The Alhambra Palace in Santiago 1200 sq m was built in 1865 by the architect Manuel Aldunate. This is a copy of the Spanish Alhambra Palace in Granada and is a legacy of Moorish architecture. The Alhambra Palace in Santiago combines and details of its original in Granada, and structure of Chilean buildings.

In 1940 his owner Julio Garrido gave the Palace as a gift to the National society of fine arts. The Palace doors were to be opened only for students of this Academy. The Palace was damaged in a strong earthquake 27.02.2010 years, but this wonderful monument survived. Most of the walls of the Palace was covered in deep cracks in many places sprinkle plaster, and the number of students of the Academy had to halve. The building of the Palace requires public and private investment for restoration. Such assistance is currently being negotiated with representatives of the Chilean and Moroccan government.

Now the content of the Alhambra Palace in Santiago is funded by admission fees and payment students in the classes of painting to repair the damage caused not only by the earthquake but by the activity of termites and shrinkage of the building for nearly 150 years of existence.

This building was declared a National monument of Chile in 1973. On the facade of the Palace is carved verses from the Koran, and in the Central hall of the Palace you can see the Lacy arabesques and walls decorated with coloured tiles.

Due to injury I am unable to use most of the rooms, so some of the works of famous artists of the last century, such as Pedro Juan Francisco Gonzalez-Lira, and many others, are in storage of the Academy and inaccessible to visitors.