{"id":9472,"date":"2019-07-01T23:03:26","date_gmt":"2019-07-01T21:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chile-reise.com\/?p=9472"},"modified":"2019-07-03T15:23:12","modified_gmt":"2019-07-03T13:23:12","slug":"sewell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chile-reise.com\/en\/sewell\/","title":{"rendered":"Sewell &#8211; former copper mining town and world cultural heritage of Chile"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type='text\/css'>\r\n            #gallery-2 {\r\n                margin: auto;\r\n            }\r\n            #gallery-2 .gallery-item {\r\n                float: left;\r\n                margin-top: 10px;\r\n                text-align: center;\r\n                width: 33%;           }\r\n            #gallery-2 img {\r\n                border: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\r\n            }\r\n            #gallery-2 .gallery-caption {\r\n                margin-left: 0;\r\n            }\r\n        <\/style>\r\n        <!-- see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php -->\r\n        <div id='gallery-2' class='gallery-images gallery galleryid-9472'><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n            <dt class='gallery-icon'>\r\n                <a href='https:\/\/www.chile-reise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sewell_1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"140\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chile-reise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sewell_1-240x140.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Sewell\" \/><\/a>\r\n            <\/dt>\r\n                <dd class='gallery-caption'>\r\n                El Teniente\r\n                <\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n            <dt class='gallery-icon'>\r\n                <a href='https:\/\/www.chile-reise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sewell_2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"140\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chile-reise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sewell_2-240x140.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Sewell\" \/><\/a>\r\n            <\/dt>\r\n                <dd class='gallery-caption'>\r\n                Sewell\r\n                <\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n            <dt class='gallery-icon'>\r\n                <a href='https:\/\/www.chile-reise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sewell_3.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"140\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chile-reise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sewell_3-240x140.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Sewell\" \/><\/a>\r\n            <\/dt>\r\n                <dd class='gallery-caption'>\r\n                Copper statue in Sewell\r\n                <\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n            <dt class='gallery-icon'>\r\n                <a href='https:\/\/www.chile-reise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sewell_4.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"140\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chile-reise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sewell_4-240x140.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Sewell\" \/><\/a>\r\n            <\/dt>\r\n                <dd class='gallery-caption'>\r\n                Houses in Sewell\r\n                <\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n            <dt class='gallery-icon'>\r\n                <a href='https:\/\/www.chile-reise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sewell_5.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"140\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chile-reise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sewell_5-240x140.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Sewell\" \/><\/a>\r\n            <\/dt>\r\n                <dd class='gallery-caption'>\r\n                Bowling hall in Sewell\r\n                <\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n            <dt class='gallery-icon'>\r\n                <a href='https:\/\/www.chile-reise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sewell_6.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"140\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chile-reise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sewell_6-240x140.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Sewell\" \/><\/a>\r\n            <\/dt>\r\n                <dd class='gallery-caption'>\r\n                Kitchen in Sewell\r\n                <\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\r\n            <br style='clear: both;' \/>\r\n        <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div><div class=\"divider\"><\/div>\n<br \/>\nCopper is Chile&#8217;s most important export product, along with cellulose and foodstuffs such as fruit and fish. The <strong>El Teniente copper mine<\/strong>, managed by Codelco, is located about 60 km from Rancagua in the direction of the Andes Cordilleras in the central region of O\u00b4Higgins and is the <strong>largest underground copper mine in the world<\/strong> with over 3000 km of tunnelling. Last year, 465,040 tons of copper were mined here. Copper mining has a long tradition in Chile, and Sewell, the \u201ccompany town\u201d where the workers of the El Teniente mine and their families lived, exhibits the copper boom of the 20th century. This <strong>mining city<\/strong>, located about 3 km from the mine, <strong>was built in 1904<\/strong>, as was a railway line connecting the city with Rancagua.  Sewell was named after Barton Sewell, chairman of the Braden Copper Company &#8211; the American company that took over the El Teniente mine in 1905. As the company\u2019s operations grew, so did the town.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nSewell is surrounded by the Andes mountains, and numerous stairs connect the colourful houses of the workers. This small town had a cinema, pool and bowling hall. When copper was gradually nationalised in the 1970s and the costs of the mining town could no longer be covered, all the inhabitants of Sewell were transferred to the town of Rancagua. The <strong>musical <a href=\"https:\/\/sewellteatromusical.cl\/\">&#8220;Sewell&#8221;<\/a><\/strong>, produced by the Teatro del Homenaje de Chile, tells the story of when the families had to leave Sewell and looked to the future with both hope and uncertainty.<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<strong>Today, Sewell is only open for tourists<\/strong> and can be visited on guided tours. There are still <strong>50 original historic buildings<\/strong> from this period, which are gradually being restored and can be visited. The former pool and the bowling hall are still well preserved. The mining town of Sewell was declared a <strong>World Heritage Site<\/strong> by UNESCO in 2006 because of its historical and cultural value. The history of Sewell is explained to its visitors in the local museum, which displays pictures and copper mining memorabilia.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nIf you want to learn firsthand about this historically and economically important industry of Chile, you should plan a visit to the abandoned city of Sewell during your trip to the country. For more information, please write to <a href=\"mailto:info&#64;travela&#114;&#116;&#46;&#99;&#111;&#109;\">&#x69;n&#x66;&#x6f;&#64;&#x74;&#114;a&#x76;&#101;l&#x61;r&#x74;&#x2e;c&#x6f;&#109;<\/a> or contact your travelArt representative.<br \/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Copper is Chile&#8217;s most important export product, along with cellulose and foodstuffs such as fruit and fish. The El Teniente copper mine, managed by Codelco, is located about 60 km from Rancagua in the direction of the Andes Cordilleras in &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"slim_seo":{"title":"[:de]Sewell \u2013 ehemalige Kupferbergbaustadt und Weltkulturerbe Chiles[:en]Sewell - former copper mining town and world cultural heritage of Chile[:] - travelArt","description":"[:de] El Teniente Sewell Copper statue in Sewell Houses in Sewell Bowling hall in Sewell Kitchen in Sewell Kupfer ist neben Nahrungsmitteln wie Obst und Fisch s"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newsletter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chile-reise.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chile-reise.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chile-reise.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chile-reise.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chile-reise.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chile-reise.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9472\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chile-reise.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chile-reise.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chile-reise.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}