Recommended ten famous tourist attractions in Chile

1. San Diego

Chile's fourth largest city, located in central Chile, bordering the Mapocho River in front, the Andes Mountains in the east, and about 185 kilometers away from the Port of Valparaiso in the west. It covers an area of 13,308 square kilometers and has an altitude of 600 meters. Summer is dry and mild, and winter is cool and rainy. With a population of 6.06 million (2002), it was founded in 1541. After the Battle of Maipu in 1818 (the decisive battle in Chile's War for Independence), it became the capital.

It developed rapidly after the discovery of silver mines in the 19th century. Since then, it was repeatedly damaged by natural disasters such as earthquakes and floods, and all historic buildings were disappeared. Today's San Diego has become a modern city. The city is beautiful and colorful. Palms dance all year round. The 230-meter-high Mount Saint Lucia near the city center is a famous scenic spot. In the northeast corner of the city, there is Mount San Cristobal at an altitude of 1,000 meters. A giant marble statue of the Virgin Mary stands on the top of the mountain, which is a major local attraction.

San Diego's main street, O'Higgins Street, is 3 kilometers long and 100 meters wide, running across the city. The avenue is shaded by trees on both sides, and there are fountains and vivid commemorative bronze statues every distance. There is Tahrir Square at the west end of the street, nearby Syntagma Square, and Baghdano Square on the east side of the street. There is an Armed Forces Square in the city center. In the urban and suburban areas, there are Catholic churches, main churches, post offices, and city halls; there are the ancient University of Chile, Catholic University, National College, South America's largest library (with a collection of 1.2 million volumes), the History Museum, the National Art Museum, as well as parks, zoos and monuments. Nearly 54% of the country's industries are concentrated here. The suburbs are irrigated by Andes water and developed agriculture. It is also the national land and air transportation center.

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2. Arms Plaza in Santiago, the capital of Chile, is also transliterated as Plaza de Armas. It represents Chile's religious, political, economic and cultural center. It is the soul and core of Santiago. It is a tourist spot that any foreign tourist cannot ignore.

Tall in the center of the square stands a bronze statue of Pedro de Valtivia, a gift given to the Chilean government by the Spaniards in 1960 to celebrate Chile's 150th anniversary of independence. On the west side of the square is the largest and majestic cathedral in Chile, and on the north side are the National Post Office, the History Museum and the City Hall of Santiago, all representative buildings in Santiago. The City Hall of San Diego was originally the city hall and prison during the city's founding. It was renovated into a neoclassical style in the second half of the 18th century and was destroyed by fire in 1891. It was rebuilt on the original site from 1892 to 1895. Since then, it has become the seat of the City Hall of San Diego for the first time. The Central Post Office of Santiago was originally built as the first residence in Santiago, the private residence of Spanish conquistador Pedro de Valtiva. In 1882, it was converted into a neoclassical building by architect Ricardo Brown-the predecessor of the Central Post Office Building. There are often songs, dances, music and talk show performances by folk artists in the square, making it very lively.

3. Santiago Cathedral Santiago Cathedral is the cathedral in Santiago, the capital of Chile. It is one of the most important religious activity centers in Chile. It is located in the historic center of San Diego, facing Arms Plaza in the heart of the city and next to the Archbishop of San Diego. The cathedral was listed as a Chilean Historical and Cultural Architectural Heritage Site in 1951.

The cathedral was built in 1748 and completed in 1800. In 1780, the bishop at that time recommended the Roman architect Joaquin Toesca to the Spanish royal family to repair the facade of the cathedral and chapel. The church was given a neoclassical style. The two bell towers were completed at the end of 1800, one year after his death, giving the cathedral what it is today. There are three arched corridors in the church, each of which is more than 90 meters long; the carved railings and stone masonry inside the church are very exquisite, with the roof being the most important. The wooden statue of San Francisco Chaulho and the 17th-century silver lamp weighing more than 20 kilograms are all worth seeing; the "Last Supper" picture of the place where the sacred relics are placed is also worth seeing. The remains of Chilean archbishops are preserved in the cathedral. On the south side of the cathedral is the Cathedral Museum, which has three exhibition halls, displaying sacred objects, religious paintings, etc.

4. The National Museum of Natural History of Chile is a must-see attraction for many tourists visiting Santiago, the capital of Chile. The National Museum of Natural History of Chile is an important window to understand the origin of Americans, including Chileans, the evolution of Chilean flora and fauna, and the history of mining resources.

The National Museum of Natural History of Chile was founded on September 14, 1830 and is one of the oldest museums in South America. At that time, the Chilean government wanted to sort out the evolution of the main animals and plants and the history of mining development in the country. To this end, it established a Natural History Committee and hired French naturalist Claude Guy to be responsible for planning and implementation. The current building where the museum is currently located was built in 1875, when the Chilean government specially hired the famous French architect Paul Latou to design and build it in preparation for the first Chilean International Exhibition. In 1876, the museum moved into this neoclassical building. It has a research area, maintenance area, education area and design area, specializing in the study and popularization of Chilean natural history.

Currently, the museum displays important collections in anthropology, botany, zoology, mineralogy and palaeontology, and has 12 permanent exhibition areas: Chile's biogeography, terrestrial ecosystems, and the 17-meter-long blue whale skeleton in the central exhibition hall., minerals, insects, molluscs, Mesozoic vertebrates, Chilean wood, Chilean archaeology, Juan Fernandez Islands, human culture and copper applications.

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5. Pre-Columbian Art Museum The Pre-Columbian Art Museum is located in Santiago, the capital of Chile. It was established in December 1981. It is a museum dedicated to the research and display of pre-Columbian art and cultural relics from Central and South America. With the support of the city government of Santiago, the museum was established by Chilean architect and collector of ancient relics, Sergio Larraín García-Moreno. During his nearly fifty years of collection, many ancient relics from the pre-Columbian period have been collected, forming the collection at the beginning of the museum.

The collections in the museum mainly come from pre-Columbian cultural areas such as Central America, Esmo-Colombia, Pan-Caribbean, Amazon Rainforest, and Andes. The collection spans 10,000 years. The collection in the museum is mainly divided into four major areas. The first is the Central American region. This area houses the Cipetotic statue, Teotihuacan incense burner, Mayan embossed, etc. Next is the central region, which displays pottery made by Valdivians and gold products from the Veraguas and Diquez regions. Thirdly, there is the Central Andes exhibition area, which mainly contains some masks and bronzes. The most representative one is a piece of paint from the Chawen civilization and has a history of three thousand years. The last one is the southern Andes exhibition area. The collections here are mainly modern Chilean and Argentine objects. The exhibits include cultural relics such as ceramics from the Aguada culture and snuff bottle plates from the San Pedro culture.

6. San Francisco Colonial Museum The San Francisco Colonial Museum is located in the monastery next to the Cathedral of San Francisco, the oldest church in Santiago, the capital of Chile. It is located on O'Higgins Street in the center of Santiago. The cathedral and the nearby monastery are the oldest colonial buildings in Chile.

In the early 20th century, part of the monastery was sold and a community center was re-established; the remaining part became the site of the colonial museum. This is a museum that focuses on the history, culture and religious beliefs of Santiago. The museum aims to explore the colonial era of Chile and South America through the collection of paintings, sculptures, furniture and other objects. Many of the exhibits are religion-related. Made in Peru, the former colonial capital. It is worth mentioning that the core collection in the museum is the pedigree of the Franciscans. This is a super-large size religious pedigree that includes 644 mini portraits. It is worth walking in and watching carefully. In addition, the museum should display torture instruments used for flogging and the collection of Doctor San Francisco, which is 54 oil paintings in Cusco. This is the most precious collection of colonial art in Chile and the most complete art collection in South America.

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7. Seville Copper City Seville Copper Mine Town is located 85 kilometers south of Santiago, the capital of Chile. It is located in an extreme climate environment with an altitude of 2000 meters in the Andes. Seville Copper Mine Town was built in the early 20th century and was a workshop for workers built by Breden Copper Company in the largest underground copper mine in El Teniente. Born as a result of the integration of local labor with the resources of industrialized countries to mine and smelt high-value natural resources, this town is an outstanding example of corporate living areas located in remote areas of the world.

At its peak, the town of Seville copper mine had 15000 residents, but most of the town was abandoned in the 1970s. The town is built along a huge central staircase that rises from the train station, and the terrain is so steep that wheeled vehicles cannot reach it. Along the road are irregular square areas with ornamental trees and plants, forming the town's main public activity area or square. Not far from the central staircase, the path around the mountain leads to the smaller square and secondary stairs that connect the rest of the town.

Buildings along the street are made of logs and are usually painted bright green, red and blue. The houses were designed by the United States, and most of them were built in a 19th-century American style, but other buildings, such as craft schools, were inspired by modernism. The Seville Copper Town was the only large-scale industrial mining settlement in the mountains of the 20th century built for year-round use.

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8. Magic Mountain Inn Magic Mountain Inn is located in a private Huilo Huilo Biological Reserve in the Chilean River Region. The entire hotel is built on the mountain. The shape of the hotel is more like a medieval ancient tower. The shape is built in imitation of the shape of a volcano. The surface of the stone is covered with moss and vines, which blends into the surrounding forest, making people feel as if they are in a real volcano, satisfying everyone's fairy tale and magical travel dreams. The device on the top of the hotel can spray large amounts of water, flowing through every window like a waterfall, sometimes feeling like a "water curtain hole".

You can see antique doors and windows at the entrance of the Magic Mountain Hotel, as well as a crumbling wooden suspension bridge. The entrance of the hotel is connected to this suspension bridge. Walking through it, you can enjoy the wonderful feeling of walking at the end of a tree. Guests enter the hotel after walking through the suspension bridge. However, this seems to be an old hotel, but when you walk into the hotel, you find that it is quite luxurious.

The Magic Mountain Inn has 13 rooms with separate bathrooms, as well as 11 cabins, each of which can accommodate 4 to 6 people. Each room has a window overlooking dense forests and a variety of wild animals, including toucans, green iguanas, cougars and lizards. If you live in one of the 13 rooms with separate large bathrooms, you can enjoy lying in a bathtub filled with hot water delivered by a novel "tree trunk" water pipe, tasting the wine while looking through the windows of the room. The feeling of looking at the beautiful tropical rainforest scenery outside the window will probably be the most unforgettable memory of your life.

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9. House of Negra Island The House of Negra Island is located on the island of Negra in the Valparaiso region of Chile, 85 kilometers south of Valparaiso and 110 kilometers west of Santiago. On a rocky promontory. This bizarre house was one of three residences in Chile owned by contemporary Chilean poet Pablo Neruda (July 12, 1904-September 23, 1973). It was also Neruda's favorite house and a testimony to the imagination, whimsy and emotional excitement of the 1971 Nobel Prize winner for Literature.

In the House of Negra Island, Neruda and his third wife, Matilde Urrutia, spent many wonderful times here, from 1939 to 1973. Neruda loved the sea and everything about it, so the house was built like a boat, with low ceilings, squeaking wooden floors and narrow passages. He is also a passionate collector, collecting different bottles, bow decorations, maps, nautical instruments and an impressive range of shells in each room. The tombs of Neruda and Mathilde Urutia are also here.

Today, the House of Negra Island is a museum managed and operated by the Pablo Neruda Foundation and is a popular tourist attraction. On the occasion of Neruda's birthday every year-July 12, poetry readings, concerts and other activities are held in the House of Negra Island and the surrounding beaches.

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10. Chascona Museum is one of the many residences of contemporary Chilean poet Pablo Neruda (July 12, 1904-September 23, 1973). Neruda's original name was Neftali Ricardo Reyes Basoalto, a famous Chilean poet and winner of the 1971 Nobel Prize in Literature.

It is said that the house was named Chascona because it originated from the hair of Neruda's lover and later third wife. In the local language, the word means "unkempt". This house is located on the hillside of the San Cristobal Mountains. It is unique and beautiful in shape and was designed by Spaniard Germain Rodríguez Arias in 1953. Now converted into a museum, it retains many other collections, including a gallery that collects paintings by Chilean and foreign artists, African wood carvings, furniture and other objects designed by the famous Italian designer Fornatese. Of course, it also retains the original ceramics and tableware of the Neruda restaurant.