Aduana -- in Arcia, Chile
by AV Johann-Henrik Winner, Düsseldorf, Germany

This building was pre-built by Eiffel's factory and assembled in the place over rock foundations. Considered national monument, the building was inaugurated in 1874.
It is a huge structure, with strips and horizontal cornice, on which you can see a big tympanum and a metallic canopy over the doorway.  Once inside, there is a spiral staircase which leads to the second floor.  Each brick has the name of the manufacturer stamped on the non-visible side.
This historic building has been recently renewed and nowadays it accommodates the Casa de la Cultura of Arica "Alfredo Raiteri Cortes" which depends on the local municipality for support.
In Aduana Park there is a beautiful locomotive formerly used in the journey Arica-La Paz.

This information, obtained on the Internet, gives basic information on the building.  The pictures came from AV Winner.

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Now AV Winner's building.

There are a lot of pictures -- all are worth looking at.

Two pictures of the front
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Four pictures of the back.
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Two pictures of the roof.
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The side
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Four views
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Wing

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