Former National Congress of Chile building

Congress met in this building in central Santiago until Salvador Allende's socialist government was overthrown by Augusto Pinochet's military coup d'état on September 11, 1973.

[1] During the Pinochet dictatorship, Congress was moved to new premises in Valparaíso;[1] the old building was declared a national monument in 1976 and between 1990[1] and 2006 housed the ministry of foreign affairs.

The building was destroyed by fire in 1895, rebuilt, and reopened in 1901, during the Parliamentary Era.

Liberador Bernardo O'Higgins, partially surrounded by gardens[1] that contain a variety of exotic trees and plant life.

It also features classical pedimented porticos with Corinthian columns on the north and east facades.