Iglesia de San Francisco, Curicó, Franciscan church in Curicó, Chile.

San Francisco Church is a neogothic structure with exposed brick walls and pointed arches, dominated by a 40-meter tower that rises above the city center. Inside, the building contains an altar, wooden pews, and religious artworks that fill the nave and create the church's religious character.

The church was built in 1731 and moved to its present Franciscan convent after Curicó's 1758 founding, following earthquake damage. It was repaired between 1880 and 1899 after further tremors, and damaged again by the 1906, 1928, 1985 and 2010 earthquakes. The 2010 quake destroyed the 40-meter tower and main facade; reconstruction was approved in 2014, but a fire on 27 November 2019 burned the church almost completely.

The church takes its name from the Franciscan order that built it and ran the adjoining convent until 1987. The convent also housed Curicó's first school, the Escuela de San Antonio. The independence fighter Francisco Villota Pérez Cotapos, a friend of Manuel Rodríguez, was buried beneath the altar in 1917.

The church stands beside its former Franciscan convent in central Curicó, next to Luis Cruz Martínez square. The 2019 fire burned the building almost completely, so the interior is not open to visitors; check the exterior from the surrounding streets and square. The convent, closed to the community before the 2010 earthquake, was slated for a religious museum.

The building served both patriot and royalist forces during Chile's fight for independence, making it a witness to the nation's political upheaval. A prominent independence fighter was buried beneath the altar, leaving a silent reminder of the conflicts that reshaped the region.