Osorno / Puyehue
History and Legends
History
Osorno was founded in 1553 to be later abandoned in 1604 due to the harassment of the Mapuche who whipped the area to the south of the river Bio Bio during four years.
After settling peace with the Mapuche, in 1972 the remains of the city were found, and it was refounded in 1796.
In 1793 the fort Reina María Luisa was built in homage to the wife of King Charles V of Spain, by an order of Don Ambrosio O´Higgins, who used it as his personal residence until 1976, and then don Juan Mackena during repopulation.
Today some over 160,000 inhabitants live in this city, with a central part of typical buildings with exterior arcades, characteristic of the area.
Ski - Snowboarding
These sports are considered adventure travel par excellence. Extreme ski consists of going down quite a steep mountain with nothing but your skis. People practicing this activity have to use this technique in its maximum expression, giving priority to safety rather than to downhill speed.
Air Activities
Among the adventure travel outstanding air activities you can find the practice of paragliding, hang gliding and glider flights.
These sports or hobbies are aimed at making the ancient dream of flying come true.
Paragliding and hang gliding are practiced when taking off from a mountain, taking advantage of the wind streams going up the slopes to glide and ascend, managing long duration flights.
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