Morandé 80

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Morandé 80 is the street address for a door located on the east side of Palacio de La Moneda, the Chilean presidential palace. The door was built in 1906 so that the President could enter into the palace as a common citizen (without receiving any formal honor from palace guards). Until 1958, the Chilean President lived in La Moneda, and used the named door to enter the presidential residence.

During the 1973 coup, President Salvador Allende's body was taken away through Morandé 80, and after reconstruction of the palace, the door was covered up. However, after the return of the democratic regime in Chile, the door's address was used as a symbol by Allende's former supporters. On September 11, 2003, thirty years after the military coup, President Ricardo Lagos had the door rebuilt; the door is only opened for special occasions.