Palacio Matte, National monument in Santiago, Chile

Palacio Matte stands at the corner of Compañía de Jesús and Hermanos Amunátegui streets in central Santiago, built in 1876 in an Italian Neoclassical style. Its continuous facade wraps the corner, and inside are parquet floors and carved wooden details on the walls. The 1910 remodeling by French architect Hénri Grossin merged the inner patios into a double-height hall and added a study, a music room and a library.

Rafael Barazarte commissioned the palace in 1876, built in an Italian Neoclassical style. In 1883 it became the first private building in Santiago with electric power, before La Moneda. Claudio Matte bought it in 1892 and in 1910 had the French architect Hénri Grossin remodel it, adding an office, a music room and a library. It was declared a National Monument in 1995.

The name honours Claudio Matte, the businessman and politician who bought the residence in 1892 and commissioned its 1910 remodelling by the French architect Hénri Grossin. That work added a study, a music room and a library, and merged the inner patios into a double-height hall. From 1993 to 2010 the building housed the University of Chile's School of Government and Public Management.

The building is on the corner of Compañía de Jesús and Hermanos Amunátegui streets, a few blocks from the Palacio de La Moneda. It has been closed since the 2010 earthquake left it with serious damage, and the Universidad de Chile school housed there moved first to Moneda street and in 2017 to Huérfanos 1724. Check locally before planning a visit.

The 1910 renovation by French architect Hénri Grossin merged the interior patios into a single double-height hall, and the building's parquet floors and wooden wall details survive from that period. From 1993 to 2010 the School of Government and Public Management of the University of Chile occupied the palace.