San Luis, Santiago

Villa San Luis is one of the main landmarks of Chilean urban planning in the 20th century. Developed by the Urban Improvement Corporation (CORMU), it was inaugurated in 1972 during the government of Salvador Allende. The project received 1,038 beneficiary families who lived in marginal settlements. During the military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet, the families were evicted and their homes were handed over to the Army. Later ereted as the monument «Villa Ministro Carlos Cortes».