Casa Manso de Velasco

Santo Domingo 689, Santiago Centro, Santiago, Chile
Tel: +56 2 6398656

One of Chile's governors, Jose Antonio Manso de Velasco, used to live in this beautiful colonial style home, which dates back to the year 1730, and whose large walls are painted in red. In the beginning of the Republic it was owned by Rodriguez Aldea, General Minister of Bernardo O'Higgins, who constructed the second floor. In 1841 it changed ownership to Jose Maria Velasco Almarza. It is now the headquarters of the Republic's Senate. One can only visit the surrounding grounds.

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