• Around 1830 the building was almost finished, and in 1840, Pope Gregory XVI turned it into a Metropolitan Cathedral, elevating the seat of Santiago to...
  • Santiago’s Metropolitan Cathedral is at the northwest corner of the Plaza de Armas and is dedicated to the Assumption of Mary into Heaven.
  • Santiago's Metropolitan Cathedral (Catedral Metropolitana) is considered one of the finest examples of religious architecture in South America.
  • They were designed that way so that you’d look to the heavens. And in Santiago’s Metropolitan Cathedral, there’s plenty to see looking up.
  • That's certainly the case in Santiago, Chile, whose present cathedral stands where its five predecessors were destroyed, one by one, by earthquake and fire.
  • The history of the Santiago Metropolitan Cathedral starts back in the mid-1500s when Spanish conquistador Pedro de Valdivia founded Santiago.
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  • Metropolitan Cathedral. Local name: Catedral Metropolitana. ... awaySee the distance and estimated time of arrival. Plaza de Armas Santiago , Chile.