Descubre el Barrio Italia: Cafecitos, Tiendas Vintage y Buenas Vibras.

This is the picturesque Barrio Italia in Santiago, Chile. Today I'll explore the colorful Barrio Italia, a neighborhood of tradespeople that invites you to stroll slowly and enjoy its varied shops, neighborhood life, and culture at every turn. So, without further ado, let's get to know this beautiful place. Let's begin. Barrio Italia, also known as Barrio Santa Isabel, is located between two communes: Providencia and Ñuñoa, in Santiago, Chile. Between the years 1880 and 1930, Chile welcomed a large number of Italian immigrants, who settled here, building their homes and opening businesses. After various transformations, it was in 2012 that the neighborhood was revitalized with the arrival of a wide range of gastronomic, artistic, cultural, designer, antique, and entrepreneurial offerings that remain to this day. As soon as I began to walk through the neighborhood, I noticed the beautiful colored cement tiles. They have been part of the neighborhood's cultural circuit. Tiles have been a traditional element of decorative arts in the neighborhood since the 19th century. At that time, the entrance to each of the continuous-fronted houses had, and still have, a tiled entrance hall called a "Zaguán." This word of Hispanic Arabic origin is used to describe an architectural creation that mediates between the outside world and the inside of a home. At the beginning of 2022, a project will be carried out in which the entrance hall will be "brought out" into the public space to highlight the colored cement tiles and their aesthetic, cultural, and heritage value. A distinctive feature of the neighborhood is the sale of antiques. In the 1970s, a group of glassmakers and cartoneros from Santiago who collected their materials on Caupolicán Street gradually began to notice that people were coming to them to window shop their "junk" and were interested in buying antique or refurbished furniture and objects. Thus, many began working creating or restoring furniture, eventually establishing themselves in the neighborhood as one of the most important antique dealer areas in Santiago de Chile. Since 2009, the change in the neighborhood's inhabitants has become evident with a substantial increase in commerce in the area: design offices, furniture workshops, crafts, art objects, cosmopolitan restaurants, cozy cafes, and warehouses predominate, transforming it into a neighborhood with abundant and diverse local commerce, which its visitors undoubtedly enjoy greatly. The neighborhood also has a circuit of more than 20 murals that have the ability to surprise with their quality and diversity of aesthetic proposals that complement the typical architecture of the neighborhood. This tour offers visitors a national artistic context in terms of public art, as Chile is recognized worldwide as one of the urban art capitals of Latin America. The neighborhood's murals are a prime example of this. Its architecture gives the neighborhood an iconic and heritage feel, highlighted by buildings constructed at the beginning of the 20th century, many of which still retain intact and colorful facades where the historic coexists in harmony with the contemporary. You can reach the neighborhood via metro line 5 at the Santa Isabel station. You can also take public transportation bus line D18 and get off at stop PC1004-Santa Isabel / corner of Avenida Condell. You can also get there via Avenida Salvador bus lines 505 or 508 and get off at stop PC567-Avenida Salvador / corner of Santa Isabel. My tour of the Italia neighborhood was very pleasant. It is extremely important to realize that this neighborhood generates employment, stimulates social life, and contributes to economic and sociocultural development. Let me know in the comments if you know this place or would like to see it. Share this video with anyone you think might be interested. Thank you for watching. We'll be exploring new places soon. See you in the next video. Bye. Chapters 00:00 | Introduction 00:30 | Where is Barrio Italia? And a Historical Overview. 01:32 | Tile Tour in Barrio Italia. 03:15 | Antiques Dealing in Barrio Italia. 04:12 | Commercial and Trade District in Barrio Italia. 05:03 | Mural Tour in Barrio Italia. 05:56 | Architecture of Barrio Italia. 06:35 | How to get to Barrio Italia? 07:30 | Conclusion and Farewell.