La Serena
October 31st 2011 La Serena is one of Chile’s oldest cities, founded in 1544.<span><span>It was the main staging post on the route north to Peru; many of the religious orders built churches and convents here providing accommodation for their members, and the city still has 29 churches.
Some people went to Coquimbo to see the big cross, the Cruz del Tercer Milenio (Spanish for "Third Millennium Cro
... read more