Casa Central del Banco de la Nación Argentina / Headquarters of the Bank of the Argentine Nation (Buenos Aires)
S 34° 36.454 W 058° 22.267
21H E 374284 N 6169620
Neo-Classical Casa Central del Banco de la Nación Argentina (Headquarters of the Bank of the Argentine Nation) is one of monumental buildings surrounding Plaze de Mayo (May Square) in Buenos Aires downtown.
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Location: Argentina
Date Posted: 03/22/2015
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Neo-Classical Casa Central del Banco de la Nación Argentina (Headquarters of the Bank of the Argentine Nation) is one of monumental buildings surrounding Plaze de Mayo (May Square) in Buenos Aires downtown.
The Headquarters of the Bank of the Argentine Nation, more often referred locally as Banco Nación Casa Central, is a monumental bank building next to the Plaza de Mayo, founding site of Buenos Aires and host of major events in the history of the country. Designed by renowned Argentine architect Alejandro Bustillo in a neo-Classical style with French influences, the 100 000 m² (building occupies an entire city block and was inaugurated in 1944. With a dome 50 m in diameter, the building is a National Historic Landmark. [wiki]