The Club de la Unión is a
gentlemen's club in
Santiago, Chile
Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile as well as one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is the center of Chile's most densely populated region, the Santiago Metropolitan Region, whose ...
. The name derives from the fact the club united rich men coming together from opposing political parties. Club members met for the first time on July 8, 1864
and its first president was
Manuel José Yrarrázaval Larraín.
The club was housed in different locations through downtown Santiago for the first decades. Its current housing was completed in 1925 and was declared a national monument in 1981.
References
Buildings and structures in Santiago
Baroque Revival architecture in Chile
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