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Chilean cuisine [1] stems mainly from the combination of traditional Spanish cuisine, Chilean Mapuche culture and local ingredients, with later important influences from other European cuisines, particularly from Germany, the United Kingdom and France. The food tradition and recipes in Chile are notable for the variety of flavours and ...
Chile was at the time the "only wheat producer of some importance in the Pacific". [43] At the same time as the wheat cycle new irrigation canals were built and apiculture and some machines introduced into Chilean agriculture. [14] Apart from that, new markets were explored for Chilean agricultural products. [14]
In Chilean historiography, Colonial Chile (Spanish: La colonia) is the period from 1600 to 1810, beginning with the Destruction of the Seven Cities and ending with the onset of the Chilean War of Independence. During this time, the Chilean heartland was ruled by Captaincy General of Chile.
The territory of Chile has been populated since at least 3000 BC. By the 16th century, Spanish invaders began to raid the region of present-day Chile, and the territory was a colony from 1540 to 1818, when it gained independence from Spain.
Chile was at the time the "only wheat producer of some importance in the Pacific". [47] At the same time as the wheat cycle new irrigation canals were built and apiculture and some machines introduced into Chilean agriculture. [48] Apart from that, new markets were explored for Chilean agricultural products. [48]
The coat of arms of Chile. The culture of Chile reflects the population and the geographic isolation of the country in relation to the rest of South America. Since colonial times, the Chilean culture has been a mix of Spanish colonial elements with elements of indigenous (mostly Mapuche) culture, as well as that of other immigrant cultures.
Three-time Oscar-nominated cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto takes on his first feature as a director with this reimagining of Juan Rulfo’s seminal novel set partially during the Mexican Revolution.
Since that time the Chilean economy has generally grown although it has yet to regain its former status. In the first half of the 20th century Chile suffered severe economic recessions including the Great Depression. This period saw the rapid urbanization of the country, and a state-led partial "industrialization" that began in 1939.