Monuments to visit Chile

This former railway station, all wood, with its beautiful corridors and wharves and an vegetation that seems to fight with the rails, is maintained by the old workers'building. Declared National Monument in 1981. The whole thing deserves a visit.

Built by an Italian architect in 1876, in a neo-classical style, it unfortunately only visible the facade.

In the Compañia district, exit through the rue Cienfuegos, you can visit the Lambert Foundry. Charles Lambert introduced in Chile the French technique of indirect fusion that allowed for the treatment of metals of lower copper content. Its La Compañia smelter now gives its name to the neighborhood. Lambert made fortune by treating scories of old mines and his land, and built a huge house in Adobe. By continuing the path, one fell nose with a Gothic stone cross that Lambert had erected in memory of his unique son, an officer of the English navy disappeared at sea. The cross brings a epitaph to the English poet Longfellow.

In Georgian style, the palace was built in 1904 for Saltpeter, Astoreca and Granja. As was the case with many wealthy homes, we used to build Oregon pine. Its façade, its large balconies, its stained stained glass windows, its sumptuous staircase which leads to the first floor and its vast outbuildings give this small palate a spectacular appearance. Currently, it serves as a cultural centre in the city and exhibits a collection of shells (over one thousand), antique furniture and paintings.

This university was born through the initiative of intellectuals such as Garmendia or Gonzalez which, in 1917, formed a pro-university committee and a hospital-clinic comprising nearly 23 people. Their application was heard and the inauguration of the university took place in 1919. Since then, it has grown steadily and has become one of the largest in the country. Its two major buildings are the Central Library, one of Chile's richest, and the Pinacothèque. The university has a large esplanade, lawns interspersed with a statue and a clock tower that is the symbol. The intellectual activity is intense and it publishes a cultural journal Atenea.