Museo de Arte Colonial de San Francisco — Attraction in Santiago

We just finished a very educational tour guided by Nancy, whose English is excellent because she had schooling in the US when she was a kid. This church museum has a lot of paintings about Sain Francis from 17th-century painted by indigenous artists. We were told they are Chile's national treasures. The paintings are kept so well because they were covered by wood planks and were shown to the public only once in a year in the old time. I strongly recommend visiting this church museum and...

Museum with many old paintings from the 16th to 19th century. Also a massive exhibition about one specific painter -I forgot his name- and if you walk into that room, it's just overwhelming. They have bathrooms and the price is fair for all that you can see. Don't take pictures from the interiors but outside it's okay. There also is a beautiful peacock walking around, which was a...

Es el edificio más viejo de todo Chile, datando de 1618 su reconstrucción después de ser destruida por un terremoto en 1583. El lugar se compone de un patio central abierto, con una gran variedad de plantas, y salones contiguos rodeando ese espacio con obras de arte de diferentes épocas (todas con referencias religiosas y franciscanas por supuesto). El lugar cuenta con QRs que permiten acceder a una audioguía (en español está, no sé en otros idiomas) que es muy útil para entender la historia, el estilo y la intención de cada obra. Además, es posible encontrar diferentes artículos históricos como indumentaria, artículos religiosos y otros. Una cosa que llama la atención es la presencia de pavos reales sueltos en todo el complejo. Se debe pagar entrada (nacionales tienen un precio especial) para ingresar. Un dato extra: a la vuelta del lugar hay un callejón con ferias y varias tiendas de comida al paso donde se puede comer 2 completos con una bebida por...