Contact SantiagodeChile.Travel
If you want your company or business to appear in our site, please complete your data in the form below, we will contact you soon.
Name & last name:
*
Company:
*
Telephone:
*
Email:
*
Comments:
*
* Requested information
Your message
has been processed.
Thank you for
using our services.
[ Close ]
Home
|
Contact Us
|
Advertising
|
|
|
Hotels
Reservations
Restaurants
Real Estate
Vineyards
Ski Resorts
Map
Weather
Images
Activities
Centro de Ski El Colorado
Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino
The Municipal Theatre
Tours
Cajón del Maipo
Iglesia y Convento de San Francisco
Palacio de Bellas Artes
Palacio de la Moneda
Palacio Real Audiencia y Museo Histórico Nacional
Parque Metropolitano
Plaza de Armas
Wine Route
Plaza de Armas
To:
Name:
*
Telephone:
Email:
*
Comments:
*
* Requested information
Your message
has been sent.
Thank you for using
our services.
[ Close ]
The Spanish colonial forces laid out their settlements around a plaza, called the
Plaza de Armas
, for it was here the most important religious and civic buildings were constructed and the armed forces could congregate to defend the community. The area around the plaza is usually referred to as the centro, the center.
Santiago's Plaza de Armas
dates from the 1540's when Pedro de Valdivia founded the city. The centro is a somewhat triangular area stretching north from the plaza to the Rio Mapocho, south to the Avenida Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins, more commonly referred to as the Alameda, west to Via Norte Sur, which is Highway 5, the
PanAmerican Highway
.
Outside the triangle are some of Santiago's best known sights: Cerro Santa Lucia, Parque Forestal, Parque General Bustamente,intriguing Barrio Bellavista, and north of the Barrio, the Parque Metropolitano which offers scenic views of the city when the air is clear.
You'll want to refer to this map as we tour. The Plaza de Armas is located at the intersection of
Compañía-Merced
, Paseo Estado-21 de Mayo, Monjitas-Catedral and Paseo Puente-Paseo Ahumada streets.
The plaza was remodeled and anchors the
Palacio de la Real Audiencia
(1804) which houses the Museo Histórico, flanked by the Municipalidad de Santiago (1785) and the Correo Central (1882), seen here, and the Catedral Metropolitana (1745).
Most popular searches
Map
of Santiago de Chile
Accomodations
Santiago de Chile
Apart hotels
Santiago de Chile
Santiago de Chile
hotels
Cinemas
Santiago de Chile
Ski Resorts
Santiago de Chile
Vineyards
Santiago de Chile
Hotels
in Las Condes
Hotels
in Providencia
Santiago de Chile's
touristic places
Santiago de Chile
tourism
Santiago de Chile
weather
Pictures
of Santiago de Chile
Santiago de Chile's
history
Santiago de Chile
hotels
Real estate
Santiago de Chile
Hotels
Santiago de Chile
Atractions
Santiago de Chile
Tours
Santiago de Chile
3 star hotels
in Santiago de Chile
4 star hotels
in Santiago de Chile
Restaurants
Santiago de Chile
Hotel promos
Santiago de Chile
5 star hoteles
in Santiago de Chile
MardelPlata
Digital
MardelPlataDigital
Advertise
Contact us
Web Design
Argentina
Mar del Plata
Villa Carlos Paz
Villa General Belgrano
Villa La Angostura
San Martín de los Andes
Guía de Cabañas
El Calafate
Puerto Iguazu
Brasil
Buzios
Florianópolis
Chile
Santiago de Chile
Viña del Mar
Puerto Varas
Guía de Cabañas