Alhambra Palace in Santiago area of ​​1200 square meters. m was built in 1865 by architect Manuel Aldunate. This is a copy of the Spanish Alhambra Palace in Granada and is a legacy of Moorish architecture. Alhambra Palace in Santiago combines and details of its original in Granada, and the structure of Chilean buildings.

In 1940, its owner Julio Garrido gave the building of the palace as a gift to the National Society of Fine Arts. The doors of the palace were to be open only to students of the academy. The palace was damaged by a powerful earthquake 27.02.2010 year, but this wonderful architectural monument survived. Most of the palace walls covered with deep cracks, in many places, sprinkle the plaster, and the number of students of the Academy had to be cut in half. The very same palace building will require public and private investments for the restoration. About this assistance is currently being negotiated with representatives of the Chilean and the Moroccan government.

Now the content of the Alhambra Palace in Santiago financed by entrance fees and students pay tuition in classes of painting to repair the damage caused not only by the earthquake but also the activities of termites and shrinkage of the building for nearly 150 years of existence.

This building was declared a national monument of Chile in 1973. On the facade of the palace are carved verses from the Koran, and in the central hall of the palace, you can see and lacy arabesque walls decorated with multicolored tiles.

Because of the damage can not use most of the rooms, so some works of famous artists of the last century, such as Pedro Juan Francisco Gonzalez-Lira, and many others are in storage and inaccessible Academy eyes of visitors.