Casa de Los Diez, Historical monument house in Santiago commune, Chile.
Casa de Los Diez is an adobe house at the corner of Santa Rosa and Tarapacá in central Santiago, built at the end of the colonial period. Its 70 cm adobe walls, brick masonry and timber frames enclose two interior patios; the main gate on the east opens onto a wide zaguán leading to the larger first patio, surrounded by a corridor. A stone staircase with Romanesque decoration leads to the second floor of the unfinished tower.
The adobe house dates from the late colonial period. In 1922 the architect Fernando Tupper bought it and made it available to the Grupo de Los Diez, who modified it between 1923 and 1929. Financial problems led to its auction in 1929, when Alfredo García Burr bought it; he lived there until his death in the 1980s. It now belongs to the Fundación Cultural Casa de Los Diez Alfredo García Burr.
The building represents the only remaining testimony of the collective work of Grupo de Los Diez, a pioneering Chilean artistic movement that transformed the residence into a collaborative artwork.
Visitors can explore this national monument through heritage tours organized by Chilean cultural authorities, with information about visiting hours available from the national heritage office.
The tower added by German architect Rodolfo Brunning, a member of the group, was never finished. In the main courtyard, Alberto Ried carved the nine capitals of the Romanesque columns with references to Julio Bertrand, Pedro Prado, Ortiz de Zárate, Leng, Barrios, Magallanes and himself, plus some figures that remain unidentified.
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