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

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

05 February 2007

Chilean denomination

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

02 February 2007

O'Higgins Tomb

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...

31 January 2007

The German Fountain

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

30 January 2007

Palacio Danubio Azul

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

29 January 2007

And she finally caught it

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...

28 January 2007

La Petite Géante saves the day

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

27 January 2007

The astonished crowd

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

26 January 2007

A huge accident in the Alameda

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

24 January 2007

Los Naranjos courtyard

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

23 January 2007

The Teatro Municipal

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...

22 January 2007

Paris and London

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

21 January 2007

A walk in Paris

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

17 January 2007

Cobblestones in Pedro de Valdivia

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

16 January 2007

Santiago Stock Exchange

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

15 January 2007

The Falabella Palace, during daylight

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...

14 January 2007

The old barber chair

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...

13 January 2007

Old shoe molds

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

10 January 2007

A young mummy

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...

08 January 2007

Show jumping

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...

03 January 2007

Be right back

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...

02 January 2007

New Year by the ocean

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...

01 January 2007

January's Theme Day

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...

30 December 2006

Last shoppings of 2006

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

29 December 2006

Long weekend ahead

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...

27 December 2006

Human Misery

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...

26 December 2006

Street orchestra

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

25 December 2006

Merry Christmas!

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...

24 December 2006

Waiting for Christmas day

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

23 December 2006

The Coke side of Christmas

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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