Ascensor Monjas through time

Valparaíso 2008–2013 7 photos of this spot

7 recent photographs taken at the same spot in Valparaíso, spanning 2008–2013. Have an older picture of it? Add it and start this spot's timeline.

Ascensor Monjas, one of Valparaíso's historic funicular lifts, is pictured in this 2008 photograph, part of a network built to carry residents up the port city's steep hills.

Výtah Ascensor Monjas - Valparaiso 2008 Ascensor Monjas, one of Valparaíso's historic funicular lifts, is pictured in this 2008 photograph, part of a network built to carry residents up the port city's steep hills.

Výtah Ascensor Monjas - Valparaiso 2008 The Ascensor Monjas, one of the funicular lifts climbing Valparaíso's hillsides, pictured in 2008. Named for a nearby former convent, it is among the oldest of the city's surviving elevators.

Výtah Ascensor Monjas - Valparaiso 2008 A further 2008 photograph of the Ascensor Monjas funicular in Valparaíso, Chile, showing the steep track that carries passengers between the port level and the residential heights above.

Ascensor Mariposa Valparaiso 2012 The Ascensor Mariposa, a funicular railway in Valparaíso, Chile, photographed in 2012. Like the city's other ascensores, it was built to carry passengers up the steep hillsides that rise sharply from Valparaíso's harbor.

Ascensor Monjas, Valparaíso 2013 Ascensor Monjas, one of the funicular lifts that carry passengers up the steep hills of Valparaíso, Chile, photographed in 2013. The city's network of century-old ascensores is a defining feature of its UNESCO-listed historic quarter.

Ascensor Monjas 2013 Another view of Ascensor Monjas, one of Valparaíso's historic hillside funiculars in Chile, taken in 2013. The lift is among the oldest surviving means of vertical transport in the port city.

Ascensormonjas 2013 Ascensor Monjas in Valparaíso, Chile, viewed again in this 2013 photograph, one of several funicular lifts that have carried residents up the port city's steep hills for over a century.