Plaza Camilo Mori (''Camilo Mori Square'') is located in the commune of Providencia, in

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, between the streets of Constitución and Antonia López de Bello, in the heart of

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. One block away is Pio Nono street, which leads to the

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and San Cristóbal Hill. Plaza Camilo Mori is also an important meeting place for bohemian culture in Santiago, where important places such as the house-museum of

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(known as ''

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''),Chile, the land of poets
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, pubs and restaurants spreading from the plaza south along Constitución street and above all, a great number of workshops, theatres and cultural centers can be found.

Nemesio Antúnez Nemesio Antúnez Zañartu (Born in Santiago, May 4, 1918 - May 19, 1993) was an influential Chilean painter and engraver who founded Workshop 99. Biography Born to Nemesio Antúnez and Luisa Zañartu, he was the eldest of three sons, all of wh ...

, Mario Baeza and

Camilo Mori Camilo Mori Serrano (September 24, 1896 – December 7, 1973) was a Chilean painter and a founder of the '' Grupo Montparnasse''. The son of an Italian immigrant, Camilo Mori entered the "Escuela de Bellas Artes" (School of Fine Arts) at the Univ ...

are examples of how artists have given their names to this part of

. Access to the square is via station Baquedano of the

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