Downtown Santiago Chile Pictures
Since downtown Santiago was outside of my mission's limits, I only got to visit once or twice a month on average. We might have gone downtown for a conference or to get some paperwork done for our visas.
Easter Island is Chilean territory and one of its famous statues was displayed downtown. The graffiti says "Sold to the Yankees," meaning to the United States.
This is Central Station "Estacion Central" where trains would leave for southern Chile. When I was in Buin, we would sometimes take the train back home from downtown.
View of downtown from Santa Lucia. The CTC tower (white building over my left shoulder) is the tallest building in Chile and was under construction when I first arrived in Santiago.
Below is a large monument at the base of Santa Lucia. Santa Lucia was the hill from which Santiago was founded and planned by Spanish explorer Pedro de Valdivia. This act is depicted on the 500 peso bill.
This is the Metro subway's line 5 under construction. This isn't really downtown but the end of the line that headed north to downtown. This line was finished and operational by the time I left Chile. Santiago has a very modern and efficient subway system. When we would have to catch the subway during rush hour it was like being packed into a can of sardines. I always had memorable experiences on the public transportation of Santiago.
