From 1992 the MINVU develops the Program of Urban Parks, which creates public spaces at national and regional level. Passed 16 years of experience, it has visualized that the construction of a park like public space, corresponds to a social process that implies more than its construction, because it must be developed within a continuity frame, where the project is reviewed periodically, assuring its quality and success in favor of the community.

Nevertheless, the different municipalities or the same MINVU could not support the maintenance of these green areas since it had been anticipated. It was decided then, by means of agreement ad-honorum, to give to the Metropolitan Park of Santiago the administration and management of them, reaching at the moment 13 parks, with a surface of 97.5 hectares, located mainly in the peripheral communes of the Metropolitan Region, who have a greater deficit of green areas and relaxation, as well as overcrowding and social risk. This work of maintenance is generated through projects of "Conservation and Security of Urban Parks", which consist of the execution of workings like: cleanliness, irrigation, replacement and manage of vegetal species, conservation of urban furniture and equipment, phito sanitary control, control of weeds, fertilization and security among others.


SCHEDULE OF EVERY PARK
Summer: Tuesday to Sunday from 10:00 to 21:00 hrs.
Winter: Tuesday to Sunday 10:00 to 18:00 hrs.

a) BLANCO HILL

• Commune : Recoleta
• National Monument
• It has a religious connotation, since the original towns consider a ceremonial center and Catholics, at the colonial time, considered it a referring religious.
• Counts on elements such as the Tacit Stone.
• At the present time it is yielded partly, by means of an agreement to the Ethnic groups of Chile, and there are constructed a Mapuche House and an Aymara House, in addition to sites destined for rituals.

 b) LA BANDERA

• Commune: San Ramón
• Park with great surface of grass. It is an extensive green area, without solid perimeter closing, opened to Américo Vespucio Avenue, has irrigation by aspersion, water game, public baths, illuminated field of grass, dressing rooms, pergola, benches, type square illumination, waste baskets, gravel footpaths and amphitheatre. It has sport equipment in good conditions.
• Beneficiaries: 101.425

 c) LA CAÑAMERA

• Commune: San Ramón
• Park with great surface of grass. It is an extensive green area, without solid perimeter closing, opened to Américo Vespucio Avenue, has irrigation by aspersion, water game, public baths, illuminated field of grass, dressing rooms, pergola, benches, type square illumination, waste baskets, footpaths of maicillo, and amphitheatre. Account with sport equipment in good conditions
• Beneficiaries: 101.425

 d) LA CASTRINA

• Commune: San Joaquín
• Constructed on rubbish garbage dump. Composed of 2 wide separated areas of grass by a street, solid perimeter closing, infantile games, benches, type square illumination, waste baskets, drinking fountains, gravel footpaths, irrigation by aspersion, deep pool, pool of accumulation and motor bomb equipment. It possesses a grass field of soccer, multi-field and amphitheatre.
• Beneficiaries: 109.011

 e) ANDRÉ JARLAN

• Commune: Pedro Aguirre Cerda.
• It is constructed on a garbage dump of organic material, it has irrigation by aspersion, and it has chimneys to eliminate biogas. It has an extensive area of grass, great amount of palms, solid perimeter closing. It has public baths, benches, illumination type square, gravel waste baskets, drinking fountains, gravel footpaths, infantile games and mini field of skating.
• Beneficiaries: 121.453

 f)  BERNARDO LEIGHTON

• Commune: Estación Central.
• Extensive green area with infrastructure of public baths, offices, solid perimeter closing, infantile games, benches, illumination type square, drinking fountains, gravel  footpaths, water games, soccer field with ash track, waste baskets, hill of natural prairie with a viewpoint and waterfall. The design contemplates to a hill of natural prairie with viewpoint and footpath of reduction. Account with irrigation by aspersion.
• Beneficiaries: 135.997

 g)  LO VARAS

• Commune: Renca.
• Park of small surface with great amount of grass, of colonial style construction, with evergreens of 80 years, between Chilean palms and magnolias predominated. It has irrigation by aspersion, illumination type square, public baths, offices and warehouses, waste baskets, gravel footpaths, tree-trunks wood and cement seats, children’s playground, amphitheatre and perimeter closing. Bordering to the Park an Ancient home exists, which are beneficiaries by this Park directly.
• Beneficiaries: 148.428

 h) MAPOCHO PONIENTE

• Commune: Cerro Navia.
• Park at margins of the Mapocho River, opened green area, without solid perimeter closing, has Chilean vegetal species, children’s playground, benches, illumination type square, waste baskets, drinking fountains, gravel footpaths, amphitheatre and two Indian houses in honor to the Mapuche community. It has a deep pool and irrigation by aspersion.

 i)  MAHUIDAHUE

• Commune: Recoleta.
• Park with great surface of grass, great esplanades of ever-green watered natural prairies, has sport infrastructure, with public baths, warehouse, children’s playground games zone, grass areas for sports, solid perimeter closing, benches, waste baskets, drinking fountains, and gravel footpaths.
• Beneficiaries: 250.000

 j)  MAPUHUE

• Commune: La Pintana.
• Park with great surface of grass has public baths, warehouse, children’s playground zone, solid perimeter closing, benches, illumination type square, waste baskets, drinking fountain, and gravel footpaths. In addition it has an amphitheatre, irrigation by aspersion, bicycle path and water games.
• Beneficiaries: 230.758

 k)  QUEBRADA MACUL

• Commune: La Florida.
• Park with extensive green area of grass and natural prairie, constructed over free material product of an alluvium. It has children’s playground, warehouse and an administration department, gravel footpaths, irrigation by aspersion, illumination, benches and solid perimeter closing.
• Beneficiaries: 250.000

 l)  SANTA MONICA

• Commune: Recoleta.
• Park with great amount of grass, has perennial species outdated type, solid perimeter closing, deep pool, irrigation by aspersion, illumination type square, public baths, guard house, waste baskets, benches, drinking fountains, children’s playground, gravel footpaths, pergolas, and light walls.
• Beneficiaries: 165.372

 m)  VIOLETA PARRA

• Commune: Lo Espejo.
• Park with extensive areas of grass and a hill of natural prairie with viewpoint to extreme south has water games, varied type of vegetal, pergolas species, sculptures, amphitheatre, benches, illumination type square, waste baskets, drinking fountains, signaling, gravel footpaths, children’s playground zone, and solid perimeter closing. In addition it has irrigation by aspersion.
• Beneficiaries: 116.993