Barrio Lastarria

Barrio Lastarria

Barrio Lastarria is one of the most touristy areas in Santiago de Chile. The Chilean capital of Santiago de Chile, which is found in the south of Latin America, covers a large variety of neighbourhoods but they stand out for their tourism and their Europeanisation, so "Barrio Lastarria" is what I'm going to talk about today.

It's a neighbourhood which was build in the place of a church, the Iglesia de la Verazruz (Verazruz church) at the start of the 16th century. This church was built to pay tribute to to the place where the conqueror Pedro de Valdivia would have lived. It was evolving in such a way that today you can see the variety of architectural styles and the already named "Europeanisation". It's neighbourhoods which have a lot of style and are derived from a more French style as much in the decoration as in their own restaurants including their own food establishments which have completely different styles to other types of neighbourhoods.

It was recently named the area of tourist interest and historic neighbourhood (it was already a historic neighbourhood in 1977) since each year, it is visited by huge waves of tourists who prefer its areas to stay, to eat and also for its various exhibitions getting a hallmark for being a touristy area.

There is always a large variety of interconnected activities such as exhibitions, festivals on all of its streets. On one street you can find the Museum of contemporary and visual arts and the National Museum of Bellas Artes. It also has a cinema, "El Biógrafo" (The Biographer) which was created in the 80's and in 2012 it was restored and continued functioning, furthermore, from it's third floor you can see the area from a height.

Drifting around these streets provokes memories to all the Europeans who for some reason, try to find a future by coming to this country. Each street has an artistic significance, and the cinema is always current. Of course, the prices are also quite high.