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The Plaza Colón corresponds to the Plaza de Armas of the city of Antofagasta and has a series of monuments.



The Spanish colony entrusted Enrique Granada and Zacarías Gómez with the installation of a monument, as a gift from the colony for the centenary of the Republic of Chile. These two chose the architect Jaime Pedreny to build the Monument to the Kings of Spain, which presents the figure of the kings, a condor and a lion.











The Plaza Colón is located San Martin with Sucre, Arturo Prat with Washington.



Antofagasta is 1,361 km away. north of Santiago de Chile, 205 km. from Calama and 564 from Copiapó. You can get:



By plane

There are daily frequencies from the national airport of Santiago de Chile. You can check the departure times.



By car

To get to Antofagasta from any point located to the south, you must travel along Route 5 north. From Copiapó it is 564 km. and from La Serena 898 km.



If you are traveling from the north, you must travel on Route 5 south. From Calama it is 205 km. and from Iquique 493 km.



By bus

There are daily frequencies from nearby cities. There are buses that leave from Santiago de Chile. Check with the respective Road Terminals.









You can also see historical monuments such as:



The Antofagasta Clock Tower, a donation from the English colony to the city, was inaugurated on September 17, 1911 and was declared a National Historic Monument on April 18, 1986. The pieces were assembled by Raymundo Allende, an official of the company from the Railway from Antofagasta to Bolivia. Although it is popularly called a ´´replica of Big Ben´´, it only has similarity in its sound.



The Kiosco de Retreta was inaugurated on March 26, 1911 and declared a National Historic Monument under Supreme Decree 0512 of August 30, 1995).

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