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Chilean architecture is influenced by the country's history, religious culture and unique climate. Chile was a former Spanish colony and its architectural style was therefore strongly influenced by Spanish design. Due to the unique geographical environment, Chilean architecture was also designed to accommodate these natural conditions.
This is a list of the tallest buildings in Chile, ranking high-rises that stand at least 95 metres (311 ft) tall. Completed. Rank Name Image Height m Floors
The town was hit by two fires and two earthquakes, the last in 1885, so most of the architecture dates from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The houses are made of imported Douglas fir using balloon framing and were designed in different architectural styles of the United States. They housed foreign workers involved with the mining industry.
The Church of San Francisco (Spanish, Iglesia de San Francisco), located on one side of the Plaza de Armas of Castro, Chile, is the main Catholic church of Chiloé’s capital. This 1912 building has a surface area of 1,404 m 2, a width of 52 m and a height of 27 m. The dome above the church's presbytery is 32 m high and the height of its ...
The National Monuments of Chile (Spanish: Monumentos Nacionales de Chile) are structures, items and places which are recognized by the National Monuments Council (Consejo de Monumentos Nacionales) for representing the country's cultural heritage.
The Churches of Chiloé in Chile's Chiloé Archipelago are a unique architectural phenomenon in the Americas and one of the most prominent styles of Chilotan architecture. Unlike classical Spanish colonial architecture, the churches of Chiloé are made entirely in native timber with extensive use of wood shingles.
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 ...
Chilean building and structure stubs (2 C, 145 P) Pages in category "Buildings and structures in Chile" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.