Cabildo de Buenos Aires / Buenos Aires Cabildo
S 34° 36.528 W 058° 22.411
21H E 374066 N 6169480
Cabildo de Buenos Aires - small, white, late colonial-Baroque building with a central bell tower was the original seat of Spanish colonial city government.
Waymark Code: WMN0H2
Location: Argentina
Date Posted: 12/02/2014
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Cabildo de Buenos Aires - small, white, late colonial-Baroque building with a central bell tower was the original seat of Spanish colonial city government.
The building was completed in 1751, but parts of it were demolished to create space for Avenida de Mayo and Diagonal Sur in the late 1800s and early 1900s. The remainder of the building was recontructed in 1939. Cabildo, the most important site of meetings related to Argentina's declaration of independence against Spain, underwent another renovation for the 2010 Bicentennial, expanding its exhibit spaces. The small, informal museum displays paintings and furniture from the colonial period, and its ledges and windows allow some of the best views of the Plaza de Mayo. The Cabildo is the only remaining government building on the Plaza de Mayo dating back to colonial times.