This is one of the homes of the poet Pablo Neruda. The house is in three parts, built on a steep hillside and separated by gardens, and apart from numerous objets d’art it contains works by Diego Rivera, Fernand Léger and Roberto Matta as well as Neruda’s Nobel Prize, Order of Lenin and Order of the French Legion of Honour. La Chascona was completed in 1955 and thereafter Neruda lived here when he was in the capital. It is in the same condition as when he lived here (it was restored after being damaged by the military) and is also now the HQ of Fundación Pablo Neruda (http://www.fundacionneruda.org).
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