SANTIAGO Then & NOW

RÍO MAPOCHO CENTER

San Pablo 26 Esmeralda 25 16 5 6 Rosas 15 27 Parque Forestal the Huelén Hill (today known as Santa Lucía), the courses of the Río Mapocho and Catedral 28 Santo Domingo and Brasil Streets. Similar places would be used later on by the Spaniards.

Miraflores

Mac-Iver The first attempt to conquer Chilean lands 4 Monjitas Catedral Merced was in 1535. An expedition led by the Spaniard Diego de Almagro, came from Peru arriving at 3 2 17 THE SINGULAR the central valley after surviving the hardships CONGRESO Merced of a long voyage and crossing the Andes. NACIONAL 29 PLAZA DE 14 This adverse journey made him withdraw his ARMAS San Antonio intentions going back to Peru. A couple of years Compañía 1 Huérfanos later, another Spaniard, Pedro de Valdivia, will TRIBUNALES 30

Estado accomplish the long journey, after travelling DE JUSTICIA Ahumada J. V. Lastarria Bandera for a year, he finally arrived in the central valley Morandé 10 and funded the city of Santiago on February Agustinas CERRO LASTARRIA SANTA LUCÍA 12th, 1541. The new city will settle in similar 13 NEIGHBORHOOD areas as the ones used by the Incas before. The Spaniards as the Incas foresaw that this valley, UNIVERSIDAD PLAZA Moneda bathed by a river, with land for agricultural use CATÓLICA DE LA and indigenous work force, had potential to CONSTITUCIÓN 12 Lira become a prosperous settlement. 18

Nueva York 9 23 31 19 The new city was arranged and configured PALACIO DE LA in squares, as a checkerboard, using as the Santa Rosa Historical Santiago MONEDA 20 starting point, the main square (today Plaza San Francisco N

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24 21 r 11 Overview d the Spanish cities, was brought to America, n 22 8 Lo Hunters and gatherers inhabited the valley and still can be seen in the center of Santiago. París where Santiago is located as early as 10.000 It was in this central square, Plaza de Armas, Serrano BC. Progressively, these nomadic groups be- where the most important persons lived, as gan to settle, turning into different indigenous well as where the main buildings were built. communities led by chiefs, most of them, The first chapel and later on, the Cathedral, dedicated to agriculture. These communities were also built in this square. were the ones who encountered the Inca Empire when they invaded the area in the However, the Spanish colonial city was not SHORT ITINERARIES HALF-DAY & DAY ITINERARIES 15th century. Archaeological findings have exempt from difficulties. The beginnings were Foundational Santiago Santiago: Then and Now shown that the area already had a city, before marked by scarcity, fragile settlements, the the Spanish “conquistadores” arrived in Chile. It constant threat of indigenous uprising, periods Views, Nature and Poetry Arts and Humanities was the Incas who first saw the advantages of of famine, fires and, along with all these, the From Colonial to Independent City Architectural Route this valley as a settlement, situating between tremors and earthquakes - so distinctive of the arrival of the phone; the peak moment of the great buildings, both public and private; and the creation of new districts, with a Euro- pean inspiration, imitating the main European capitals and architectural styles. Consequently, Santiago's face will change, leading to various palaces, as the Palacio Bruna, the disappeared Palacio Concha Cazotte, the Palacio Cousiño; museums like the Museo Nacional de Historia A view of the Parque Forestal’s old lagoon, 1915 Natural and the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes; public buildings such as the Congreso Nacional and the Palacio de Tribunales, among others. The 20th century Santiago was a city of mas- Plaza de Armas (Main square), 1920 Some of these changes were the addition of ses, expanding rapidly to the north, then west, new areas such as public walkways and parks. the east and south. In this context, during the One of the most significant contributions was the 1930s, an icon of this growing city was born: our land- resulted in a constant reconstruction are constructed as opposites. The first is consi- remodeling of the Cerro Santa Lucía. To these The Hotel Crillón. This sophisticated hotel lo- of the developing city, as it happened with the dered gridiron, functional, urban and political; new green areas, others were added, like the cated on the corner of Ahumada and Agustinas Cathedral on the main square. the second, an area without limits, semi-rural, Parque Quinta Normal, Parque Cousiño (Parque Streets became a meeting point where the with spontaneous settlements, precarious, O'Higgins today) and the Parque Forestal, which elite, intellectuals, artists and visitors conver- Even today, some of these colonial legacies can mixed with farms, country houses, convents and was finalized during the first decade of the 20th ged to enjoy its elegant rooms, renowned bar, be found. One of the oldest, the San Francisco churches. La Chimba is an alternative space with century. Similarly, new spaces for recreation acclaimed cuisine and many other amenities it Church and its convent, have witnessed the a different speed compared to the city. Later on, and sociability began to flourish, such as the offered. The Hotel Crillón was the beginning of city’s history since the ends of the 16th century, la Chimba would be home to bohemian neigh- Mercado Central, the main groceries market the hospitality tradition led by the Sahli’s family. surviving nearly 15 major earthquakes, without borhoods, taverns and entertainment districts, known as “La Vega”, cafes, restaurants and Their descendants continue this legacy today being destroyed. Other buildings remind us frequented by all kinds of people. During the hotels, as well as shows and theatres, where the through The Singular Hotels. about the city already settled and functioning, twentieth century it was also the neighborhood Teatro Municipal played a key role. Its original as the Casa de la Moneda (today Palacio de where some intellectuals decided to take up building was consumed by a fire in 1870, but The rapid expansion of the city was intensified La Moneda). This building was built in the 18th residence, as the poet Pablo Neruda did, in his quickly rebuilt on the same site. by the appearance of urban transport and century to coin the country’s money. The other house, La Chascona. electric trams from 1900 onwards, which were building of this period, finished in 1808, is the Since the late 19th century to the early 20th displaced near the 1950 by the "trolley-buses". Real Audiencia (today Museo Histórico Nacional), Despite the obstacles, Santiago managed to century, facing the centenary of the country in The city grew in multiple directions in a short where the judicial proceedings and authorities develop into the capital city of the country. After 1910, the growth of the city was rapid, doubling time. Several centuries of progressive expan- during the colonial period were located. the definitive independence in 1818, the city of its urban space. The city also had become an sion and order changed into the Santiago of Santiago, its image and construction becomes important pole of attraction for new and big- the 21st century: a massive disjointed, unequal In this city in the making, the Río Mapocho is more prevalent as it became the capital of an ger waves of foreign and national population. and distanced orb that seems to have no limits. also a key geographical landmark in its habits, emerging nation. Population growth, the arrival The latter settled in the peripheries of the city customs and spatial conformation. On the one of foreigners, the opening and increase of free in precarious conditions. Sign of this was the In this massive city, the historic center of San- hand, the river will flood and overflow, making trade, and the rise of mining, among others, will proliferation of collective housing, such as the tiago has not suffered radical changes yet, but clear the need for restraint to a single course. be felt in the city that flourishes. Therefore, a tenements, characterized by crowded spaces, a slow process of depopulation took place, as Thus, this restraint will cease the old branch of progressive betterment throughout the 19th poor sanitation and hygiene. Accordingly, in it became an administrative, commercial and the river that ran through the Alameda (today century to mid-20th century was slowly de- the early 20th century Santiago became a city service center. Only in recent decades a process Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins Avenue). Also, monstrated. The improvements in transport, for composed of two worlds: an idealized city, rich, of valorization and revitalization has started that the other side of the river will be known as La example, with the arrival of the railway and tram; elitist, with a European influence; and other, has attracted residents and visitors to reoccupy Chimba. Therefore, the rising city and La Chimba public gas lighting, followed later by electricity; mostly frail, poor and unhealthy. and enhance this historical, and heritage area. RÍO MAPOCHO

c b BARRIO LASTARRIA, Parque Forestald Brief history and highlights Miraflores THE SINGULAR l j Merced 268 l , corresponds to a building of Merced 8 levels built in the 30s, where multiple styles e gather, striking neo-colonial balcony in its faca- h i de. Another distinguished building in the area is the Santa Lucía building h (The "Boat" or f Villavicencio "Vessel") of the architects Sergio Larraín and k José Arteaga. This building, as its colloquial g name says, resembles a large ship with its a J. V. Lastarria Alameda shape, windows and railings. The curvature of the building also manages to adaptAgustinas to the street CERRO and of the neighbor Cerro Santa Lucía. SANTA LUCÍA LASTARRIA NEIGHBORHOOD The neighborhood became also a place for artists, writers, intellectuals and foreignersMoneda to Unlike the city center, the Lastarria area remai- the Río Mapocho in the late nineteenth century, live and gather, while theatres and cafes spa- Lira ned for a long time separated without being generated new land on its banks creating the ces were opened. During the eighties, the area20 a Cerro Santa Lucía LASTARRIA included in the grid layout. Instead, Lastarria has Parque Forestal d and thus, a beautiful new hosted many cultural activities, including the b Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes an irregular organization, limited by ditches and space enhanced by the construction of Museo arrival of the cinema El Biógrafo cinema f canals that surrounded this agricultural area, with Nacional de Bellas Artes b . The area reflected and the Plaza Mulato Gil e , a square where c Museo de Arte Contemporáneo farms and crops, and a few small adobe houses. the elite tastes, attracting them to build their artists, students, curators, bookstores, cafes d Parque Forestal The neighborhood itself was defined as a trian- homes and live here. An example of this is the and galleries where grouped together giving a gle bounded by the Cerro Santa Lucía a and Palacio Bruna j (1916), one of the first palatial new impulse and rhythm to the neighborhood. e Plaza Mulato Gil and the Río Mapocho, which formerly had a branch residences of the neighborhood. It is in this space where years later the MAVI e , Museo de Artes Visuales coming down the Alameda, today Libertador (Museo de Artes Visuales), which brings together El Biógrafo Cinema Bernardo O'Higgins Avenue. With the gradual abandonment of the upper a collection of Chilean art from the 60s onwards, classes from downtown Santiago to the east opened. This museum was incorporated to the g GAM Only by mid-18th century, with the Iglesia de la of the city during the 20th century, Lastarria museum offer that already existed in the area: Veracruz k construction and the subdivision of neighborhood gave way to other inhabitants, the MAC (Museo de Arte Contemporáneo) Villavicencio’s property, this sector was finally sociability and buildings, such as residential and the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, both BUILDINGS REFERENCES considered and included in the city. Slowly, to the buildings. This allowed renowned architects located in Parque Forestal. h Santa Lucía building (Buque) existing streets, as Cerro Street (today Victoria to experiment with different styles in the area. Home and Workshop Subercaseaux) and Mesias (today Lastarria), new The architect Luciano Kulczewski, was a resi- Since the 90s, the neighborhood has been both ones were added. However, what really changed dent of the neighborhood, who printed in his renewing and protecting its cultural legacy, be- Luciano Kulczewski the face of Santiago and this neighborhood, were buildings his freedom and daring imagination, ing declared typical zone in 1997. Within these, j Palacio Bruna the works of the late nineteenth century and the covering a variety of styles. His eclecticism is spaces and buildings have been restored and proximity to the Centenary celebrations of the reflected in hishome and workshop i , loca- recovered, as the famous Diego Portales buil- k Iglesia de la Veracruz Republic (1910). Fundamental in this process was ted in a complex triangular land with a stone ding, built in the early 70s and destroyed by fire l Merced 268 the Cerro Santa Lucía’s remodeling, creating a facade, tower, windows and terraces evoking a in 2006, becoming an interesting cultural center, new public walkway. Also, the final channeling of medieval city. Another of its buildings located in the Centro Cultural Gabriela Mistral (GAM) g . Short itineraries This route invites you to VISTAS, explore a Santiago inspired This walking tour briefly by the famous Chilean poet FOUNDATIONAL recounts the beginnings of this Pablo Neruda, his poems city, its local inhabitants and VIEWS, NATURE and home, as well as the the Spanish “conquistadores” magnificent views and the SANTIAGO who arrived later. & POETRY nature of San Cristóbal Hill.

On the Spanish arrival to Santiago, the city in mid- sidewalk is the Cathedral 3 . Its first version, La Chascona, Pablo Neruda’s House 5 16th century was far from being an uninhabited as a chapel, began in 1541, since then it has Neruda called this house "La Chascona" in honor place. Different communities and indigenous undergone a number of reconstructions due to of his partner and her red imposing hair. It is said groups, including Picunches and Incas, had fires and earthquakes. Its current form began in that the day the poet went to see the property, he already used this city and its surroundings as a 1780, suffering further changes. Next to it is the fell in love with this place in the foothills, crossed settlement. However, it was the Spanish new- Sagrario, a small church home to the Virgen del by a canal that allowed him to hear the water comers who founded the city of Santiago, the Carmen, formally known as the patroness of Chile. running. Today, La Chascona, is a House Museum European way, on February 12th, 1541. In the south sidewalk of the square is the Casa that can be visited. Nestled on the hill, you must Colorada, built in 1769. It is an excellent example traverse a lush garden and climb some stairs to Museo de Arte Precolombino 1 of a surviving colonial house, accommodating discover it. The house shows poet’s personality Housed in what was an old colonial building of today the Museo de Santiago. Today (2016) it is printed in the spaces, decorations and objects. Customs, this museum has a fantastic collec- closed for restoration. We recommend visiting the bar and dining room tion of Latin-American art before the arrival of of the house, the terrace overlooking the city Columbus to the American continent. It is highly Museo Histórico Nacional 4 and the murals of the Ramona Parra Brigade recommended to explore its underground exhibit The Museum is situated in the old colonial buil- painted at the entrance.

"Chile before Chile". ding of the Real Audiencia, the highest court of Address: Fernando Márquez de la Plata 0192, the time, which was built on several occasions, Opening hours: March to December: Tue-Sun: 10-18 hrs. Address: Bandera 361 (at the corner of Bandera Street) January and February: Tue-Sun: 10-19 hrs. www.precolombino.cl finishing the current building in 1808. This mu- Opening hours: Tue-Sun: 10-18 hrs. seum collection narrates Chile’s history, from pre-Hispanic ethnic groups until the coup of Cerro San Cristóbal 6 Plaza de Armas 2 1973. It is recommended to go up the Benjamin In the city of Santiago, mountains and hills are With the arrival of the Spaniards to the area, the Vicuña Mackenna Tower to appreciate the great part of the landscape and geography, witnessing new city of Santiago is funded and the main views of the square and its surroundings. its history since its inception. Formerly, the San square is defined as the Plaza de Armas, where Cristóbal Hill was not the hill we see today, but a the main institutions are settled. On the north Address: Plaza de Armas 951 deforested and barren one that had an important www.museohistoriconacional.cl role in the development of the city as a quarry. side of the square three important buildings Opening hours: Tue-Sun: 10-18 hrs. established: the Palacio de los Gobernadores, Slowly, the hill will be incorporated into the (today the Post Office building) where the colonial city. In 1908, a colossal Virgin Mary sculpture governor lived; the Real Audiencia, today the of 12 meters high is inaugurated at the summit. For this, a reproduction of the "Virgin of Rome" Worshippers at the Cerro San Cristobal’s Museo Histórico Nacional; and the Cabildo (or Virgin sculpture, 1949 Town Hall), today the Municipality of Santiago, by Giuseppe Obici was requested to the French fulfilling a similar role for our times. foundry Val D'Osne. Thus, the great enterprise It is from this square that the rest of the colonial was to bring this image home and to its des- tares, making it a major urban park for the city. city is planned into a city grid, thus defining the tination. It arrived in 42 boxes to Chile, carried It is recommended to take the funicular up the structure of Santiago’s historical center. Today, through precarious trails and finally assembled hill to access the magnificent views of the city. as it has been for many centuries, the square is in the hill’s summit. an epicenter of different happenings, where the Years later, through a decree, the hill became Address: Pío Nono 450. speed of the city takes a break. People stroll, rest, a public park. With this, the process of fores- Opening hours: The Metropolitan Park opens all year round, talk, play chess, listen to the street comedians tation of San Cristóbal continues, adding other however the zoo and the funicular have opening times and attractions, as a funicular, a lookout point and are closed on Mondays. and painters exhibit their art. It’s a sort of oasis Summer: 8.30-20 hrs. (pedestrians and cyclists/19 hrs. in the starting point of the town. even a zoo. The hill is now part of the Parque vehicles)Winter: 8.30-19 hrs. From this square you can see traces of the Metropolitano, which consists of over 700 hec- www.parquemet.cl foundation and the colonial city. On the west A Cathedral view from Plaza de Armas (Main square) Short itineraries Half-day and One day itineraries

This walking tour begins It is an invitation to explore the arts FROM COLONIAL in one of the oldest colonial ARTS & and humanities of the historic center buildings of the city, in order to of Santiago, through museums, a perceive the changes occurred theater and the national library, a TO INDEPENDENT after the independence and HUMANITIES cultural panorama of the old city. the importance acquired as a CITY capital city.

Museo de Arte Colonial de San Francisco 11 For the Church’s history see left page Iglesia de San Francisco 7 diverse but aesthetic, elegant and harmonious Open since 1969, this museum is located on the The Franciscan congregation arrived in Chile when appearance to the area. Also, this neighborhood first floor of the Franciscan convent. Dedicated the Spanish conquistadores were settling in the will change the traditional grid of the historic to colonial art with religious themes, among city. The Church of San Francisco is a testimony city with an undulant London Street intersecting its collection it is recommended to see the 54 and a witness of the beginnings of the Spanish with Paris. colonial paintings dedicated to the life of St. conquest, despite some building interventions, Francis of Assisi and the room dedicated to the especially after many earthquakes, the church Address: London Street begins next to San Francisco Church. poet Gabriela Mistral, who donated the custody is still in the original place until today. Inside, the of her Nobel Prize - medal and diploma - to the Church manages to evoke its history, supported Biblioteca Nacional 9 congregation and Museum. by thick stone walls and a beautiful coffered The idea of building a national library began du- Address: Libertador Bernardo O’higgins Avenue 834 Cart in front the Teatro Municipal, 1890 ceiling. It is recommended to tour the church, ring the first period of independence, but it only Opening hours: Mon-Fri: 9.30-13.30 hrs. and 15-18 hrs. / the Colonial Museum inside the monastery and materialized with the arrival of the independence. Sat-Sun: 10-14 hrs. the garden of the convent. The present building, located on what used to www.museosanfrancisco.com that devastated the city. The museum is located be the Monastery of the Clare nuns’ grounds, next to the church in Mac-Iver Street. The museum Address: Londres 4 12 Opening hours: Mon-Sat: 8-20 hrs / Sun: 8-14 hrs. and was built in 1914. Biblioteca Nacional exhibits different collections, being mostly devo- 19-20 hrs. The library has reading areas, newspapers and For further information see left page. ted to religious colonial art. It is recommended to magazines, sound files and a map collection, stroll through its inner courtyard, the Rapa Nui’s Paris – London Quarter 8 among others. In addition to this, the National Teatro Municipal 13 objects room and fanal (bell jars) room. Built on the land that formerly belonged to the Library is a legal deposit, which means that by Until the construction of the Teatro Municipal, Address: Enrique Mac-Iver 341 Franciscan congregation, a new neighborhood law, a copy of everything that is published in the the city of Santiago only had small venues, all Opening hours: Tue-Sat: 10-18 hrs. / Sun: 10-14 hrs. called Paris – London was built between 1923 and country has to be deposited here. somewhat precarious and temporary. Thus, in www.museodelamerced.cl 1929. The quarter, named after its streets, had the mid-19 century, the construction of this big Address: Libertador Bernardo O’Higgins Avenue 650 15 new residences built by renowned architects of Opening hours: M-F: 9-19 hrs. / Sa: 9.10-14 hrs. theater begins. After suffering a devastating Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes the time, such as Larraín Bravo and Cruz Montt, www.bibliotecanacional.cl fire, the current building is finished in 1873. The The centenary celebrations of Chile as an inde- among others. This group of architects gave a building, with neoclassical style, unfolds with pendent republic coincide with the recent chan- Cerro Santa Lucía 10 great elegance a portal of arched doors giving neling of the Río Mapocho and the integration This hill is another witness of the city evolution. access to the foyer of the theater. The theater’s of wastelands in the area, as well as the need to Understood as a natural and sacred space main room is spacious, elegant and preserves create a Museum and School of Fine Arts. The for indigenous people, since the arrival of the its splendor even to this day. Palace of Fine Arts, inaugurated on September Spanish “conquistadores” the hill became the 21rst, 1910, contained the Museo Nacional de Address: At the intersection of Agustinas and San Antonio Streets eastern boundary of the city layout. It was on Opening hours: Guided tours: Mon-Wed-Fri: 11, 13 and 16.30 hrs. Bellas Artes and the Academy of Fine Arts. The its slopes where the first mills, viewpoints, and Visits can be booked by email: [email protected] museum is distinguished by a vast and impor- some fortifications were situated, as well as www.municipal.cl tant art collection. It is recommended to extend being Cemetery for the dissidents. During the the visit and cross the corridor that connects late 19th century, the transformation from a Museo de la Merced 14 the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes with the rocky hill to a pleasant public walk began. The The order of the Mercy arrived in Chile with the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo - MAC (former hill has a north access and south one, the latter Spanish “conquistadores” and Pedro de Valdivia. Academy of Fine Arts). (Libertador Bernardo O’higgins Avenue) being In 1735 begins the construction of the current Address: José Miguel de la Barra 650 the more interesting and majestic entrance. temple after three previous attempts, initiated in Opening hours: Mon-Sat: 10-18 hrs. / Sun: 10-14 hrs. 1566, all of which were destroyed by earthquakes National Library, press area, 1910 Opening hours: Monday to Sunday 9-19 hrs. www.mnba.cl Half-day and One day itineraries SANTIAGO: THEN AND NOW This walk invites you to a journey into the Santiago of the past centuries, evoking its history as a city and its process of constitution as the capital of the Republic of Chile, until today.

Hat Shop “Donde Golpea el Monito” 16 uses. Being of French influence, the building (Where the monkey taps) features a triangular plant and a dome. The United Factories of American Hats store Address: Moneda 1096 (at the intersection of Moneda and was founded in 1915. Later on, as part of the La Bolsa Streets) decoration of the shop, the owner decides to buy a small mechanical monkey, a novelty for La Bolsa Building 19 its time, and install it in the window to attract Although the Stock Exchange had begun in earlier customers. The monkey would serve to draw decades, in the beginning of the 20th century the attention of people as it constantly pounds it did not have a definitive building. Therefore, on the shop’s glass window. Being located in a in 1913 the construction of the current building high traffic area, people have commonly used began by the architect Emile Jecquier. Like the the store as a reference and a meeting place. previous building, it also had a triangular plant, Press operator at the Casa de la Moneda, 1968 Over the years, the original name of the store consisting of an underground and four floors. It has been eclipsed by how it is popularly known is recommended to access the session room “Where the Monkey taps”. Besides this anecdote, inside the building, where, prior the electronic Universidad de Chile 22 The building has had a series of renovations, the hat shop, in itself, is a nostalgic return to the transactions of today, the shares were traded. Located on the other side of the avenue, in repairs and changes, without losing its initial past, as how these stores were decades ago. You front of the Club de la Unión, is the Universidad features. It has two facades, one on the north Address: La Bolsa 64 can still see the old hat boxes, large mirrors and Opening hours: Mon-Fri: 9-16 hrs. de Chile Main campus. Since the arrival of the side and one on the south side, the latter being windows, remembering and evoking a Santiago Spanish “conquistadores” education in Chile the main entrance. In front of each one of these already gone, that still survives in this place. Nueva York Street 20 had been mainly in the hands of the Catholic facades, large squares are deployed: at the Following La Bolsa Street towards the south, Church. This would not change largely during north is the Constitution square, at the south Address: 21 de mayo 707 Opening hours: Mon-Fri: 10-19 hrs. / Sat: 10-14 hrs. continues the pedestrian street transforming the colonial period, until after independence. Citizenship square. into Nueva York Street, which leads to Libertador In the mid-nineteenth century the University of 17 Address: Between Moneda, Morandé, Libertador Bernardo Plaza de Armas Bernardo O'Higgins Avenue. Until today traditional Chile was created, moving in 1872, to the main O'Higgins Avenue y Teatinos Streets. For further information, see itinerary shoe shiners can be found in this street, some campus building where its stands today. Opening hours: Monday to Friday with guided tours. Foundational Santiago still exist in other areas of downtown Santiago. Visits can be booked by email: [email protected] Address: Libertador Bernardo O’Higgins Avenue 1058 Opening hours: Mon-Fri: 9-18 hrs. Ex Hotel Mundial 18 Club de la Unión 21 La Moneda Cultural Center 24 At the corner of Bandera and Moneda Streets, The Club de la Unión was inaugurated in 1864 Palacio de La Moneda 23 La Moneda Cultural Center is located under the begins the La Bolsa Street (Stock Exchange). as a meeting and sociability place for the aristo- In the late eighteenth century the construction for Citizenship square, which can be accessed by These lands towards Alameda (today Libertador cratic men of Santiago. This was a key political a minting coin building started. The project was elevators and stairs. This center was opened in Bernardo O'Higgins Avenue) belonged to the and economic reunion space, as major national directed by the architect Joaquín Toesca, who 2006 to promote art and heritage through diffe- convent of the Augustinian nuns, which still issues were discussed in its rooms. However, the printed in this building a neoclassical style marked rent services, such as exhibitions. The building retains their church nearby in Moneda Street. definite building construction took place in the by its harmony and balance. The works began in contains exhibition areas, a film library, cafes However, in the early 20th century these lands first decade of the twentieth century. Designed 1784, ending on 1805 when the building officially and other services. It is recommended to visit were sold and thus begin the construction of by the architect Alberto Cruz Montt, the building opened as the Casa de la Moneda (Royal Mint). the existing exhibition and the Artesanías de new buildings in this area. It was then that the is entirely made of reinforced concrete, with Decades later, President Bulnes decides to make Chile (Crafts of Chile) Foundation shop which World Insurance Company buys a triangular plot neoclassical influences and fine finishes. Largely this place the government Palace as well as the contains excellent products of Chilean crafts. where a building is constructed in 1920. From seen as an exclusive male club, only a decade ago president’s residence. In the mid-20th century, Address: Plaza de la Ciudadanía 26 1935 until the 70s, the building will operate as a the club began accepting women as members. presidents stopped residing here, since then, it Opening hours: Mon-Sun: 9-21 hrs. hotel, known as the “Hotel Mundial” (The World only maintains its use as government palace, Address: Libertador Bernardo O’Higgins Avenue 1091 Hotel). Since then, the building has changed its Private Club. being the president’s workplace. Half-day and One day itineraries ARCHITECTURAL ROUTE This route recounts the evolution of the city through its houses, constructions and buildings. An important challenge for both, the colonial and contemporary architecture, has been the constant tremors and earthquakes throughout the centuries.

Strolling through Esmeralda Street today does Posada del Corregidor 26 not reflect nor give any clues of how this area Built in the late 18th century (1750 to 1770), this originated. In colonial times, this area bordering Inn, as other places on the same street, ran a the river stood near the city garbage dump, a tavern and ballroom known as "The Philharmo- rather humble area, abandoned and poor. Slowly, nic", gathering all types of visitors. However, in small stalls for entertainment emerged, built the beginning of the 20th century, the Posada precariously, where music was played, people is bought by Dario Zañartu, who remodels danced, ate and drank. These popular places the place and names it after his ancestor, the gave the street its original name: Las Ramadas. Corregidor Zañartu, who was Mayor of the city of Santiago during the colonial period. From Registro Electoral Building 25 the 1920s onwards, the building will return to Bordering Parque Forestal, down Ismael Valdes its original use as a meeting space, including Vergara Street, you get to Esmeralda Street. In this music, poetry and art. corner, a tall building, thin but proud, classic with The 2010 earthquake deeply affected the hou- elegant facade is located. Built by the architect se, initiating a repairing and restoration process Congreso Nacional, Santiago headquarters, 1920 Fernando de la Cruz in 1934, the building is now as the building is, till today, made of adobe. the Electoral Registry headquarters. Address: Esmeralda 748 | Opening hours: Mon-Fri: 10-18 hrs. final details were designed by Joaquín Toesca, of Valparaiso, maintaining this building as its Casa de Velasco 27 the architect of the La Moneda Palace (among headquarters in Santiago. The reddish Velasco’s House, gets its name many other buildings in the city). The building is Address: Catedral 1158 (between Catedral, Bandera, Com- from the family who bought the property in presented as a strong and imposing one. pañia, Morandé Streets) the mid-19th century, although its existence is Opening hours: You can only visit during Heritage day (last Address: Santo Domingo 961 Sunday of May) much earlier. This place became known due to Opening hours (mass hours): Mon-Fri: 8 and 11.30 hrs. / the family collecting tradition, reflected in their Sun: 9 and 11.30 hrs. artwork and house decoration. In the 1920s, Palacio de Tribunales 30 the house was sold to a private company who Congreso Nacional, The Palacio de Tribunales houses the Supreme hired an English architect to restore the building, Santiago headquarters 29 Court, the Court of Appeal and the Martial Court. giving greater emphasis to its colonial character. By mid-19th century it became clear the Con- It was built between 1905 and 1930, being one of gress needed a proper building in the city. The the first reinforced concrete public buildings. Of Address: At the intersection of Santo Domingo and Enrique Mac-Iver Streets. chosen land, where the current building stands, neoclassical style, the building has three floors Opening hours: Private. had belonged to the Jesuit order. The Congress and a columns facade. Inside, the main staircase is building opened in 1878. However, in 1895 a made of marble, with a two sculptures decorated Iglesia de Santo Domingo 28 great fire devastated much of the building. After base by the Catalan sculptor Antonio Coll and Pi. This church is the testimony of the difficulties its reconstruction, it finally opened in 1901. The Address: Compañía 1140, between Morandé and Bandera Streets. and challenges experienced by the buildings in building, with neoclassical and French inspira- Opening hours: Mon-Fri: 8-14 hrs. Santiago, as the current building is the fourth at- tion, has four facades, the main one overlooks tempt. The previous three - 1557, 1606, 1677- were Catedral Street, all surrounded by gardens. Palacio de La Moneda 31 all destroyed by earthquakes. The construction The Congress operated in this building until For further information see itinerary Santiago, Iglesia de Santo Domingo, 1920 of the church we see today began in 1747. The the 1973 coup. Today the Congress is in the city then and now. —An ilustration from a Hotel Crillón’s brochure— Santiago de Chile, 1943