Santiago de Chile Daily Photo

Santiago is Chile's capital and largest city and has become one of Latin America's most developed metropolitan areas. I invite you to take a look!

03 June 2007

The Christ in San Joaquín

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This Christ, by Hernán Puelma (1982), is located at the entrance of the Catholic University's San Joaquin campus. It is very famous, but...
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05 February 2007

Chilean denomination

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This document is quite interesting. It's located in O'Higgins' tomb and dates from 1818, when Chile was declared an independent...
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02 February 2007

O'Higgins Tomb

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This is the crypt of Chile's founding father, Bernardo O'Higgins (1778-1842). It is located below ground in the Plaza de la Ciudadan...
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31 January 2007

The German Fountain

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Chile has a very important German colony (German descendants), that date from the middle of the XIXth century, specially south from Santiago...
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30 January 2007

Palacio Danubio Azul

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Last night I went to the Danubio Azul restaurant . I love Chinese food and this place is self-promoted as "the best chinese restaurant ...
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29 January 2007

And she finally caught it

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Yesterday, after three days of searching, La Petite Géante finally caught the elusive rhino. She put him in a cage and took it to Valparaiso...
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28 January 2007

La Petite Géante saves the day

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Yesterday I showed you a crowd that was astonished by "something"... Well, that something was La Petite Géante (the Small Giantess...
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27 January 2007

The astonished crowd

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In yesterday's post , I showed you an accident that supposedly ocurred in Santiago's main street, the Alameda avenue. What kind of e...
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26 January 2007

A huge accident in the Alameda

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The Alameda Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins, named after Chile's founding father, is Santiago's main street and is 15 Km l...
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24 January 2007

Los Naranjos courtyard

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Do you remember La Moneda Palace ? This building is Chile's government center and its construction ended in 1805. Inside, you can see th...
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23 January 2007

The Teatro Municipal

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Santiago's Teatro Municipal is the city's main Opera House. It opened its doors in 1857, but had to be rebuilt after a fire destroye...
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22 January 2007

Paris and London

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This is the intersection of Paris and Londres streets in Santiago district. As you can see, the cobblestone street has been preserved, which...
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21 January 2007

A walk in Paris

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This is Paris street. It's located in the Santiago district and has a very nice and narrow cobblestone street and a beautiful traditiona...
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17 January 2007

Cobblestones in Pedro de Valdivia

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This cobblestone street is Pedro de Valdivia Avenue, named after the Spanish conquistador (conqueror) who, between other important things, w...
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16 January 2007

Santiago Stock Exchange

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Today, walking in Downtown Santiago, I passed in front of Santiago Stock Exchange, a nice building located between Bandera and New York Stre...
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15 January 2007

The Falabella Palace, during daylight

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Do you remember when I showed you the Falabella Palace and its Christmas decorations ? This is how it looks by day. It has a really nice ren...
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14 January 2007

The old barber chair

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In the antiques and used books fair I told you about yesterday I found this old barber chair. It was in good condition and had three badmin...
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13 January 2007

Old shoe molds

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Do you remember the Falabella Palace ? It houses the Providencia district's Town Hall and until january 28th you can see an antiques and...
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10 January 2007

A young mummy

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This mummy is located in the National Museum of Natural History and belongs to a child. It was found in 1954 at 5.400 meters above sea leve...
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08 January 2007

Show jumping

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This weekend, I had the chance to watch a full equestrian competition, that included Jumping and Polo. As I told you before, I love horses a...
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03 January 2007

Be right back

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I'm leaving the city for the rest of the week for work. As the empty cross in this work by Nicanor Parra's "Obras Públicas...
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02 January 2007

New Year by the ocean

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For the New Year's celebrations, I went to Valparaiso, a city located west from Santiago, by the Pacific Ocean. The new year's arriv...
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01 January 2007

January's Theme Day

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First of all, Happy New Year to all of you! Today, January 1st 2007, is the City Daily Photo Theme Day. This month's theme is "Best...
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30 December 2006

Last shoppings of 2006

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Today I visited the Parque Arauco mall, one of the biggest shopping centers in Santiago. It has a nice place called "Boulevard del Parq...
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29 December 2006

Long weekend ahead

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First of all, Don't try this at home! Never attempt to drive in a highway and take pictures at the same time! Today is a special day. Th...
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27 December 2006

Human Misery

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I found this beautiful marble sculpture in the National Museum of Fine Arts . I couldn't avoid to capture it in a picture (although guar...
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26 December 2006

Street orchestra

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I found this mini-orchestra in Paseo Estado, a pedestrianised street where you can find many interesting people, like street vendors, shoe-p...
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25 December 2006

Merry Christmas!

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Today is Christmas Day and I want to wish you all very happy holidays from this long, thin and beautiful country called Chile. I hope you ha...
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24 December 2006

Waiting for Christmas day

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I found this nativity scene in the Metropolitan Cathedral of Santiago. This Cathedral is our main church and is located in Santiago's Pl...
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23 December 2006

The Coke side of Christmas

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As usual, Coke is a very omnipresent brand on Christmas, with many events during holidays. I didn't notice the first time I showed you t...
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