Casa Colorada

Casa Colorada (translated into English as "Red House") is a colonial house in Santiago, Chile. [red ochre House] is raised with ashlar stone, his roof was mounted on beech beams, and the mezzanine on canelo wood. Timber framing is made of native bamboo. The constructor was Joseph de la Vega in 1769. This building served as home of Mateo de Toro y Zambrano and now is a Museum, managed by Santiago's Municipality. Kept there the collections, and scale models of the colony life.
Casa Colorada was the place were the Chilean Declaration of Independence was signed on September 18th, 1810.
The building consists of two storeys.