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Correo Central
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- 30 min Editorial visit time estimate
About Correo Central
The Central Post Office of Santiago houses the head offices of Correos de Chile, the national postal service. It stands on the north side of the Plaza de Armas, at the corner of Catedral and Puente streets, next to the Palace of the Royal Audiencia, home of the National History Museum. The plot was previously occupied by the Palace of the Governors, which until 1846 was the residence of the presidents before they moved to La Moneda Palace.
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What's inside
The first post office building was built in 1882 by architect Ricardo Brown on the foundations of the old Palace of the Governors, which had been damaged by a fire in 1881. In 1908 architect Ramón Feherman transformed the façade in a French-influenced style, which is the look it keeps today. The building was declared a Historic Monument of Chile in 1976. From 1987 it housed the Postal and Telegraph Museum on its second floor; the museum moved to the ground floor in 2004.
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Common questions
Where is the Central Post Office?
On the north side of the Plaza de Armas, at the corner of Catedral and Puente streets.
Is there a museum inside?
Yes. The Postal and Telegraph Museum has been in the building since 1987, on the ground floor since 2004.
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