Palacio de La Moneda
Santiago, Chile
Exterior only
Visible from the street; the inside is private.
La Moneda Palace in Santiago, Chile, is the seat of the president of Chile and houses three cabinet ministries. Built in a restrained neoclassical style, it was designed by Italian-born architect Joaquín Toesca as the royal mint of colonial Chile. Construction began in 1784 and the building opened in 1805. It occupies an entire block in downtown Santiago and is a protected national monument and a tentative World Heritage Site.
Movement
- Built
- Type
- building of public administration
- Heritage
- Historical Monument of Chile, Tentative World Heritage Site
- Place
- Santiago, Chile
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