Ultimos Posts 1. 03/06/2007 20:28 - 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 not because of its artistic value, but for its resemblance with Batman. This is why it is often affectionately referred to as the "BatChrist".... 2. 05/02/2007 21:45 - Chilean denomination This document is quite interesting. It's located in O'Higgins' tomb and dates from 1818, when Chile was declared an independent country. It states that from that day on, all people shall be called Chilean instead of Spanish . It also states that indigenous races shall not be called "bad races" and the originary population shall also be called Chilean . It's really interesting to re... 3. 02/02/2007 21:25 - 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 Ciudadanía (Citizenship Square), just in front of La Moneda Palace . He was Chile's first leader when it became an independent country in 1818. This is the original marble mausoleum and contains O'Higgins remains. At the base, you can see many document reprodu... 4. 31/01/2007 21:48 - 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 in the Xth region. This monument is the German Fountain, donated by the German colony for Chile's independence centenary (1918). It represents a ship, coming out from the Andes Mountain Range and a condor (one of the animals in the Chilean coa... 5. 30/01/2007 21:42 - 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 in town". I think it's true. The place is big, well decorated, service is good and the food (the most important part) is great and very varied. These chinese warriors are part of the décor, in an internal patio. If you come to Santiago, this restaur... | Estadisticas Posicion del Blog en Nuestro Ranking Hits Semanales Hits Mensuales Ultimas Visitas al Blog
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