Cerro Blanco is a hill and historical landmark in the city of

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. This geographic feature rises above the surrounding terrain and covers a surface area of . It is bordered by Recoleta Avenue on the east, Santos Dumont Avenue on the south and La Unión Street on the north. The latter street separates the hill from the

Cementerio General de Santiago The Santiago General Cemetery ( es, Cementerio General de Santiago) in Santiago, Chile, is one of the largest cemeteries in Latin America with an estimated two million burials. The cemetery was established in 1821 after Chile's independence when B ...

. Cerro Blanco (Blanco is Spanish for white) is named so because the white

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used by the Domenicans who were owners of the land where the hill stands during the colonial period. Completed in 1840, the Iglesia de la Viñita (Church of the Small Wineyard) is located at the lower southeast flank of Cerro Blanco, which is consecrated to Our Lady of Montserrat. Stones extracted from a quarry on Cerro Blanco, were used in the construction of some historical buildings in Santiago, including the

Santo Domingo Church Santo Domingo Church, formally known as the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary ( Spanish: ''Santuario Nacional de Nuestra Señora del Santísimo Rosario''; Filipino: ''Pambansang Dambana ng Mahal na Birhen ng Santo Rosaryo''), i ...

Cerro Blanco metro station Cerro Blanco is an underground metro station on the Line 2 of the Santiago Metro, in Santiago, Chile. The station takes its name from the nearby Cerro Blanco (''White Hill''). It was opened on 8 September 2004 as the northern terminus of the exte ...

is named for the hill.

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