Barrio París-Londres, European-style residential district in central Santiago, Chile

Barrio París-Londres is a European-inspired residential neighborhood in central Santiago featuring winding cobblestone streets, neoclassical buildings, and cast-iron street lamps. The district's architecture creates connected walkways and small plazas that define its intimate, human-scaled character.

The land belonged to the Franciscan friars of the Church of San Francisco, who sold these central plots as the Church faced financial trouble in the early 20th century. In the 1920s the authorities bought part of the land and commissioned European architects to design the buildings. The barrio was developed in 1923 by Ernesto Holzmann, father and son, on the church's former orchard behind San Francisco.

The two interior streets are named París and Londres, after the European capitals whose architecture inspired the district. Several Chilean political parties have their headquarters here: the Radical Party at the corner of París and Londres, the Socialist Party at París 873, and the Liberal Party and PPD at Londres 43. The Instituto O'Higginiano occupies Londres 40, and the Chilean Institute of Genealogical Research, with its library on Chilean genealogy, is at Londres 65.

The barrio is bounded by the Alameda to the north, San Francisco to the east, Alonso Ovalle to the south and Serrano to the west; the straight outer streets contrast with the winding inner ones, París and Londres. Buildings stay under five storeys and the inner lanes are paved with adoquines, so walk them on foot. Commerce is scarce: most ground floors are offices, homes and hostels rather than shops.

The land belonged to the Franciscan friars of the Church of San Francisco, who sold it in the early 20th century due to financial problems. The authorities acquired part of the plots in the 1920s and commissioned European architects to design the buildings. The inner streets are sinuous, while the outer streets such as San Francisco, Serrano and Padre Alonso de Ovalle are straight.