Puerto Montt, port and city, southern Chile. It lies at the head of Reloncaví Bay (an inlet of the Pacific Ocean), adjacent to Tenglo Island. A settlement was founded there in 1853 and was named for Manuel Montt, then president of Chile. Early German settlers gave it a distinctive appearance.
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The Catedral de Puerto Montt, built in alerce wood with a copper dome three years after the town was established, is the city's oldest building. The city is ...
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Nov 26, 2023 · Founded as late as 1853 during the German colonization of southern Chile, Puerto Montt soon outgrew older neighboring cities due to its ...
The history of what today is known as Puerto Montt began to be written during the second half of the nineteenth century. By 1852, the ancient dwellers of the ...