Brunet Castle, Historic castle in Cerro Castillo, Viña del Mar, Chile

Brunet Castle is a granite-stone building on the northern slope of Cerro Castillo in Viña del Mar, designed by Alfredo Azancot and Jorge Schroeder and begun in 1923. Its medieval-inspired form includes towers, gargoyles and tracery windows, with large stained-glass panels in the hall and main staircase and mosaics in the central tower.

The Brunet family began building this French-inspired castle in 1923, commissioning architects Alfredo Azancot and Jorge Schroeder. The family never finished it and sold it to Nicolás Yarur Lolas, who completed the interiors with arabesque details. In 1974 the building was transferred to Carabineros de Chile, and in 2005 it was declared a National Historic Monument.

Nicolás Yarur Lolas, brother and partner of banker Juan Yarur, finished the interior after buying the unfinished building, adding arabesque details and a red salon with two handcrafted standing clocks. The castle is now run by Carabineros de Chile as a hotel, events venue and ceremonial palace, and has been a National Historic Monument since 2005.

The castle stands on the northern slope of Cerro Castillo, reached by climbing the streets of the hill neighbourhood above Viña del Mar's centre. The building belongs to Carabineros de Chile and is run as a hotel, events centre and ceremonial hall, so access depends on its institutional use rather than on regular public visiting hours.

The castle's rooms are linked by secret passages, and the central turret is crowned with mosaics. The red salon once held two handcrafted standing clocks. Nicolas Yarur, brother and business partner of Juan Yarur Lolas, added these Arabesque details and the large stained-glass windows of the hall and main staircase.