The Edificio Crillón, also known as Edificio Larraín is a building in Santiago de Chile, located at 1035 Agustinas Street, between Bandera and Ahumada streets. The building, formerly known as Hotel Crillón, was a hotel and is a shopping gallery named Galería Crillón. The portion of the building formerly occupied by the hotel is currently occupied by a department store. It was declared as an Historic Preservation Building.[1]
| Edificio Crillón | |
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| General information | |
| Location | Santiago de Chile |
| Address | 1035 Agustinas Street |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Alberto Siegel and Augusto Geiger |
History edit
The building was designed by Austrian architect Alberto Siegel, and architect of Swiss descent Augusto Geiger,[2] and built between 1917 and 1919.[3] It was originally built as the home for the Larraín García Moreno family.
The building was converted to a shopping arcade in 1925[4] and to a hotel, originally named Hotel Savoy, and then renamed Hotel Crillón. During the 1930s, it was an important site for social meetings. Notable guests stayed at the hotel including globally known actors such as Gary Cooper and Clark Gable.[5]
Two crimes of passion perpetrated by female writers occurred at the Crillón Hotel; the first took place on 27 January 1941, when María Luisa Bombal shot her lover three times, who survived the shots and did not take legal actions against Bombal. The second incident occurred in April 1955, when the writer María Carolina Geel shot her mate five times to death.[5]
Since the hotel was closed in February 1978,[6] the main volume of the building has been occupied for commercial purposes.[7] A branch of Ripley department store was housed in the building in 2005, after the renovations by architect [[Miguel Molinari]], who preserved the facade, the marble stairways, elevators and lanterns of the interior of the building.[8]
Cultural references edit
- The novel La chica del Crillón (The girl from the Crillón (hotel)) by Joaquín Edwards Bello was published in 1935.[9] The novel was adapted into the 1941 movie La chica del Crillón with screenplay by Jorge Délano Frederick.[10]
- The cookbook Famosas recetas (Famous Recipes) by Hotel Crillón was published in 1951, which included the extensive menu of French cuisine offered by its restaurant —like the «crema Crillón»— and the cocktails that were served at its bar.[11][12]
Gallery edit
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Main entrance -
Interior stairway -
Shopping arcade
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References edit
- ^ "Inmuebles y Zonas Patrimoniales". patrimoniourbano.cl. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
- ^ "Edificio teatro central". El Mercurio. 25 December 1999. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
- ^ "Ruta Capital" (PDF). chile.travel. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
- ^ "Listado de Galerías de Santiago" (PDF). plancapitalstgo.cl. Retrieved 12 June 2013.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b "Hotel Crillón". nuestro.cl. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
- ^ "Felipe y Nicolás Sahli tradición hotelera, desde el Crillón a The Singular en el barrio Parque Forestal". La Segunda. 5 December 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
- ^ "El Hotel Crillón". La Nación. 24 May 2010. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
- ^ "RIPLEY INAUGURA NUEVA TIENDA EN EX HOTEL CRILLÓN DE SANTIAGO" (PDF). ripleychile.com. 18 October 2005. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
- ^ "La chica del Crillón". Memoria Chilena. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
- ^ "La chica del Crillón". cinechile.cl. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
- ^ "Cocina Chilena". Memoria Chilena. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
- ^ "Famosas recetas". Memoria Chilena. Retrieved 15 July 2014.