197311 September 1973 · Santiago
Chilean coup of 1973
On 11 September 1973 the armed forces under General Augusto Pinochet overthrew the elected socialist president Salvador Allende, bombing La Moneda palace from the air; Allende died inside. Seventeen years of military rule followed, in which more than 3,000 people were killed or disappeared and tens of thousands were tortured, in places such as Villa Grimaldi and the National Stadium.
Sites
- Site 1: La Moneda PalaceThe rebuilt presidential palace, with a statue of Allende in the square.Map ↗
- Site 2: Museum of Memory and Human RightsMuseum of the dictatorship and its victims, opened in 2010.Map ↗
- Site 3: Villa Grimaldi Peace ParkMemorial garden on the site of a secret police torture centre.Map ↗
- Site 4: Estadio NacionalStadium used as a detention camp, with a preserved section of stands.Map ↗
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