What is Casa Colorada?
{{Orphan|date=May 2009}} [[File:Casa Colorada 5mrz08 002.jpg|thumb|Casa Colorada]] {{commons}} '''Casa Colorada''' (translated into English as ''Red House'') is a colonial house in [[Santiago|Santiago, Chile]]. [red ochre House] is raised with [[ashlar stone]], his roof was mounted on [[Nothofagus|beech]] beams, and the mezzanine on [[Drimys winterii|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. [[Category:Buildings and structures in Santiago, Chile]]