Santa Lucía metro station

Santa Lucia (in Spanish: Saint Lucy), is a station on the Santiago Metro in Santiago, Chile. It is underground, between the stations Universidad de Chile and Universidad Católica on the same line. It is located on the Avenida Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins, in the commune of Santiago.

It has a regular flow of passengers who are increased in the hours peak of the use of the railroad: in the mornings and the afternoons. The station is in a mix of residential, business and educational zones.

In the immediate surroundings of the station, to the north east is the Santa Lucia Hill, and just by the North exit also is the National Library of Chile, building with located National Monument character in the North sidewalk of the Avenida Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins. The station also is to the Avenida Miraflores and Avenida Santa Rosa, this latter being a major traffic axis.

MetroArte

The government of Portugal gave one of the first works of art that adorn the stations to Metro S.A. in the 1990s. This work is called Azulejos para Santiago and is composed by tiles in diverse blue and white tones.

Etymology

On February 12 1541, the conqueror Pedro de Valdivia founded, according to the tradition, the city of Santiago at the bottom of a hill called Huelén by the natives. Valdivia renamed the hill Cerro Santa Lucia in honour of Saint Lucy. The station is just on the south face of the hill.