The Iglesia de la Vera Cruz or de la Veracruz (''church of Vera Cruz'') is a

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located in

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in the center of

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. Construction on the church began in 1852 with a proposal by Salvador Tavira to preserve the place where

Pedro de Valdivia Pedro Gutiérrez de Valdivia or Valdiva (; April 17, 1497 – December 25, 1553) was a Spanish conquistador and the first royal governor of Chile. After serving with the Spanish army in Italy and Flanders, he was sent to South America in 1534, whe ...

had lived by building a memorial church for the conquistador, under the guidance of architect Claudio Brunet de Baines. Upon Brunet de Baines’ death in 1855, work was continued by architect

Fermín Vivaceta Fermín Vivaceta Rupio (January 12, 1829 – February 21, 1890) was a Chilean architect, teacher and firefighter. Life Vivaceta was born in Santiago, Chile on January 12, 1829. He was son of Fermín Vivaceta, an Argentinean citizen residing in C ...

and inaugurated in advance during Chilean Fiestas Patrias celebrations in 1855. The church was completed in 1857.Monumento Iglesia Vera Cruz
Barriolastarria.com. Retrieved 7 December 2012. In 1983 the Iglesia de la Vera Cruz and its parish residence were declared

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by the Ministry of Education. In Novembre 12th of 2019, the church was burned after social riots.

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