Skip to content

Los Leones de la Discordia 🐯 Traditional Geocache

This cache has been archived.

GeoCrater: I am regretfully archiving this cache since there's been no response from nor action by the cache owner within the time frame requested in the last reviewer note.

GeoCrater
Geocaching.com Community Volunteer Reviewer

Lamento archivar este caché lamentablemente, ya que el propietario del caché no ha respondido ni ha actuado dentro del marco de tiempo solicitado en la última nota del revisor.

GeoCrater
Geocaching.com Community Volunteer Reviewer

More
Hidden : 4/8/2016
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

Join now to view geocache location details. It's free!

Watch

How Geocaching Works

Please note Use of geocaching.com services is subject to the terms and conditions in our disclaimer.

Geocache Description:


INGLÉS ABAJO / ENGLISH BELOW


La historia popular nos dice que los leones de la intersección de Av. Los Leones y Av. Providencia, fueron parte del botín arrebatado a Perú durante la Guerra del Pacífico, saqueados desde Lima. Sin embargo, la historia es otra: Ricardo Lyon, un antiguo alcalde de la comuna, los tenía en su casa, la "Chacra de los Leones", como emblema del apellido familiar.

También existen dudas respecto al autor de estas estatuas; algunos historiadores creen que fueron obra del francés Paul Edouard Delabrière, mientras que otros creen que el chileno José Carocca Laflor. Lo concreto es que los leones de bronces siguen en su destacada ubicación, uno dominando a un cocodrilo, el otro dominando a una serpiente.

Los leones de esta intersección son copias idénticas de los mencionados, que están ubicados una cuadra hacia el sur.


Popular stories tell us the the lions in the intersection of Los Leones avenue and Providencia avenue were part of the loot taken from Peru during the War of the Pacific, plundered from Lima. Nevertheless, things were different: Ricardo Lyon, one of Providencia's mayors, had them in his house, the "Chacra de los Leones", as an emblem from his family's surname.

There are some doubts about the artist that built these statues; some historians believe they were made by the french Paul Edouard Delabrière, while other think it was the chilean José Carocca Laflor. After all, these bronze lions are in their highlighted locations, one dominating a crocodile, the other dominating a snake.

The lions in this intersection are identical copies of the ones mentioned above, that are installed one square South.

Additional Hints (No hints available.)