Curanipe
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Curanipe (in mapudungun: "plum tree that grows in the rock"). Town and seat of the municipality of Pelluhue, Province of Cauquenes, VII Maule Region of Chile. A popular and charming coastal resort, Curanipe used to be a well-known and secluded hangout for the Cauquenes elite and a proud regional "minor port", already in the mid- and late 19th Century. The town has a quaint architecture that echoes the colonial rural architecture of Chile.
The Curanipe parish church of Santo Toribio, is a beautifully preserved religious building overlooking the town.
