Ascensor Monjas, Historical funicular in Valparaíso, Chile.

Ascensor Monjas is a funicular in Valparaíso whose lower station is a small door on Avenida Baquedano and whose upper station opens onto Calle Bianchi on Cerro Monjas. Its rails begin on solid ground and gradually rise above the streets on the hillside. The vertical run is 110 meters long, reaches 45 meters in height, with a 30-degree slope and a 55-meter drop.

The Monjas funicular opened in June 1913. In September 2009 it stopped running along with the Florida and Mariposas lifts because of poor profitability and the losses they caused. From 2012 the Chilean government took charge of its maintenance, having bought it with nine other funiculars to restore them and put them back into service. It was declared a National Monument of Chile, in the category of Historical Monument, by Decree No. 866 of 1 September 1998.

The name comes from Cerro Monjas, the hill where the upper station opens onto Calle Bianchi; the sources record no convent. The funicular was declared a National Historic Monument by Decree No. 866 of 1 September 1998. It stopped running in September 2009 with the Florida and Mariposas lifts because of losses, and since 2012 the Chilean government has owned and maintained it for restoration.

The lower station is a small doorway on Avenida Baquedano; the upper station opens onto Calle Bianchi on Cerro Monjas. The 110-metre track climbs 45 metres at a 30-degree slope, and the ride lasts about a minute. The car holds 12 people, and the funicular stopped running in September 2009.

The Monjas lift was one of three funiculars — with the Florida and the Mariposas — shut down in September 2009 because they were losing money. Since 2012 the Chilean government has owned it along with nine other lifts, with the aim of restoring them and putting them back into service.