Agustín Ross Balcony
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The Ross Balcony is a balcony
Balcony
Balcony , a platform projecting from the wall of a building, supported by columns or console brackets, and enclosed with a balustrade.-Types:The traditional Maltese balcony is a wooden closed balcony projecting from a...

 constructed by Agustín Ross Edwards in 1910. It is located over rocks in the southern part of the beach of Pichilemu
Pichilemu
Pichilemu , originally known as Pichilemo, is a beach resort city and commune in central Chile, and capital of Cardenal Caro Province. It is located southwest of Santiago, the capital of Chile, and comprises an urban center and twenty-three villages, such as Ciruelos, Cáhuil, and Espinillo...

, in the Paseo de la Juventud . The waves hit the balcony until the 1960 Valdivia earthquake.

Agustín Ross designed it with the purpose to view the sea. He constructed groceries near the balcony and became one of the most important places in the rise of the city.
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