Iglesia de San Francisco
The San Francisco Church is a Franciscan church on Avenida Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins, in the downtown of Santiago de Chile. The church, along with the adjacent convent, is one of the oldest colonial-era buildings in the country.Photo: Fjvamicn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Pollolavin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Catholic
- Description: 17th century Roman Catholic church in Santiago, Chile
- Also known as: “Iglesia de San Francisco, Santiago de Chile”, “Iglesia San Francisco”, and “San Francisco Church, Santiago de Chile”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Museo Colonial and Municipal Theatre of Santiago.
Museo Colonial
Museum
Photo: Mx. Granger, CC0.
Museo Colonial is a historical, cultural and religious museum located in Santiago, Chile. The museum explores the colonial period of Chile and South America, with a collection of paintings, sculpture, furniture and other objects.
Municipal Theatre of Santiago
Theater building
Photo: Carlos yo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Teatro Municipal, National Opera of Chile is the most important stage theatre and opera house in Santiago, Chile. Municipal Theatre of Santiago is situated 260 metres north of Iglesia de San Francisco.
Londres 38
Memorial
Photo: Carlos yo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Londres 38 is a building that was used by the National Intelligence Directorate as a detention and torture center for opponents of Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship. Londres 38 is situated 110 metres southwest of Iglesia de San Francisco.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Barrio La Bolsa and Barrio Cívico de Santiago.
Santiago
Santiago is the capital and economic center of Chile. With its many museums, events, theaters, restaurants, bars and other entertainment and cultural opportunities, it is also the cultural center of the country.
Iglesia de San Francisco
- Categories: building, historic site, place of worship, monument, and religion
- Location: Central Santiago, Santiago province, Santiago Metropolitan, Chile, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-33.44346° or 33° 26′ 36″ southLongitude
-70.64755° or 70° 38′ 51″ westOpen location code
47RFH942+JXOpenStreetMap ID
way 114621538OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap feature
historic=monumentOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=catholicWikidata ID
Q7413975
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Iglesia de San Francisco” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “圣方济各堂 (圣地亚哥)”
- Chinese: “圣方济各堂”
- German: “San Francisco (Santiago de Chile)”
- German: “San Francisco”
- Spanish: “Convento de San Francisco (Santiago de Chile)”
- Spanish: “iglesia de San Francisco (Santiago de Chile)”
- Spanish: “Iglesia de San Francisco”
- Spanish: “Iglesia y convento de San Francisco”
- Tagalog: “Iglesia de San Francisco, Santiago de Chile”
- Ukrainian: “Церква Святого Франциска (Сантьяго-де-Чилі)”
- Ukrainian: “Церква Святого Франциска”
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Notable Places Nearby
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