Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles, Santiago, Catholic church in El Golf district, Las Condes, Chile.
Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles is a Catholic church at Avenida El Golf 155 in Las Condes, Santiago. Architect Óscar Mozó Merino designed it in a simple Gothic style, with a luminous interior focused on the altar and a small side chapel. The walls are lined with oil paintings on canvas that were later glued to the walls, a technique most visitors do not notice.
Loreto Cousiño de Lyon, daughter of Luis Cousiño and Isidora Goyenechea, donated the crescent-shaped block between Avenida El Golf and the street named Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles to the Asuncionist Fathers. The church, designed by architect Óscar Mozó Merino, was completed in December 1940; Cousiño died before seeing it. It became a parish in 1943, consecrated by auxiliary bishop Augusto Salinas, and from 1941 to 1968 housed the Asuncionist seminary.
The walls inside hold ten religious paintings created by Father Pedro Subercaseaux and his team, showing saints and scenes from the Gospels. These artworks shape the spiritual character of the space and tell biblical stories through images.
The building holds regular Mass services that allow visitors to attend worship or simply explore the interior. It is wise to check exact times in advance, as these may vary depending on the day of the week.
The interior paintings are not frescoes: Pedro Subercaseaux, born in 1880 and in poor health, painted canvases that were later glued to the walls, a technique most visitors do not notice. He had wanted to decorate a Romanesque church with frescoes but accepted the Gothic-style building.
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