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The current building, the National Museum of Fine Arts, was the first building built expressly in Latin America as a museum and school of Fine Arts, inaugurated on September 18 1810, adding to the celebrations of the centennial. A french neoclassic style, was designed by architect Emilio Jecquier.

The architectural has two main entrances, the east to the National Museum of Fine Arts that brings together a collection of approximately 6,000 works, among paintings, engravings, sculptures and photographs. Developed annually an extensive program of exhibitions.

Faced with this entry, as a prelude to the museum, is the famous sculpture of the chilean Rebeca Matte, called Icarus and Maze.

By the entry poniente is entered into the Museum of Contemporary Art (MAC), founded in 1947 dependent on the Faculty of Arts at the University of Chile. With a collection of famed contemporary artists such as Matta, Antúnez, Nogushi, Garafulic, Colvín, Egneu and Parra.

This tours, worth, to contemplate a full day, in which we can dive through the artistic history.

A walk by a meeting place and walk to the santiaguinos, here are interesting monuments, palaces and the Museum of Fine Arts

Located in the center of the city of Santiago, between the Cerro Santa Lucia, and the northern limit of the traditional neighborhood Lastarria was located in the land removed the Mapocho river, thanks to the canalization of this, concluded at the end of 1891.

Enrique Cousiño, mayor of Santiago, begins the planting of Forest Park in 1901, according to the draft landscape Jorge Dubois, entitled in the school of gardening of Versailles, its design follows the model of the European parks of the late 1800S, except by its nature linear as a result of the land available.

Holds about 6,500 species of trees, among which highlights peppers, araucarias, quillayes, acacias and their traditional oriental bananas along the side of the river, which cover a linear and beautiful walking.

Since its inception the park became a meeting place and walk to the santiaguinos, which have been witnesses alongside the countless meetings of art and culture, as the theater, documentaries to open air, book fair, fiestas of culture, the walk of the wrist giant among others, without neglecting the controversial and massive naked convened by the photographer Spencer Turick.
History and architecture

The sector was declared typical area in 1997, for its architectural and historical monuments, much of which are located within the delimitation of the park.

Beginning a journey from plaza Italia in western direction, we will find the secrets that narrates the park through the history of their buildings and works.