Real Audiencia (now National History Museum of Chile)

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The Real Audiencia, now home to the National History Museum of Chile, is a historic colonial-era building in Santiago that once housed the royal court and now preserves and exhibits the country’s cultural and historical heritage.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former royal court building
historic building
museum building
architecturalStyle colonial architecture
associatedWith Spanish colonial administration in Chile
cultural heritage of Chile
judicial history of Chile
category court building
history museum building
country Chile
currentFunction Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Chile
surface form: National History Museum of Chile

museum
formerFunction royal court
seat of the Real Audiencia of Santiago
heritageDesignation National Monument of Chile
surface form: Monumento Histórico de Chile
heritageStatus protected historic monument
housesInstitution Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Chile
surface form: National History Museum of Chile
locatedIn Plaza de Armas de Santiago
surface form: Plaza de Armas, Santiago
locatedInCity Santiago
locatedInContinent South America
locatedInRegion Santiago Metropolitan Region
locatedOn west side of Plaza de Armas, Santiago
material masonry
openToPublic yes
operator Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Chile
surface form: National History Museum of Chile
owner Government of Chile
partOf historic center of Santiago
significance important symbol of Chilean colonial history
key site for Chilean national memory
usedFor historical exhibitions
preservation of cultural heritage
public education

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Joaquín Toesca designed Real Audiencia (now National History Museum of Chile)
Plaza de Armas station nearby Real Audiencia (now National History Museum of Chile)
this entity surface form: Museo Histórico Nacional (Santiago)