Chile's Government Palace
Front view of La Moneda
Building information
Location	Santiago
Country	Chile
Architect	Joaquín Toesca
Construction start date	1784

The Palacio de La Moneda (Spanish for "Mint Palace"), 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 Secretariat of the Government. It occupies a whole block in downtown Santiago, in the area known as Civic District. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Location of Santiago commune in Greater Santiago Coordinates: , Region Province Foundation February 12, 1541 Government  - Mayor Raúl Alcaíno Lihn Area 1  - City 22. ... The Palacio de la Moneda, designed by Joaquin Toesca, in Santiago, Chile Joaquín Toesca y Ricci (Rome; 1745 - Santiago; June 11, 1799), born Gioacchino Toesca, was an Italian architect who worked for the kings of Spain, especially in Chile. ... 1784 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Flag of the President of Chile The President of Chile is both the chief of state and the head of government. ... Location of Santiago commune in Greater Santiago Coordinates: , Region Province Foundation February 12, 1541 Government  - Mayor Raúl Alcaíno Lihn Area 1  - City 22. ...

History

La Moneda, originally a colonial mint (moneda means coin), was designed by Italian architect Joaquín Toesca. Construction began in 1784 and was opened in 1805, while still under construction. The production of coins in Chile took place at La Moneda from 1814 to 1929. A mint is a facility which manufactures coins for currency. ... For other uses, see Architect (disambiguation). ... The Palacio de la Moneda, designed by Joaquin Toesca, in Santiago, Chile Joaquín Toesca y Ricci (Rome; 1745 - Santiago; June 11, 1799), born Gioacchino Toesca, was an Italian architect who worked for the kings of Spain, especially in Chile. ... 1784 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Thomas Jefferson. ...

In June, 1845 during president Manuel Bulnes's administration, the palace became the seat of government and presidential residence. In 1930, a public square —named Plaza de la Constitución ("Constitution Square")— was built in front of the palace. After the presidency of Gabriel González Videla it ceased to serve as presidential residence. 1845 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Manuel Bulnes Prieto Manuel Bulnes Prieto (December 25, 1799 - October 18, 1866) was a Chilean political figure. ... Year 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Gabriel González Videla (22 November 1898–August 22, 1980) was President of Chile from 1946 to 1952. ...

La Moneda being bombed during the 1973 coup.

During the military coup d'etat, on September 11, 1973, the palace was partially destroyed by aerial bombing. President Salvador Allende allegedly killed himself in the palace as it was under assault by the armed forces. Reconstruction and restoration projects were completed on March 11, 1981, although some bullet marks have been preserved and can still be seen nowadays.^{[citation needed]} An underground office complex (the so called "bunker") was built under the front square, during the 1973-1980 restorations. Image File history File linksMetadata MonedaBombing. ... Image File history File linksMetadata MonedaBombing. ... Prisoners outside the La Moneda Palace after their surrender during the coup (1973). ... is the 254th day of the year (255th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the song by James Blunt, see 1973 (song). ... Salvador Isabelino Allende Gossens[1] (July 26, 1908 – September 11, 1973) was President of Chile from November 1970 until his death during the coup détat of September 11, 1973. ... is the 70th day of the year (71st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... AUGUST 25 1981 US Marine Sean Vance is Born on the 25th of August {ear nav|1981}} Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ...

During President Ricardo Lagos's administration, the palace's inner courtyards were opened to the public during certain hours of the day. Lagos also re-opened Morandé 80 — a gate used by Chilean presidents to enter the palace since the early 20th century. It was eliminated during the restoration of the palace as not being in the original plans, but was restored because of the heavy symbolism attached to it as being the gate through which Chilean Presidents entered La Moneda skipping the main's gate guard protocol or, in other words, as ordinary citizens of the Republic. It was also the gate through which the body of President Allende was taken out after the 1973 coup. Ricardo Froilán Lagos Escobar (born March 2, 1938) is a lawyer, economist and social democrat politician, who served as president of Chile from 2000 to 2006 . ... Morandé 80 is the street address for a door located on the east side of Palacio de La Moneda, the Chilean presidential palace. ...

In April 2006, a new square named Plaza de la Ciudadanía ("Citizenry Square") was opened, replacing a parking lot. The square was originally planned to unite the palace with Bulnes square, forcing the Alameda avenue in between to go underground, but such plans were scrapped. Because the square is presently cut in two by the avenue, the southern part was named Plaza de La Cultura ("Square of Culture"). Plaza de la Ciudadanía, with the southern façade of La Moneda Palace Plaza de la Ciudadanía is the name given to the new development that is currently being built in the southern façade of the Palacio de La Moneda (Chiles presidential palace). ...

Architecture

The so called Palace of La Moneda (angliziced to Coin Palace) is in the style of neo-classic architectural design.

Gallery

Front view of La Moneda Subject: Palacio de La Moneda Source: German Wikipedia article File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...	Front view of La Moneda Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 2524 KB) Palacio de La Moneda (Santiago de Chile). ...	Orange trees yard inside La Moneda ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (2871x703, 661 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Palacio de La Moneda ...	Citizenry Square
Statue of the President Arturo Alessandri at Citizenry Square Arturo Fortunato Alessandri Palma (December 20, 1868–August 24, 1950) was a Chilean political figure and reformer. ...	Statue of Alessandri at Citizenry Square	The "blue room" where the President receives her visits	Cannons yard inside La Moneda

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to:

Palacio de La Moneda

• Virtual Tour in Government site
• Government webcam from La Moneda
• Live webcam
• Reference map of La Moneda Palace (Spanish)

Coordinates: 33.443018° S 70.653870° W Image File history File links Commons-logo. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...