Iglesia de San Francisco, Santiago de Chile Iglesia de San Francisco, Santiago de Chile The San Francisco Church (Spanish: "Iglesia de San Francisco") is a Franciscan church on Avenida Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins, in the downtown of Santiago de Chile. The church, along with the adjacent convent, is one of the oldest colonial-era building in the country. The church was consecrated in 1622. The bell tower was destroyed by an earthquake in 1647, while the rest of the building successfully resisted it. In 1730 another earthquake badly damaged the rebuilt tower, which was demolished in 1751. The current bell tower is of Victorian architecture and was constructed
San Bernardo del Tuyú La Costa District helped further promote the town, and numerous pubs, bingo parlors, discothèques, and theatres were established in subsequent years, notably along Costanera and San Bernardo Avenues, and Chiozza Street, which was designated a pedestrian promenade for the summer high tourist season (January 1March 10). Among the best-known points of interest on this latter is the Observatorio de la Costa, the district's only observatory. San Bernardo del Tuyú San Bernardo del Tuyú is a city in the seaside La Costa District of the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Founded by the "Compañía Inmobiliara del Este Argentino S.R.L.", a partnership