Churches in Chile

Discover 4 unusual churches in Chile.

Santiago, Chile

Iglesia de la Vera Cruz

The hauntingly beautiful interior of a church almost destroyed by protestors’ fire.

Toconao Bell Tower.

Toconao Bell Tower

This 18th-century tower is locally iconic.

Iglesia de Guayacan.

Coquimbo, Chile

Church of Guayacán

A charmingly unusual prefabricated metal church designed by Alexandre Gustave Eiffel.

Iglesia de San Francisco in 2012.

Valparaiso, Chile

Iglesia de San Francisco

This iconic hilltop church doubled as a lighthouse in the 19th century, guiding ships into the port of Valparaíso.

Iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Patrocinio (Church of Our Lady of Patronage), Tenaún

Churches of Chiloé

Spanish religion mixed with local architecture has yielded a network of churches unlike any other.

Are we missing something unusual in Chile?