Wulff Castle
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| address = 37 Marina Avenue
| location_town = Viña del Mar
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| client = Gustavo Adolfo Wulff Mowle
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Wulff Castle is a historic castle overlooking the sea in Viña del Mar, Chile. It was built in 1906 for the Wulff family. It is the headquarters of the city heritage center.
History
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Gustavo Adolfo Wulff Mowle, German saltpeter and coal trader, as well as maritime transporter, migrated to Chile in 1881. In 1904, he bought from Dr. Teodoro Von Schoeders {{convert|1260|sqm}} in front of Cerro Castillo (Castle Hill), in Viña del Mar.{{cite web|title=Castillo Wulff|url=http://www.patrimoniovina.cl/articulo/monumentos-historicos/8/13/castillo-wulff.html|website=Unidad de Patrimonio|accessdate=31 December 2016}} He built the new house in 1906.{{cite book|last1=Bernhardson|first1=Wayne|title=Chile: Including Easter Island|date=2007|publisher=Avalon Travel|location=Emeryville|isbn=978-1-56691-754-4|oclc=938504043|page=121|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4VMSnKpHo8QC}} By 1917, Wulff hired architect Alberto Cruz Montt to make the house into a castle. Eventually a new tower was added built upon some rocks on the northern side of the castle, and a bridge joined them together.
In 1946, Mrs. Esperanza Artaza Matta inherited the property, and asked another architect, José Alcalde, to remodel it. The southern tower was removed.
The City bought the castle in 1959. From 1960 until 1988, it housed the Museo Naval de la Armada de Chile (Chilean Navy Forces Museum). Between 1990 and 1999, it lodged the collection of the writer Salvador Reyes Figueroa. In 1995, it was pronounced a National Historical Monument by Chilean Law.
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Category:Gothic Revival architecture in Chile
Category:Houses completed in 1917
Category:Buildings and structures in Valparaíso Region
Category:Tourist attractions in Valparaíso Region
Category:1906 establishments in Chile
Category:Coasts of Valparaíso Region