Today we visited La Moneda, the former presidential palace and the current presidential/executive office building. You could only enter the interior patio, but it was still pretty neat. And way closer than you can get to the White House without a special invitation.
La Moneda is also famous because during the 1973 coup, it was bombed by air force jets. President Allende died in La Moneda trying to fight off the military troups. Here’s a picture of La Moneda that day.
