La Chascona is one of 3 houses that Pablo Neruda had - there are two others in Valparaiso and Isla Negra - which are fixed up as museums now. This one is named after his lover/ 2nd or 3rd wife (I forget) Matilde, who he nicknamed "La Chascona", an endearing term meaning "wild-haired lady" - and he then named the house after her. This flower/sun symbol is supposed to kind of resemble that wild-haired look, and is one a few of the windows. He bought this property when he was with his other wife and he and Matilde needed a place to meet, and then later they moved in together I believe. After he died, the military came in and ransacked it a few times, so not all of his stuff is here - especially his books - but later Matilde came in and tried to put things back where she remembered them being, and the Pablo Neruda Foundation has kept up the house as a museum.