ISSN 0717-6996. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0717-69962009000300008.The">http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0717-69962009000300008.The</a> buildings and the site of the former jail of Valparaiso are proposed, by means of a public competition, to be remodeled and converted into a cultural park, with programs such as auditoriums, documentation center, commercial units and public spaces; leaving the old Casa de la P??lvora (House of Gunpowder) as a testimony to the pa