By Air

Airports nearest to Penalolen are sorted by the distance to the airport from the city centre.

Eulogio Sanchez Airport (distanced approximately 3.3 km)
Santiago Los Cerillos Airport (distanced approximately 15 km)
El Bosque (Mil) Airport (distanced approximately 17 km)
Santiago Airport (distanced approximately 25 km)
Puerto Varas Airport (distanced approximately 60 km)

By Train

The city hosts the Metro Line 4 of Santiago in the west end of this in the Avenida Amerigo Vespucci.Around the city are thrown 6 stations.The East Station, located in the Eastern Avenue.It is a proprietary system of Penalolen.Like the Transantiago, Peñacerca offers different tours which are very useful for the population.The system was created in 2004 and increased to HOME tours of Transantiago.

By Bus

In the commune out different routes to the city bus, either the center or west.It also has its own system of buses that make their travel within the community called Penacerca.

Penalolen football Stadium, Peace Park Museum of Villa Grimaldi, Arrieta Park, Quebrada de Macul, Penalolen Park, Feast of Quasimodo

Penalolen football Stadium

is taken for various activities, mainly football.It was founded on January 11th of 2007 and is located in the Town Hall of Penalolen.Municipal Stadium is the stadium club football career Chile Penalolen Sports.His name is because it belongs to the municipality of Penalolen (Penalolen Municipal Stadium), but the inhabitants of the city called City stadium only.It is situated in the commune of Penalolen, in the city of Santiago de Chile and was officially opened on January 11th of 2007.Even before the site was occupied for other football matches, concerts and charitable activities.It was with the creation of Sports Penalolen that the site was rebuilt and officially delivered to the team.In the short life has this stage, saw Penalolen Sports became a team of Third Division until even played with the U-20 Chile and won by 3 goals to 1.

Peace Park Museum of Villa Grimaldi

With the return of democracy in 1990, the government of Patricio Aylwin denounces the irregular transfer of ownership of Villa Grimaldi.Repossess the property the government earmarked in 1995 to create the "Park for Peace Villa Grimaldi."Opened on March 22 of 1997, he paid tribute to the fallen and tortured all who passed through that place.In particular, highlighted the work of the priest José Aldunate, great defender of human rights during the military dictatorship.Father Jose Aldunate received the keys to what was the old gate of the detention center.Much of his tragic story is told in the report of the National Commission on Truth and Reconciliation.On April 27 the year 2004 the area was declared a National Historic Monument by the government of Ricardo Lagos.

Arrieta Park

Arrieta Park, declared a National Historic Landmark, is located in the Andean foothills of the commune of Penalolen at the end of the Avenida Jose Arrieta.Since 1991 he works at Universidad Internacional SEK Chile.The park was part of the Treasury Penalolen and has a privileged view of the valley of Santiago de Chile, a unique architecture and gardens of lush vegetation. Since 1813, has been inhabited and visited by renowned personalities of national history and setting of cultural, social and political.The park is designed large vegetation in the style of the sixteenth century English park, with curved roads and wooded hillsides that are revealing the centennial series of sculptures brought from Europe by successive owners.

Quebrada de Macul

The Gorge is a ravine Macul foothills located in the communes of Penalolen and Florida in the city of Santiago de Chile.The Quebrada de Macul lung has always been a plant of the city of Santiago forming a natural park with abundant vegetation, predominantly sclerophyll forest foothills, trails, ponds and small waterfalls.The gorge has been used for many years for trips to the mountains and horseback riding and mountain biking.The gorge of Macul is a place for recreation and leisure where year after year have made the year-end tours of schools and scouts and other groups.Currently, the Quebrada de Macul is a nature sanctuary and during the year 2008 was opened a park where you can enjoy nature just minutes from Santiago.In this park is accessed from the commune of Penalolen Avenida Diagonal Las Torres.

Penalolen Park

Penalolen Park will be the future park built at the intersection of Avenida Jose Arrieta and Tobalaba Avenue.The plan was originally created with the eviction of the former Penalolen socket located on the land.In early 2008 the project was presented to the MINVU, which was accepted and the start of construction began in May of 2008.The park will have different types of areas such as sports, where courts will be built football, tennis, among others.The shop where an exhibition will be of different products.Children will play where and larger children.In general the remaining space is to move quietly.This mega project also had to change some streets and create others.Following the park will be built three new streets, two new bridges and modified other four.The San Carlos Canal will have a slight modification.The park also consist with public parking.

Feast of Quasimodo

The Feast of Quasimodo is a religious celebration Catholic, conducted mainly in various parts of the central valley of Chile which held the first Sunday after Easter.He is currently a major religious celebrations which in the words of John Paul II during his visit to Chile in 1987 was declared as "true treasure of the people of God".The Council of Trent, held by the Catholic Church in Italy between 1545 and 1563, established the desirability of communion at least once a year According to this rule which also spread to America it was common for priests to take communion to the sick who could not attend Catholic churches.The priest and his entourage in need of protection during their journey through the lonely country roads where a robber could not wait to rob them.This became part of folklore in Chile.

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