Ruined by the foreshocks of the most powerful earthquake ever recorded, this once-grand neoclassical theater serves as a permanent reminder of the seismic threats constantly haunting Chile.
After just 25 years as a performance venue, the Enrique Molina Theatre was destroyed by a series of four devastating earthquakes in May 1960, which unleashed a quarter of the 20th century’s total global seismic energy on Southern Chile in just 33 hours.
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| Name | Since | Distance | |||
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| ‘Independent Republic’ of Hualqui | 2019 | 18.6km | site_ao | ||
| A Chilean Tower Dedicated the First German Chancellor | 2018 | 1.5km | site_ao | ||
| Malleco Viaduct | 2018 | 136.8km | site_ao | ||
| The Devil’s Blast | 2018 | 28.9km | site_ao | ||
| Villa Baviera | 2016 | 139.3km | site_ao | ||
| Jurassic Plaza in Chile | 2017 | 2.3km | site_ao | ||
| ‘The Presence of Latin America’ Mural | 2017 | 0.9km | site_ao | ||
| COPELEC (Cooperativa de Servicios Eléctricos) | 1960 | 88.2km | site_brutalism |
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