Plaza Camilo Mori (Camilo Mori Square), Santiago

Camilo Mori Square, at the junction of Constitución and Antonia López de Bello streets in Santiago’s Bellavista, is a small, triangular plaza created in 1985 and named after Chilean painter Camilo Mori.

Standing here, first look toward the striking red building facing the square. This is the Casa Roja, or Castillo Lehuedé, one of the easiest landmarks here to identify. Built in 1923, it has a stone-covered lower level, bright red upper walls, decorative timberwork, and a steep roof. Together with the plaza and surrounding buildings, it forms part of a protected historic area.

Now, look along Constitución Street beside the plaza. At number 183, you will find Teatro Mori Bellavista, the original Bellavista venue of the Mori theater group. Opened in 2005, this relatively intimate theater has 162 seats and is one of the places that keeps Bellavista’s theatrical tradition alive.

For La Chascona, the house-museum of Pablo Neruda, leave the square along Antonia López de Bello heading east. After a short distance, turn left onto Chucre Manzur and walk north, toward the slopes of San Cristóbal Hill.

To reach the other major attractions from the square, follow Antonia López de Bello west for roughly one block to Pío Nono Street. Turn right and head north, with San Cristóbal Hill rising ahead of you. Pío Nono leads toward the National Zoo and the main access to San Cristóbal Hill. From this area, you can continue farther up into Santiago’s Metropolitan Park.

However, if you instead wish to experience Bellavista’s cafés, restaurants, bars, and evening atmosphere, then simply follow Constitución Street south from the plaza. This stretch forms one of the neighborhood’s principal dining and entertainment areas, making the square a convenient dividing point between Bellavista’s cultural attractions uphill and its livelier streets toward the south.