When was plaza de mayo built

The Cabildo, first government building in Buenos Aires, Argentina, built in the year Baroque style of architecture. In architect Pedro Benoit added 10 meters to the tower, a dome covered with glazed tiles instead of traditional colonial red tiles which got demolished in to create space for Avenia de Mayo. In , architect Mario Buschiazzo reconstructed the colonial features like iron bars on windows, wooden doors and windows, red tiles and the tower of the El Cabildo.

Today there exists a market in the back courtyard on every Thursday and Friday while many artifact from early Argentine history are displayed in the museum that inhabits the building.

Here, a monolith placed marks the zero-kilometre point that marks all distance of the highway in the country from this point in Buenos Aires. The sculpture contains the relief map of Argentina on the South face, An image of Our lady of Lujan in North face, plaques in honour of Jose de San Martin on West face and names of the relevant authorities on the East face; designed and built by two brothers — Maximo and Jose Fioravanti in He is an art and culture enthusiast as well as a certified wildlife Eco-volunteer by the Karnataka Forest Department for activities regarding conservation, census, preservation.

Furthermore, he is a poet and currently exploring his voice in architecture writing along with being a ghostwriter for mobile application, fashion collections and bloggers. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. The Plaza de Mayo is the oldest public square in Buenos aires, and has been the scene of many of the most important events in the city's history, from the second founding of the city in , through the revolution of independence, to more recent political demonstrations.

The square is named after the Argentine revolution, which began on May 25, Around the square are several important buildings: the Cabildo , the Metropolitan Cathedral , where Pope Francis conducted mass for 20 years, the Casa Rosada , seat of the national government, the national revenue office AFIP , the national bank and the intelligence secretariat.

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The Third of February Park. The Dorrego Square.