We invite you to visit this historic mansion dating from the 19th century.
The house was built at the request of Aníbal Zañartu Zañartu, then Vice President of the Republic, son of Miguel Zañartu Santa María, who was a minister of Bernardo O'Higgins and signer of the Act of Independence of Chile.
Hotel Casa Zañartu, a hotel full of history built in the 19th century.
Casa Zañartu and its History
The house dates from 1885 and was built by order of Don Miguel José de Zañartu Santa María, lawyer and Minister of State who signed in 1810 the Proclamation of Independence of Chile and Manifesto justifying the revolution and independence of the country.
The mansion - French neoclassical style - belonged to the family of Don Miguel José de Zañartu Santa María, who participated in the revolution of 1810 and signed the Proclamation of Independence of Chile as Minister of State.
The house is located in Compañía de Jesús 1520, almost on the corner of San Martín, Santa Ana subway station.
Our Project
In 2018, the house opened as a hotel in the heart of Santiago.
At the beginning of the restoration, the original structure was reinforced with concrete and adobe.
The house where the hotel is located has long corridors connected by stairs.
These are the original spaces, since the restoration was carried out with total respect for the design, although some sectors were arranged to create common areas.
Each space is carefully decorated, focusing on the history of the country, through a photo gallery of national heroes and presidents of the republic.
Then followed the work on the hotel room, a job that took about two years.
The large rooms were converted into bedrooms. In this way, the three levels of the house were fitted out for a total of 17 rooms, all of different sizes, ranging from 10 to 30 square meters.
Some of them, with a view of Compañía de Jesús Street, although most of them are oriented to the interior patio, with an exit to it in the case of those located on the first level.
The restoration preserved everything that was in a condition to be repaired. Thus, original tile and parquet floors can be appreciated. The same is true of the ceilings, doors,
windows and shutters. Only in the rooms on the second floor facing the street were the windows renovated in order to insulate the outside noise.
Biography Anibal Zañartu
He was born in Concepción in 1847; his parents were Miguel José de Zañartu Santa María and Juana de Mata Zañartu.
He married Amelia Iñiguez Vicuña and they had six children.
He studied at the English School of Mr. Harris and Mr. Cernis and at the Liceo de Concepción. Cernis and at the Liceo de Concepción; Law at the Universidad de Chile and graduated as a lawyer on July 19, 1870.
He belonged to the Club de la Reforma, defended some important lawsuits in Santiago and then went to Concepción and Tomé, where in company of one of his brothers, he dedicated himself to coal exploitation in Dichato.
He acquired a farm on the outskirts of Chillán, where he spent long periods of time.
In 1880 he was appointed plenipotentiary minister of Chile in Ecuador; the mission was successfully accomplished.
In 1882 he was elected deputy for San Fernando, period 1882-1885; he was a member of the Permanent Commission of Government and Foreign Relations.
Re-elected deputy, but for Chillán, period 1885-1888; president of the Chamber, August 22 to November 24, 1885; continued in the Permanent Commission of Government and Foreign Relations.
He was elected proprietary senator for Concepción, period 1888-1894; he joined the Senate on October 22, 1888; he was a member of the Permanent Commission of Education and Beneficence and of that of Government and Foreign Relations; he was vice-president of the Senate, June 3 to August 10, 1892.
Member of the Conservative Commission for the recess 1889-1890; 1890-1891; 1893-1894.
Reelected senator for Concepción, period 1894-1900; member of the Permanent Commission of Constitution, Legislation and Justice and substitute senator in the Permanent Commission of Foreign Relations.
Member of the Conservative Commission for the recess 1894-1895; and 1898-1899.
Elected senator for Ñuble, period 1900-1906; he was a member of the Permanent Commission of Government and Public Works; he died in February 1902; and on May 13, Enrique Mac-Iver Rodríguez was presumptively incorporated as his replacement.
He was Minister of Foreign Affairs and Colonization, September 3, 1885 to September 18, 1886, at the end of the government of President Domingo Santa María; Minister of the Interior of President Balmaceda, June 28, 1887 to April 12, 1888; again Minister of the Interior of President Errázuriz Echaurren, September 18 to November 20, 1896; and again in this portfolio, May 1, 1901. On this date he assumed the vice-presidency of the country, when President Federico Errázuriz Echaurren fell ill. He served until September 18 of the same year, when the new president, Germán Riesco Errázuriz, took office.
He fulfilled his mandate as vice president of the Republic, called elections and when the time came to hand over to his successor Germán Riesco Errázuriz, he did so in accordance with the Constitution, strictly subject to the law.
He then moved away from Santiago and went to spend a summer season and rest in Tomé, where he died of a violent heart attack on February 1, 1902, without having finished his senatorial term.
His remains were taken to Santiago and buried in the General Cemetery, with the honors corresponding to the presidential rank he held.

