The National Monuments of

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: ''Monumentos Nacionales de Chile ''MN', are those places, and properties, moveable or fixed, protected by the State of Chile under the 1970 Law No. 17,288 for the protection of National Monuments. This protection is managed by the Council of National Monuments (Spanish: '' Consejo de Monumentos Nacionales MN'' owing to the historical, artistic, scientific or commemorative value of those properties designated as national monuments, which represent the country's

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. There are five categories of national monuments: * Historical Monuments * Archeological Monuments * Public Monuments * Nature Preserves * Typical Zones

List of monuments

The following lists tabulate all the country's monuments, organized by region:

Definition and categories of National Monuments

Law N° 17.288 concerning national monuments stipulates that: there are 938 national monuments. They are grouped into the following categories: :* Historic monuments (633). :* Public monuments (150). :* Archaeological monuments (21). :* Typical or picturesque zones (95). :* Nature sanctuaries (39).

Historic monuments

Historic monuments are defined as: In the register of the National Monuments Council, there are 633 historic monuments . These include: :* Aduana de Antofagasta :*

Agustín Ross Cultural Centre Agustín Ross Cultural Centre (Spanish, '' Centro Cultural Agustín Ross''), previously known as Casino Ross (''Ross Casino''), is the cultural center of the city of Pichilemu in Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins Region, Chile. It was constru ...

:* Clipper ''Ambassador'' :*

Biblioteca de Santiago The Biblioteca de Santiago (BDS) is a public library in downtown Santiago, Chile. It was inaugurated on November 11, 2005 by the then president of Chile Ricardo Lagos. The library is operated by the Servicio Nacional del Patrimonio Cultural, and is ...

Capilla San Juan de Dios Capilla may refer to: *A medieval Spanish term for a chapel *Capilla, Badajoz, Spain *Capillas, Castile and León, Spain *Capillas District, Peru *La Capilla, Colombia People * Doug Capilla (born 1952), American baseball player * Eneko Capilla ...

, Chillán :* Casa Lo Contador :*

Cerro Santa Lucía Cerro is Spanish for "hill" or "mountain". People * Francisco Cerro (born 1988), Argentine footballer * Francisco Cerro Chaves (born 1957), Spanish prelate, theologian, and philosopher of the Catholic Church * Ian Cerro (born 1996), American ...

Chacabuco Chacabuco is one of the many abandoned nitrate or "saltpeter" towns ("oficinas salitreras" in Spanish) in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile. Other nitrate towns of the Atacama Desert include Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works. Unlik ...

Chapel of former Lazareto de San Vicente de Paul A chapel (from , a diminutive of ''cappa'', meaning "little cape") is a Christian place of prayer and worship that is usually relatively small. The term has several meanings. First, smaller spaces inside a church that have their own altar are o ...

:* Chivilingo Hydroelectric Plant :* Constitucion Talca Ramal :* Cousiño Palace :* Escuela de Artes y Oficios :*

Estación Central Estación Central ((), Spanish for "central station") is a commune of Chile located in Santiago Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region. It is named after the Estación Central railway station, which is located within the commune. Demographi ...

Estación Mapocho Estación Mapocho is a former railway station that has been refitted as a cultural center since 1994, hosting a variety of events in Santiago, Chile. History The design and construction of the station began in 1905 at the hands of Emilio Jecqui ...

Estadio Nacional de Chile es:Estadio is the spanish language word for Stadium A stadium (: stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage completely or partially surrounded by a tiered s ...

Funicular railways of Valparaíso A funicular ( ) is a type of cable railway system that connects points along a railway track laid on a steep slope. The system is characterized by two counterbalanced carriages (also called cars or trains) permanently attached to opposite ends ...

Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works are two former saltpeter refineries located in northern Chile. They were declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2005, as a testament to the historical importance of saltpeter mining in Chile and the cul ...

:* Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes :* Iglesia San Francisco del Monte :*

Iglesias de Chiloé Iglesias may refer to: * Iglesias, Sardinia, a town in a comune in the province of South Sardinia, region of Sardinia, Italy * Iglesias, Province of Burgos, a municipality in the province of Burgos, in the autonomous community of Castile and León ...

La Moneda Palace Palacio de La Moneda (, ''Palace of the Mint''), or simply La Moneda, is the seat of the president of the Republic of Chile. It also houses the offices of three cabinet ministers: Interior, General Secretariat of the Presidency, and General S ...

:* Larmahue water wheels :* Londres 38 :* Melbourne Clark company wharf :* Monastery of the Holy Trinity (Las Condes) :*

Morro de Arica Morro de Arica is a steep hill located in the Chilean city of Arica. Its height is 139 metres above sea level. It was the last bulwark of defense for the Peruvian troops who garrisoned the city during the War of the Pacific (1879–1883). Morro d ...

National Library of Chile The National Library of Chile () is the national library of Chile. It is located on the Avenida Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins in Santiago, in a building completed in 1925, though its history reaches to the early nineteenth century before ...

Palace of Cerro Castillo The Palace of Cerro Castillo (Spanish: ''Palacio de Cerro Castillo'') is the official country retreat and summer residence of the President of Chile. Built in 1929 in the Spanish Colonial Revival style, it is situated atop Cerro Castillo hill loca ...

:* Palaces in Santiago :* Ruins of Huanchaca :* St. Paul's Cathedral (Valparaíso) :*

Santiago Stock Exchange The Santiago Stock Exchange (SSE) (), founded on November 27, 1893, is Chile's dominant stock exchange, and the third largest stock exchange in Latin America, behind Brazil's BM&F Bovespa, and the Bolsa Mexicana de Valores in Mexico. On Decemb ...

:* Trolleybus system of Valparaíso :* Valdivieso advertising sign :*

Villa Grimaldi Villa Grimaldi is considered the most important of DINA's many complexes that were used for the interrogation and torture of political prisoners during the governance of Augusto Pinochet. It is located at Avenida José Arrieta 8200 (now 8401) in ...

:* Votive Temple of Maipú :* Wulff Castle

Public monuments

Public Monuments are all commemorative objects in public places. The National Monuments Council is trying to create a register in which all public monuments can be listed, using information from the local authorities. , there are 150 public monuments on the list. These include :* Hito al Trópico de Capricornio

Archaeological monuments

Archaeologic monuments are defined as: , the register of the National Monuments Council lists 21 archaeological monuments. These include: :*

Monte Verde Monte Verde is a Paleolithic archaeological site in the Llanquihue Province in southern Chile, located near Puerto Montt, Los Lagos Region. The site is primarily known for Monte Verde II, dating to approximately 14,550–14,500 calibrated years ...

Pukara of La Compañía Pukara de La Compañia is an archaeological site containing the remains of a promaucae fortress, later used by the Incas, located on the large hill overlooking the village of La Compañia, a village in the commune of Graneros, Chile. It is the ...

Pukará de Quitor Pukará de Quitor (also spelled Pucará de Quitor) (Quechua ''pukara'' fortress) is a pre-Columbian archaeological site in northern Chile. This stone fortress is located northwest of the town of San Pedro de Atacama San Pedro de Atacama is ...

:* Tulor

Typical or picturesque zones

Urban or rural properties that form a unity and are notable by their style, materiality or constructiontechnique are designated as typical or picturesque zones: In the register of the National Monuments Council, , there are 95 typical zones. These include: :*

Andacollo Andacollo (, from quechua a''nta,'' copper, gold; ''coya,'' queen) is a city and commune in the Elqui Province, Coquimbo Region, Chile. It is the central town of a mining district dominated by medium-scale mining. There are gold placers and ...

:* Angelmó :*

Barrio Concha y Toro ''Barrio'' () is a Spanish word that means " quarter" or "neighborhood". In the modern Spanish language, it is generally defined as each area of a city delimited by functional (e.g. residential, commercial, industrial, etc.), social, architectur ...

Barrio París-Londres Barrio París-Londres is a barrio located in Santiago, Chile. The neighborhood intersects at Calle Londres and Calle París, located behind the San Francisco Church, in its former orchard. Barrio París-Londres features shops, hostels, hotels an ...

Cajón del Maipo Cajón del Maipo is a canyon located in the Andean southeastern portion of the Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile. It encompasses the upper Maipo River basin, where the river has entrenched itself in a narrow valley. The zone features a series ...

:* Historic centre of Chanco :* Elqui River Valley :* Humberstone :* Historic centre of Iquique :* Historic centre of Los Andes :* Market building,

Chillán Chillán () is the capital List of cities in Chile, city of Ñuble Region, Diguillín Province, Chile, located about south of the country's capital, Santiago, near the center of the country. It has been the capital of the new Ñuble Region since ...

:* Paseo Atkinson :*

Pichilemu Pichilemu (, ), originally known as Pichilemo, is a beach resort cities in Chile, city and communes of Chile, commune in central Chile, and capital of Cardenal Caro Province in the O'Higgins Region. The commune comprises an urban centre and tw ...

Plaza de Armas ''Plaza de armas'' (pl. ; literally ''arms square'' or ''place-of-arms'') is a Spanish language, Spanish term commonly used to refer to town square, town squares in Latin America, Spain and the Philippines, as well as a name commonly given to th ...

Former National Congress of Chile building The Former National Congress Building (''ex Congreso Nacional'') is the former home of the Chilean Congress. Congress met in this building in central Santiago until Salvador Allende's socialist government was overthrown by Augusto Pinochet's milit ...

, and nearby buildings, Santiago :* Plazuela Marcelino Champagnat :* Recova de la Serena :* Ruta del Vino :*

Sewell, Chile Sewell is a populated Chilean mining town located on the slopes of the Andes in the commune of Machalí in Cachapoal Province, Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins Region, at an altitude of between 2,000 and 2,250 metres. In 2006, it was desig ...

:* Túnel del Cristo Redentor :* Viaducto del Malleco

Nature sanctuaries

Nature sanctuaries are defined as: 39 nature sanctuaries have been designated.

External links

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