Spanish Chileans

Spanish Chileans
Hispano-chileno

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Spanish Chileans refer more often to

immigrant descent, as they have retained a Spanish cultural identity. People of pre-independence Spanish descent are usually not considered Spanish Chileans even though they form a large majority of the Chilean population and have Spanish surnames and ancestry. This is because they rejected Spanish identity for the emergent Chilean one on the eve of national independence.

History

The earliest

one, and at the time of independence had abandoned national affiliation with Spain.

Spanish architecture in Chile

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Today, most Chileans have predominantly Spanish/Basque ancestry. However, unlike most other Spanish-American countries, very few buildings were built by Spaniards during the colonial period. One or two colonial buildings from the later stage of Spanish domination might still be standing in a few cities in central Chile. However, there are two small towns in Chile whose city centre is dominated by Spanish architecture, Cobquecura, near Concepcion, and Yerbas Buenas, near Linares. Because of this exception to the rule, they are protected by the Chilean government as 'places of architectural heritage'. Most houses are American in style, while the old public buildings are French and the newer ones are based on American skycrapers.^{[citation needed]}

Notable Spanish Chileans

• Isabel Allende, writer
• Alejandro Amenábar, film director
• Manuel Blanco Encalada, 1st (provisional) President of Chile (1826), Vice-Admiral in the Chilean Navy
• Matías Cousiño, coal magnate and patriarch of the Cousiño family
• Carlos Díaz, television and film actor
• Javiera Díaz de Valdés, actress
• Karen Doggenweiler Lapuente, journalist, TV hostess
• surrealist painter
• Jorge Montt, 12th president of Chile (1891–1896), vice-admiral of the Chilean navy
• Carlos Pezoa Véliz, writer
• José Piñera, businessman and politician
• Sebastián Piñera, businessman and President of Chile (2010-2014 and 2018-2022)
• Arturo Prat, Navy officer and national hero
• Carlos Prats, Former Army Commander in Chief
• José Joaquín Prieto
  , Army General and President of Chile (1831-1841)
• Germán Riesco, President of Chile (1901-1906)
• Carolina Tohá, politician
• José Tohá, politician
• Leonor Varela, actress

List of Spanish cultural centres and other institutions in Chile

They have regional cultural centres in Santiago and other large cities.

See also

• Chile–Spain relations
• White Latin Americans

References