pichilemu" (in Spanish). Turismochile.com. Retrieved 2010-05-24.
4. "Pichilemu - LetsGoChile". letsgochile.com. Retrieved 24 May 2010.
5. Washington Saldías (February 5, 2010). "Don Agustín Ross Edwards: A 166 años del natalicio del impulsor del balneario de Pichilemu" (in Spanish). Pichilemu News. Retrieved April 12, 2010.