Word: metropolitana
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...bright, summery Saturday morning in Santiago, and at the Catedral Metropolitana de Santiago, the groom is becoming nervous. Less than 12 hours beforehand, the strongest earthquake to hit Chile in a generation rocked the capital, and all morning, local radio stations have carried news that although the city's modern structures emerged largely unscathed from the tremor, Santiago's sacred spaces did not fare as well. A few blocks away, the bell tower at Divina Providencia, a community church, had collapsed. But in the Plaza de Armas, the 18th century Catedral Metropolitana has held up much better. A few fresh...
...President, Michelle Bachelet, declared several sections of central Chile "zones of catastrophe" - Santiago has had few injuries or deaths. But although the physical damage is minimal, there's a sense of unease that lingers below the city's shining surface. The wedding ceremony went ahead as scheduled at Catedral Metropolitana, but the congregation was, a participant guessed, perhaps one-fifth the number of those originally invited; the rest preferred to stay home. Meanwhile, families gathered nearby in parks, but not for leisure - many were simply too scared to remain indoors. (Read "Chile and Haiti: A Tale of Two Earthquakes...
...Pope's Vicar-General was on hand to give the new Metropolitana his official blessing. Rome's Mayor Rebecchini devoted his most flowery rhetoric to the completion "of this long and arduous undertaking." Even Italy's President Luigi Einaudi turned up to enjoy the first ride. Ensconced on a seat in one of the three streamlined cars that made up the first train, Einaudi was soon joined by a rush of some 1,000 specially invited guests who crammed themselves into the train in the best Times Square rush-hour tradition, while attendants in bright red garrison...
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