La Moneda Palace in Santiago was designed by the Italian Joaquín Toesca, who died in 1799, after which the military engineer Agustín Cavallero took over. The Government of Chile is the client. The infobox gives 1784 to 1805, and the text says works began in 1784 and the palace opened in 1805.
The article calls the style Neoclassical with Roman Doric influences. It uses limestone, Maipo River sand, red and white stone from hills near Santiago, Valdivia oak and cypress, Vizcaya metalwork and twenty varieties of brick. It gives no dimensions.
It became the seat of government in 1845. The 1973 coup damaged it, and Allende died there. Restoration finished in 1981, and the Plaza de la Ciudadanía was built in 2004 and 2005. It is the presidential seat, with offices for three cabinet ministries and an underground cultural center. The changing of the guard is at 10 a.m. on weekdays and 11 a.m. on weekends, as of June 2015.
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