This morning (fortified with a tortilla and chicken breakfast), the must-see pre-Colombian museum (marvellous as expected). Ceramics
wooden statues (apparently, very big grave'stone's)
gold
more ceramics
textiles and embroidery
yet more ceramics (you can never have too many)
Onto La Moneda, the seat of government (judging by the crowds, we'd just missed the changing of the guard)
It's not as big as once it was, though it has in part been rebuilt, after the Air Force bombed it on 11 September 1973 to do away with Salvador Allende - who'd already committed suicide, knowing Pinochet was after him.
Past an enormous flag,
gold
more ceramics
textiles and embroidery
yet more ceramics (you can never have too many)
Onto La Moneda, the seat of government (judging by the crowds, we'd just missed the changing of the guard)
It's not as big as once it was, though it has in part been rebuilt, after the Air Force bombed it on 11 September 1973 to do away with Salvador Allende - who'd already committed suicide, knowing Pinochet was after him.
Past an enormous flag,
and into the underground
to Cerro Santa Lucia (on the way up, you pass Neptune Fountain
and Castllo Hidalgo)
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