Best places: Catholic churches in Santiago, Chile

👍 The impressive statue is found at the summit of San Cristobal Hill at the Sanctuary. It measures 14 meters in height, resting upon an 8.3-meter pedestal and weighing a staggering 36,610 kilograms. You can also get terrific panoramic view of the Santiago City from the summit

Completed in 1800, this grand, ornate neoclassical cathedral is the seat of the city's archbishop.

👍👍 I used to go to San Agustín Church to pray for Impossibles wishes, where Santa Rita is one of the saints that help chileans to obtain the grace and connect god to your profund request, and many of us comeback to the church and pay for the favor granted

This colonial-period Catholic church, thought to be Chile's oldest, has a neoclassical clock tower.

👍👍 Es hermosísima! Las imágenes de los Santos son pinturas cargadas de arte. La misa es ceremonial, lugar de silencio y oración. El sacristán y los sacerdotes son muy amables.

Bell towers top this neoclassical church with historic statues, home to a Catholic Dominican order.

👍👍 The blessed Image of the Virgin of Fatima sent as a gift to Chile from the Shrine of Portugal, is here for a few weeks. If you have a need, do not hesitate to visit it !!!!

👍👍 Me gusta más el nombre de Gratitud Nacional. Mucha historia, lástima que hayan destruido un Cristo, lo demás muy espacioso, con buen sonido, y el padre rector Bernardo, muy espiritual y ameno en su oficio.

😐 It's beautiful, but it's only open during events and on Sundays until 1:30 p.m. I left disappointed, there should be the possibility of visiting it as a tourist. Yesterday there was a funeral, they didn't let people in to look at the church. They are wasting a good opportunity. Recoleta has a lot of...

Built in 1857, this small Catholic church with neoclassical architecture holds regular mass.

👍👍 Siempre soñé con conocer esta iglesia y lo pude hacer el año pasado, ya que ha permanecido cerrada desde el año 2004 por los daños estructurales ocasionados por los últimos 2 terremotos. De estilo Neo gótico su construcción fue encargada en 1863 luego del incendio de la Iglesia de la Compañía, en...