{{Infobox settlement |name = |settlement_type = Neighbourhood |official_name = Barrio Brasil |image_skyline = Barrio Brasil Santiago Chile.jpg |imagesize = |image_caption = Barrio Brasil street |image_flag = |image_shield = |image_map = Comuna de Santiago.svg | pushpin_map = Chile | pushpin_map_narrow = yes | pushpin_label_position = bottom | pushpin_map_alt = Location in Chile | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Chile | coor_pinpoint = city |coordinates = | coordinates_footnotes = |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = Chile |subdivision_type1 = Region |subdivision_name1 = Santiago Metro. |subdivision_type2 = Province |subdivision_name2 = Santiago |government_footnotes = <ref name="INEDiv">{{cite web |url=http://www.ine.cl/canales/chile_estadistico/territorio/division_politico_administrativa/pdf/DPA_COMPLETA.pdf |format=PDF|title=Administrative and Censual Political Division |language=es |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101114052159/http://www.ine.cl/canales/chile_estadistico/territorio/division_politico_administrativa/pdf/DPA_COMPLETA.pdf |archivedate=2010-11-14 }}</ref><ref name="Munitel">{{Cite web |url = http://www.municipalidaddesantiago.cl |title=Asociación Chilena de Municipalidades | accessdate=27 January 2011|language=es}}</ref><ref name="Official">{{Cite web |url = http://www.municipalidaddesantiago.cl |title=Municipality of Santiago | accessdate=27 January 2011|language=es}}</ref> |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = | leader_party = |established_title = |established_date = | area_footnotes = <ref name="INE">{{cite web |url=http://www.ine.cl/canales/chile_estadistico/censos_poblacion_vivienda/censo_pobl_vivi.php |title= INE 2002 Census of Population and Housing |accessdate=13 September 2010|language=es}}</ref> |area_total_km2 = | population_footnotes = <ref name="INE"/> | timezone = CLT<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.world-time-zones.org/zones/chile-time.htm |accessdate=12 September 2010 |title=Chile Time |publisher=WorldTimeZones.org |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100713071639/http://www.world-time-zones.org/zones/chile-time.htm |archivedate=13 July 2010 }}</ref> | utc_offset = -4 | timezone_DST = CLST<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.world-time-zones.org/zones/chile-summer-time.htm |accessdate=12 September 2010 |title=Chile Summer Time |publisher=WorldTimeZones.org |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070911130451/http://www.world-time-zones.org/zones/chile-summer-time.htm |archivedate=11 September 2007 }}</ref> | utc_offset_DST = -3 | elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = 579 |postal_code_type = |website = [http://www.barriobrasil.cl Portal Barrio Santiago] }}

'''Barrio Brasil''' is a neighborhood of Santiago, Chile, located to the west of the city center in the commune of Santiago and to the east of Barrio Yungay.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.municipalidaddesantiago.cl/uploads/Pagina/4d0e18_mapa_comuna.jpg |title=Archived copy |access-date=2012-11-09 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304033327/http://www.municipalidaddesantiago.cl/uploads/Pagina/4d0e18_mapa_comuna.jpg |url-status=dead }}</ref> Barrio Brasil is close to the neighborhoods Dieciocho, Concha y Toro, Yungay, and República and lies immediately to the north of the Alameda. Barrio Brasil is known for its strong cultural and artistic scene, featuring a number of bars, nightclubs and cultural venues.

==History==

Barrio Brasil was a characteristic upper-class neighborhood in Chile's capital from the middle of the 18th century. A variety of interesting architectural styles can be seen in the neighborhood.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thisischile.cl/6143/2/loft-apartments-breathe-new-life-into-historic-santiago-neighborhoods/News.aspx |title=Loft apartments breathe new life into historic Santiago barrios-News&nbsp;— Chile|publisher=Thisischile.cl |date=2011-02-25 |accessdate=2012-11-16}}</ref> Basílica del Salvador, at Huérfanos 1781, is a neo-gothic palace. There is a Haussmann-style building at Moneda y Ciénfuegos that today rents out studio space, and neoclassical Spanish-style casonas or large homes, as well as traditional Chilean housing.

Efforts to rebuild the neighborhood began after the 1985 earthquake. Since 2000, the neighborhood has experienced a revival with the creation of spaces for cultural events, the arts, recreation and leisure.<ref>Mendiola, Alvaro Maximiliano Silva. Renovación urbana en zonas de conservación: Conjunto de viviendas para el Barrio Brasil, Santiago, Chile. Diss. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 2010.</ref> It is also the site of new building projects that attempt to attract young middle-class families to the center of the city.<ref>Borsdorf, Axel, and Rodrigo Hidalgo. "Revitalization and tugurization in the historical centre of Santiago de Chile." Cities (2012).</ref> Part of the architectural patrimony of the neighborhood has been renovated and the general quality of life of the sector has improved.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100601010744/http://www.chile.com/secciones/ver_seccion.php?id=108711 Consulted 6 November 2012.]</ref>

==Universities==

The neighborhood is also home to numerous institutions of higher education including the School of Dance at the Brasil campus of the Academy of Christian Humanism University, and the Alberto Hurtado University. Some of the buildings comprising the Alberto Hurtado University feature German gothic architecture, for example, Cienfuegos 41.

==Social life==

Avenida Brasil, which begins on the north side of the Alameda just past the metro República, has many cafés, restaurants, and bars. Plaza Brasil is a social and cultural landmark in the neighborhood.

==References==

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==External links== {{Wikivoyage|Santiago de Chile/West and South|West and South Santiago}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20121108114844/http://www.portalbarriobrasil.cl/ portal barrio brasil] *[http://www.barriobrasil.cl/ barriobrasil.cl] *[http://www.allsantiago.com/areas-and-barrios/barrio-brasil/ all Santiago, Barrio Brasil]

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Category:Neighbourhoods in Santiago, Chile