Agustín Ross Balcony

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The Ross Balcony ({{langx|es|Mirador de Agustín Ross}}, also known as Mirador el Infiernillo) is a balcony constructed by Agustín Ross Edwards in 1910.{{cite book|title=Hombres y Cosas de Pichilemu (fragment)|url=http://pichilemuhistorico.blogspot.com/2008/07/don-agustin-ross-edwards-y-su-maxima.html |author= Arraño, José |author-link= José Arraño Acevedo |date=July 14, 2008 |access-date=April 12, 2010|language=es}} It is located over rocks in the southern part of the beach of Pichilemu,{{cite web|url=http://www.familia.cl/naturaleza/pichilemu/pichilemu.htm |title=Pichilemu |publisher=Familia.cl |access-date=2010-05-24 |language=es |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100112034208/http://www.familia.cl/naturaleza/pichilemu/pichilemu.htm |archive-date=January 12, 2010 }} in the Paseo de la Juventud ({{langx|es|Youthfulness Walk}}).{{cite web|url=http://www.turismochile.com/guia/san_fernando/articulos/889|title=Turismo Chile - Pichilemu|publisher=Turismochile.com|access-date=2010-05-24|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100327163231/http://www.turismochile.com/guia/san_fernando/articulos/889|archive-date=2010-03-27|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web

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}} The waves came up to the balcony until the 1960 Valdivia earthquake.

Agustín Ross designed it with the purpose to view the sea.{{cite web|url=http://pichilemunews.blogcindario.com/2010/02/03270-don-agustin-ross-edwards-a-166-anos-del-natalicio-del-impulsor-del-balneario-de-pichilemu.html |title=Don Agustín Ross Edwards: A 166 años del natalicio del impulsor del balneario de Pichilemu |author=Washington Saldías |date=February 5, 2010 |access-date=April 12, 2010 |publisher=Pichilemu News |language=es |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110824113919/http://pichilemunews.blogcindario.com/2010/02/03270-don-agustin-ross-edwards-a-166-anos-del-natalicio-del-impulsor-del-balneario-de-pichilemu.html |archive-date=August 24, 2011 }} He constructed groceries near the balcony and became one of the most important places in the rise of the city.

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