Sunny green view of overshot waterwheel attached to the watermill in the grounds of the German Colonial Museum, Frutillar, Chile

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Lake Llanquihue was discovered by Pedro de Valdivia in 1552, but the area was abandoned in 1604 because of a rebellion by the local Mapuche Indians, who put up a fierce resistance to Spanish settlement. In 1842 the area was re-discovered by Bernardo Philippi and designated an area for Chilean Government encouraged German immigration in 1848 and a German colony arrived to farm the land around Frutillar Bay in 1856. Their descendants have left buildings for a museum that shows the way they lived. Frutillar's German Museum features a watermill, seen here surrounded by a beautiful garden.

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Location: German Colonial Museum (Museo Colonial Aleman), Frutillar, Southern Chile
Photo credit: © robert harrison / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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