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Santiago: Plaza de Armas (Arms Square)

  • Plaza de Armas, Santiago, RegiĆ³n Metropolitana, Cile
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Fontane, Piazze e Ponti
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Plaza de Armas (Arms Square) Since colonial times, Santiago's focus has been its spacious main square, the Plaza de Armas. Surrounded by grand colonial public buildings, most notably the Metropolitan Cathedral and the ornate Correos Central (central post office), it acts as a haven from Santiago's often oppressive traffic. A central corral of Chilean palm trees shades courting couples, vendors and tourists. Local artists display their latest canvasses and on weekday evenings the square is the scene of a thriving Santiago institution when locals set up trestle tables and pit their wits against each other in fiercely contested chess matches.

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