Flag of Chile
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The flag of Chile consists of two equal-height horizontal bands of white and red, with a blue square the same height as the white band in the canton, which bears a white five-pointed star in its cente
Chilean flag painted on a wall in Valparaíso.
A portrait of the Mapuche chieftain Anganamón, painted at the turn of the 16th and 17th centuries by Jesuit Diego de Ocaña. His head features red, blue, and white feathers.
During the Declaration of Independence, today's flag was raised for the first time.
Time of Flags by the artist Ricardo Meza, located on the wall of the stairway access to the second floor of La Moneda Palace.
Old Fatherland
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Old Fatherland refers to a time period in the history of Chile occurring between the First Junta of the Government and the Disaster of Rancagua. In this period, Chilean measures were taken for the imp
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…to celebrate the anniversary of U.S. independence, an event having a great influence on the locals' struggle for independence. Named the flag of the Patria Vieja ("Old Fatherland"), the flag had three horizontal stripes of blue, white and yellow. For some, the bands represent the three branches of government…
La Casa Colorada, residence of Governor Mateo de Toro y Zambrano (Currently the Museo de Santiago)