Site chosen for Chile Temple

Written by mcgee on April 27th, 2005

The Bahá’í House of Worship to be built in Santiago now has a site. (A construction site, that is; it’s had a web site for a while.)
Bahai Temple in Santiago (artist's rendition)

The National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of Chile has taken possession of a 110-hectare site in a rural region of the Chacabuco Province some 35 minutes by car north of the center of Santiago.

The House of Worship will be on the top of a hill in a seven-hectare section of the site that will constitute the immediate grounds and gardens of the Temple.

The BWNS article has more pictures, links to other stories about the Temple, and even a locator map, for the geographically challenged among us.

The photos show the new location, in the foothills of the Andes mountains, and include a digital rendering of what the Temple will look like (though there will also be quite a bit of landscaping around the site that’s not evident in the images).

Groundbreaking is scheduled for October 2005 and will coincide with Chile’s national bicentennial. Once completed, the House of Worship is certain to become a familiar icon for both Chile and the Bahá’ís, in much the same way that other Houses of Worship have, in their respective countries and around the world.

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