
City Legislature Building - Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Torgut
S 34° 36.473 W 058° 22.424
21H E 374045 N 6169582
It's a beautiful building in the junction of avenue Presidente Julio A. Roca with Plaza de Mayo, the heart of Buenos Aires.
Waymark Code: WM1297P
Location: Argentina
Date Posted: 04/04/2020
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Known locally as Palacio de la Legislatura de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, it hosts the government of the city.
There is an excellent article about it in Wikipedia:
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visit link)
"The Palacio de la Legislatura de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires (English: Palace of the Buenos Aires City Legislature) 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."