Editing Santiago (section)

=== Cultural activities and entertainment ===
[[File:Museo Colonial - Santiago.jpg|thumbnail|left|[[Museo Colonial|Museo de Arte Colonial de San Francisco]].]]
[[File:Centro Gabriela Mistral-002.jpg|thumbnail|Interior from [[Centro Cultural Gabriela Mistral|Gabriela Mistral Cultural Center]].]]
In Santiago's major [[theater]] companies are located, hosting several national and international projects, with the highest expression during the International Theater Festival known as [[Santiago a Mil International Theater Festival|Santiago a Mil]], which takes place every January since 1994 and has gathered more than one million spectators. Also is the Planetarium at the [[University of Santiago de Chile]].

To carry out various cultural, artistic and musical events, there are several precincts within which highlight the [[Estación Mapocho|Mapocho Cultural Center]], [[Centro Cultural Matucana 100|100 Matucana Cultural Center]], the [[Centro Cultural Gabriela Mistral|Gabriela Mistral Cultural Center]], [[Centro Cultural Palacio de La Moneda]], the [[Movistar Arena (Santiago)|Movistar Arena]] and the [[Teatro Caupolicán|Caupolican Theater]]. On the other hand, the [[opera]] and [[ballet]] performances are permanently accepted by the [[Municipal Theater of Santiago]], located in the heart of the city and which has a capacity of 1500 spectators.

There are 18 cinemas in the capital with a total of 144 rooms and over 32,000 seats, the projection centers than 5 arthouse add.

For children and teenagers, there are several entertainment venues, such as amusement park [[Fantasilandia]], the [[Chilean National Zoo|National Zoo]] or the [[Buin Zoo]] on the outskirts of the city. The [[Barrio Bellavista|Bellavista]], [[Barrio Brasil|Brasil]], [[Barrio Manuel Montt|Manuel Montt]], [[Plaza Ñuñoa]] and [[Barrio Suecia|Suecia]] account for most of the nightclubs, restaurants and bars in the city, the main evening entertainment centers in the capital. In order to promote the economic development of other regions, the law prohibits the construction of a casino in the metropolitan region, but nearby are the casino from the coastal city of [[Vina del Mar]], 120&nbsp;km from distance from Santiago, and [[Monticello Grand Casino]] in Mostazal, 56 kilometers south of Santiago, which opened in 2008.