page_title: Alameda (Santiago)
section_title: Monuments
hierarchical_section_title: Alameda (Santiago) / Monuments
caption_attribution_description: Español: Avenida libertador Bernardo O'Higgins también llamada Alameda en Santiago, ChileEnglish: Avenida libertador bernardo O'Higgins also named Alameda in Santiago Chile
context_page_description: Avenida Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins, popularly known as La Alameda, is the main avenue of Santiago, Chile. It runs east-west in the center of the greater urban area and is 7.77 km long, and it has up to 5 lanes in each direction. It was named after Chile's founding father Bernardo O'Higgins. It was originally a branch of the Mapocho River.
context_section_description: La Alameda's principal monuments are dedicated to the military heroes in Chile's history.  Near the La Moneda Palace are the statues of José de San Martín, Manuel Bulnes Prieto, and Bernardo O'Higgins.
  Near the intersection of the Autopista Central and La Alameda, there is erected the statue to the heroes of the Battle of La Concepción.  A beautiful mosaic was constructed at the edge of Santa Lucía Hill in honor of the poet Gabriela Mistral; there are also dozens of other monuments to persons of national and international importance along the central floe of La Alameda.
caption: Downtown.
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