Clocks on tower of the Palacio de la Legislatura de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires (Buenos Aires)
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Depicted four classical clocks, with white glass dials, black Roman numerals and hands, are located on tower of the Palacio de la Legislatura de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires (Palace of the Buenos Aires City Legislature) in Buenos Aires.
Waymark Code: WMNJ81
Location: Argentina
Date Posted: 03/22/2015
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Depicted four classical clocks, with white glass dials, black Roman numerals and hands, are located on tower of the Palacio de la Legislatura de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires (Palace of the Buenos Aires City Legislature) in Buenos Aires.
The Palacio de la Legislatura de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires houses the Government of the City of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is an architectural landmark in the city's Montserrat district, situated in a triangular block bounded by the streets Calle Hipólito Yrigoyen, Avenida Presidente Julio Argentino Roca and Calle Perú. Built of grey granite, it has a Neoclassical design. The building is open to the public on week-days only. The building contains the Esteban Echeverría Library, Salon Rosado (also known as the Salon Eva Perón), and a carillon which, when it was installed in 1930, was the largest in South America.
The tower is 95 m high. It houses a clocks with five bells named Santa Maria, Pinta, La Niña, La Porteña and, the largest, at 1 800 kg, Argentina. The tower's four dials have a diameter measuring 4.5 m. The clock has a system that controls the running of 80 other clocks distributed in the rest of the building. [wiki]