• Source: List of National Monuments of Chile

The National Monuments of Chile (Spanish: Monumentos Nacionales de Chile), also abbreviated MN, are the legally protected constructions, elements and places that form part of the country's cultural heritage. They are national heritage sites that are an important part of the culture of Chile.




Definition and categories


Law N° 17.288 concerning national monuments stipulates that:

National monuments are places, ruins, constructions or objects of historical or artistic character; burial sites or cemeteries or other remains of aborigines, anthropo-archaeological, paleontological or natural formation pieces or objects, which exist under or on the surface of the national territory or underwater within its jurisdictional waters and whose conservation is of interest to history, art or science, and are under the custody and protection of the State; sanctuaries of nature; monuments, statues, columns, pyramids, fountains, plaques, crowns, inscriptions and, in general, objects that are destined to remain in a public place, with a commemorative character.
As of October 2008 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

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Historic monuments are defined as:

...those places, ruins, constructions and objects of fiscal, municipal or private property that, due to their quality and historical or artistic interest or due to their antiquity, are declared as such by supreme decree, issued at the request and prior agreement of the Council.
In the register of the National Monuments Council, there are 633 historic monuments as of October 2008. These include:

Aduana de Antofagasta
Agustín Ross Cultural Centre
Clipper Ambassador
Biblioteca de Santiago
Capilla San Juan de Dios, Chillán
Casa Lo Contador
Cerro Santa Lucía
Chacabuco
Chapel of former Lazareto de San Vicente de Paul
Chivilingo Hydroelectric Plant
Constitucion Talca Ramal
Cousiño Palace
Escuela de Artes y Oficios
Estación Central
Estación Mapocho
Estadio Nacional de Chile
Funicular railways of Valparaíso
Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works
Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes
Iglesia San Francisco del Monte
Iglesias de Chiloé
La Moneda Palace
Larmahue water wheels
Londres 38
Melbourne Clark company wharf
Monastery of the Holy Trinity (Las Condes)
Morro de Arica
National Library of Chile
Palace of Cerro Castillo
Palaces in Santiago
Ruins of Huanchaca
St. Paul's Cathedral (Valparaíso)
Santiago Stock Exchange
Trolleybus system of Valparaíso
Valdivieso advertising sign
Villa Grimaldi
Votive Temple of Maipú
Wulff Castle




= Public monuments

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Public Monuments are all commemerative 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. As of October 2008, there are 150 public monuments on the list. These include

Hito al Trópico de Capricornio




= Archaeological monuments

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Archaeologic monuments are defined as:

places, ruins, deposits and anthropo-archaeologic pieces that exist under or on the national territory surface.
As of October 2008, the register of the National Monuments Council lists 21 archaeological monuments. These include:

Monte Verde
Pukara of La Compañía
Pukará de Quitor
Tulor




= Typical or picturesque zones

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Urban or rural properties that form a unity and are notable by their style, materiality or constructiontechnique are designated as typical or picturesque zones:

With the purpose to hold the environmental nature proper of some towns or places where could exist archaeologic ruins, or ruins and buildings declared Historic Monuments, the National Monuments Council can request to be declared of public interest the protection and preservation of these towns or places, or some zones of them.
In the register of the National Monuments Council, as of October 2008, there are 95 typical zones. These include:

Andacollo
Angelmó
Barrio Concha y Toro
Barrio París-Londres
Cajón del Maipo
Historic centre of Chanco
Elqui River Valley
Humberstone
Historic centre of Iquique
Historic centre of Los Andes
Market building, Chillán
Paseo Atkinson
Pichilemu
Plaza de Armas, Former National Congress of Chile building, and nearby buildings, Santiago
Plazuela Marcelino Champagnat
Recova de la Serena
Ruta del Vino
Sewell, Chile
Túnel del Cristo Redentor
Viaducto del Malleco




= Nature sanctuaries

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Nature sanctuaries are defined as:

Are sanctuaries of nature all of the terrestrial or marine sites that could offer special possibilities for studies and geologic, paleontologic, zoologic, botanic or ecologic investigations, or that have natural formations, which conservation could be of interest for the science or for the State.
39 nature sanctuaries have been designated.




See also


List of National Monuments of Chile by region




External links


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