It was a crucial moment in President Allende's term.

He said that while passing the antechamber of the dining room he looked through the open door and saw President Allende shoot himself in the head.

A photograph of President Allende hangs on the wall along with memorabilia of the Socialist struggle.

It was also the gate through which the body of President Allende was taken out after the 1973 coup.

President Allende died in the presidential palace, which was under bombardment by the armed forces.

President Allende took office at the end of a period of economic recession.

By the time, however, that President Allende was ousted in September 1973, the situation had been dramatically reversed.

Democratic elections brought President Allende to power.

President Allende wrote: Chilean democracy is a conquest by all of the people.

President Allende died in La Moneda during the coup.