The Ascensor Mariposas is one of the 15 funiculars left in Valparaíso, Chile. Inaugurated in 1906, its route is flanked by houses and shrubs and its upper...

most of these elevators are bona fide funiculars. Only one of them, the Ascensor Polanco, is a true vertical elevator. They were mainly constructed in the...

(Portuguese: Elevador/Ascensor da Bica), Glória Funicular (Portuguese: Elevador/Ascensor da Glória) Lavra Funicular (Portuguese: Elevador/Ascensor do Lavra) Porto...

also obtained the Premio de Novela Espasa-Humor for his comedy novel El ascensor de los borrachos. In 1998 he published his memoirs titled El Tiempo Amarillo:...