San Telmo (“Saint Pedro González Telmo“) is the oldest barrio (neighborhood) of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is a well-preserved area of the Argentine metropolis and is characterized by its colonial buildings. Cafes, tango parlors and antique shops line the cobblestone (adoquines) streets, which are often filled with artists and dancers.

San Telmo’s attractions include old churches (e.g. San Pedro Telmo), museums, antique stores and a semi-permanent antique fair (Feria de Antigüedades) in the main public square, Plaza Dorrego. Tango-related activities for both locals and tourists are in the area.

Known as San Pedro Heights during the 17^th century, the area was mostly home to the city’s growing contingent of dockworkers and brickmakers; indeed, the area became Buenos Aires’ first “industrial” area, home to its first windmill and most of the early city’s brick kilns and warehouses. The bulk of the city’s exports of wool, hides and leather (the Argentine region’s chief source of income as late as the 1870s) were prepared and stored here in colonial times. Their presence led to the first residential settlements in this area: that of Africans, slaves and free, alike.

Separated from Buenos Aires proper by a ravine, the area was formally incorporated into the city in 1708 as the “Ovens and Storehouses of San Pedro.” The neighborhood’s poverty led the Jesuits to found a “Spiritual House” in the area, a charitable and educational mission referred to by San Pedro’s indigent as “the Residence;” the 1767 Suppression of the Society of Jesus led to the mission’s closure, however.

The void left by the Jesuits’ departure was addressed by the 1806 establishment of the Parish of San Pedro González Telmo (or “San Telmo”), so named in honor of the Patron Saint of seafarers. The move failed to replace lost social institutions, however, and San Telmo languished well after Argentine independence in 1816. The Jesuit Residence, restored as a clinic by Guatemalan friars, was shuttered in 1821, and San Telmo saw no public works for the next 30 years except a Black Infantrymen’s Quarters and the construction of the dreaded Mazorca Dungeon by Governor Juan Manuel de Rosas.

San Telmo began to improve despite these challenges, particularly after Rosas’ 1852 deposal. The establishment of new clinics, the installation of gas mains, lighting, sewers, running water and cobblestones and the opening of the city’s main wholesale market led to increasing interest in the area on the part of the well-to-do and numerous imposing homes were built in the western half of San Telmo. This promising era ended abruptly, however, when an epidemic of yellow fever struck the area in 1871. The new clinics and the heroic efforts of physicians like Florentino Ameghino helped curb the spread of the epidemic into points north; but, claiming over 10,000 lives, the crisis led to the exodus of San Telmo’s growing middle and upper classes into what later became Barrio Norte.

Leaving behind hundreds of properties, a few of the larger lots were converted into needed parks, the largest of which is Lezama Park, designed by renowned French-Argentine urbanist Charles Thays in 1891 as a complement to the new Argentine National Museum of History. Most large homes, though, became tenement housing during the wave of Immigration in Argentina from Europe, between 1875 and 1930. San Telmo became the most multicultural neighborhood in Buenos Aires, home to large communities of British, Galician, Italian and Russian-Argentines. The large numbers of Russians in San Telmo and elsewhere in Buenos Aires led to the consecration of Argentina’s first Russian Orthodox Church in 1901. Growing industry to the south also led a German immigrant, Otto Krause, to open a technical school here in 1897.

San Telmo’s bohemian air began attracting local artists after upwardly mobile immigrants left the area. Growing cultural activity resulted in the opening of the Buenos Aires Museum of Modern Art by critic Rafael Squirru in 1956, as well as in the 1960 advent of the “Republic of San Telmo,” an artisan guild which organized art walks and other events. San Telmo’s immigrant presence also led to quick popularization of tango in the area; long after the genre’s heyday, renowned vocalist Edmundo Rivero purchased an abandoned colonial-era grocery in 1969, christening it El Viejo Almacén (“The Old Grocery Store”). Soon becoming one of the city’s best-known tango music halls, it helped lead to a cultural and economic revival in San Telmo.

The 1980 restoration of the former Ezeiza family mansion into the Pasaje de la Defensa (“Defensa Street Promenade”), moreover, has led to the refurbishment of numerous such structures, many of which had been conventillos (tenements) since the 1870s. As most of San Telmo’s 19^th century architecture and cobblestone streets remain, it has also become an important tourist attraction.

San Telmo ist ein Stadtteil im Südosten der argentinischen Hauptstadt Buenos Aires. Der Stadtteil hat 25.969 Einwohner auf einer Fläche von 1,3 km² (Stand von 2001). Die Bevölkerungsdichte entspricht somit 19.976 Einwohner pro km² und liegt damit über dem Durchschnitt von Buenos Aires, der ca. 13.500 Einwohner/km² beträgt. Von 1991 auf 2001 nahm die Bevölkerung um fast acht Prozent ab.

San Telmo wird dem “Sur”, dem Süden der Stadt, zugeordnet, der als Gründungskern von Buenos Aires angesehen wird. Das Viertel liegt auf der Verbindungslinie zwischen dem ehemaligen Hafen in La Boca und dem historischen Stadtzentrum, dem Bereich des heutigen Microcentro, und entstand durch die Niederlassung zahlreicher Händler an dieser wichtigen Route.

Beschreibung

San Telmo ist architektonisch stark geprägt durch Altbauten aus dem 19. Jahrhundert. Neubauten vor allem aus der zweiten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts, die andere Stadtteile wie z. B. Palermo stark prägen, finden sich hier seltener, da ein großer Teil des Stadtteils unter Denkmalschutz steht.

Nach einer Zeit wirtschaftlichen Niederganges hat sich San Telmo seit Mitte der 1990er-Jahre zunehmend zu einem touristisch geprägten Stadtteil entwickelt, in dem sich u. a. zahlreiche RestaurantsTangoshows speziell für touristisches Publikum befinden. Auf der zentral im Stadtteil gelegenen Plaza Dorrego findet jeden Sonntag ein großer Antiquitätenmarkt, die mit täglichen Feria de San Pedro Telmo, statt. Weitere Sehenswürdigkeiten sind der Parque Lezama, das Museo de Arte Moderno, das Historische Nationalmuseum von Argentinien und die Casa Esteban de Luca, das ehemalige Wohnhaus des Dichters der ersten Nationalhymne, das heute als Historisches Monument geschützt ist.

Während San Telmo selbst wie viele innerstädtische Stadtteile von Buenos Aires mit wenig Grünflächen aufwartet, grenzt es im Osten an die Reserva Ecológica, die größte zusammenhängende Grünfläche der Stadt.

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San Telmo es un barrio de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires. Está comprendido por las calles Chile, Av. Ingeniero Huergo, Brasil, Av. Paseo Colón, Av. Martín García, Defensa, Av. Caseros y Piedras. Limita con los barrios de Monserrat al norte, Puerto Madero al este, Boca al sureste, Barracas al suroeste y Constitución al oeste.

San Telmo (San Pedro González Telmo) es uno de los barrios más antiguos de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires. En sus orígenes, fue habitado por las familias aristocráticas de Buenos Aires, hasta que la epidemia de la fiebre amarilla de 1871, los obligo a mudarse al norte. Fue entonces que estas familias propietarias de las casonas de San Telmo, comenzaron a alquilarlas a los inmigrantes trabajadores. Junto con el cercano Monserrat fue el barrio más negro de Buenos Aires, llamándose “Barrio Sur“, en oposición al “Barrio Norte” de San Nicolás. Todavía pueden escucharse ritmos afro-rioplatenses como el candombe en sus calles.

San Telmo es una de las zonas mejor conservadas dentro de la siempre cambiante Buenos Aires, y se caracteriza por sus caserones coloniales y sus calles, muchas de las cuales aún están empedradas con adoquines. Entre las muchas atracciones que se pueden visitar en este barrio, se encuentran numerosas iglesias antiguas (como la de San Pedro Telmo), museos, tiendas de antigüedades y una feria semipermanente de antigüedades Feria de San Telmo en la plaza principal, Plaza Dorrego.

También se realizan actividades relacionadas con el tango y el Candombe, destinadas tanto a los habitantes locales como a los numerosos turistas que visitan la zona.

Los sábados por la tarde y los domingos durante todo el día, la calle Defensa se convierte en paseo peatonal donde se disfruta de artistas callejeros, titiriteros, magos y estatuas vivientes.

San Telmo (“Saint Pedro González Telmo“) is the oldest barrio (neighborhood) of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is a well-preserved area of the Argentine metropolis and is characterized by its colonial buildings. Cafes, tango parlors and antique shops line the cobblestone (adoquines) streets, which are often filled with artists and dancers.

San Telmo’s attractions include old churches (e.g. San Pedro Telmo), museums, antique stores and a semi-permanent antique fair (Feria de Antigüedades) in the main public square, Plaza Dorrego. Tango-related activities for both locals and tourists are in the area.

Known as San Pedro Heights during the 17^th century, the area was mostly home to the city’s growing contingent of dockworkers and brickmakers; indeed, the area became Buenos Aires’ first “industrial” area, home to its first windmill and most of the early city’s brick kilns and warehouses. The bulk of the city’s exports of wool, hides and leather (the Argentine region’s chief source of income as late as the 1870s) were prepared and stored here in colonial times. Their presence led to the first residential settlements in this area: that of Africans, slaves and free, alike.

Separated from Buenos Aires proper by a ravine, the area was formally incorporated into the city in 1708 as the “Ovens and Storehouses of San Pedro.” The neighborhood’s poverty led the Jesuits to found a “Spiritual House” in the area, a charitable and educational mission referred to by San Pedro’s indigent as “the Residence;” the 1767 Suppression of the Society of Jesus led to the mission’s closure, however.

The void left by the Jesuits’ departure was addressed by the 1806 establishment of the Parish of San Pedro González Telmo (or “San Telmo”), so named in honor of the Patron Saint of seafarers. The move failed to replace lost social institutions, however, and San Telmo languished well after Argentine independence in 1816. The Jesuit Residence, restored as a clinic by Guatemalan friars, was shuttered in 1821, and San Telmo saw no public works for the next 30 years except a Black Infantrymen’s Quarters and the construction of the dreaded Mazorca Dungeon by Governor Juan Manuel de Rosas.

San Telmo began to improve despite these challenges, particularly after Rosas’ 1852 deposal. The establishment of new clinics, the installation of gas mains, lighting, sewers, running water and cobblestones and the opening of the city’s main wholesale market led to increasing interest in the area on the part of the well-to-do and numerous imposing homes were built in the western half of San Telmo. This promising era ended abruptly, however, when an epidemic of yellow fever struck the area in 1871. The new clinics and the heroic efforts of physicians like Florentino Ameghino helped curb the spread of the epidemic into points north; but, claiming over 10,000 lives, the crisis led to the exodus of San Telmo’s growing middle and upper classes into what later became Barrio Norte.

Leaving behind hundreds of properties, a few of the larger lots were converted into needed parks, the largest of which is Lezama Park, designed by renowned French-Argentine urbanist Charles Thays in 1891 as a complement to the new Argentine National Museum of History. Most large homes, though, became tenement housing during the wave of Immigration in Argentina from Europe, between 1875 and 1930. San Telmo became the most multicultural neighborhood in Buenos Aires, home to large communities of British, Galician, Italian and Russian-Argentines. The large numbers of Russians in San Telmo and elsewhere in Buenos Aires led to the consecration of Argentina’s first Russian Orthodox Church in 1901. Growing industry to the south also led a German immigrant, Otto Krause, to open a technical school here in 1897.

San Telmo’s bohemian air began attracting local artists after upwardly mobile immigrants left the area. Growing cultural activity resulted in the opening of the Buenos Aires Museum of Modern Art by critic Rafael Squirru in 1956, as well as in the 1960 advent of the “Republic of San Telmo,” an artisan guild which organized art walks and other events. San Telmo’s immigrant presence also led to quick popularization of tango in the area; long after the genre’s heyday, renowned vocalist Edmundo Rivero purchased an abandoned colonial-era grocery in 1969, christening it El Viejo Almacén (“The Old Grocery Store”). Soon becoming one of the city’s best-known tango music halls, it helped lead to a cultural and economic revival in San Telmo.

The 1980 restoration of the former Ezeiza family mansion into the Pasaje de la Defensa (“Defensa Street Promenade”), moreover, has led to the refurbishment of numerous such structures, many of which had been conventillos (tenements) since the 1870s. As most of San Telmo’s 19^th century architecture and cobblestone streets remain, it has also become an important tourist attraction.

San Telmo ist ein Stadtteil im Südosten der argentinischen Hauptstadt Buenos Aires. Der Stadtteil hat 25.969 Einwohner auf einer Fläche von 1,3 km² (Stand von 2001). Die Bevölkerungsdichte entspricht somit 19.976 Einwohner pro km² und liegt damit über dem Durchschnitt von Buenos Aires, der ca. 13.500 Einwohner/km² beträgt. Von 1991 auf 2001 nahm die Bevölkerung um fast acht Prozent ab.

San Telmo wird dem “Sur”, dem Süden der Stadt, zugeordnet, der als Gründungskern von Buenos Aires angesehen wird. Das Viertel liegt auf der Verbindungslinie zwischen dem ehemaligen Hafen in La Boca und dem historischen Stadtzentrum, dem Bereich des heutigen Microcentro, und entstand durch die Niederlassung zahlreicher Händler an dieser wichtigen Route.

Beschreibung

San Telmo ist architektonisch stark geprägt durch Altbauten aus dem 19. Jahrhundert. Neubauten vor allem aus der zweiten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts, die andere Stadtteile wie z. B. Palermo stark prägen, finden sich hier seltener, da ein großer Teil des Stadtteils unter Denkmalschutz steht.

Nach einer Zeit wirtschaftlichen Niederganges hat sich San Telmo seit Mitte der 1990er-Jahre zunehmend zu einem touristisch geprägten Stadtteil entwickelt, in dem sich u. a. zahlreiche RestaurantsTangoshows speziell für touristisches Publikum befinden. Auf der zentral im Stadtteil gelegenen Plaza Dorrego findet jeden Sonntag ein großer Antiquitätenmarkt, die mit täglichen Feria de San Pedro Telmo, statt. Weitere Sehenswürdigkeiten sind der Parque Lezama, das Museo de Arte Moderno, das Historische Nationalmuseum von Argentinien und die Casa Esteban de Luca, das ehemalige Wohnhaus des Dichters der ersten Nationalhymne, das heute als Historisches Monument geschützt ist.

Während San Telmo selbst wie viele innerstädtische Stadtteile von Buenos Aires mit wenig Grünflächen aufwartet, grenzt es im Osten an die Reserva Ecológica, die größte zusammenhängende Grünfläche der Stadt.

Wikipedia

San Telmo, Antiques

San Telmo es un barrio de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires. Está comprendido por las calles Chile, Av. Ingeniero Huergo, Brasil, Av. Paseo Colón, Av. Martín García, Defensa, Av. Caseros y Piedras. Limita con los barrios de Monserrat al norte, Puerto Madero al este, Boca al sureste, Barracas al suroeste y Constitución al oeste.

San Telmo (San Pedro González Telmo) es uno de los barrios más antiguos de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires. En sus orígenes, fue habitado por las familias aristocráticas de Buenos Aires, hasta que la epidemia de la fiebre amarilla de 1871, los obligo a mudarse al norte. Fue entonces que estas familias propietarias de las casonas de San Telmo, comenzaron a alquilarlas a los inmigrantes trabajadores. Junto con el cercano Monserrat fue el barrio más negro de Buenos Aires, llamándose “Barrio Sur“, en oposición al “Barrio Norte” de San Nicolás. Todavía pueden escucharse ritmos afro-rioplatenses como el candombe en sus calles.

San Telmo es una de las zonas mejor conservadas dentro de la siempre cambiante Buenos Aires, y se caracteriza por sus caserones coloniales y sus calles, muchas de las cuales aún están empedradas con adoquines. Entre las muchas atracciones que se pueden visitar en este barrio, se encuentran numerosas iglesias antiguas (como la de San Pedro Telmo), museos, tiendas de antigüedades y una feria semipermanente de antigüedades Feria de San Telmo en la plaza principal, Plaza Dorrego.

También se realizan actividades relacionadas con el tango y el Candombe, destinadas tanto a los habitantes locales como a los numerosos turistas que visitan la zona.

Los sábados por la tarde y los domingos durante todo el día, la calle Defensa se convierte en paseo peatonal donde se disfruta de artistas callejeros, titiriteros, magos y estatuas vivientes.

San Telmo (“Saint Pedro González Telmo“) is the oldest barrio (neighborhood) of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is a well-preserved area of the Argentine metropolis and is characterized by its colonial buildings. Cafes, tango parlors and antique shops line the cobblestone (adoquines) streets, which are often filled with artists and dancers.

San Telmo’s attractions include old churches (e.g. San Pedro Telmo), museums, antique stores and a semi-permanent antique fair (Feria de Antigüedades) in the main public square, Plaza Dorrego. Tango-related activities for both locals and tourists are in the area.

Known as San Pedro Heights during the 17^th century, the area was mostly home to the city’s growing contingent of dockworkers and brickmakers; indeed, the area became Buenos Aires’ first “industrial” area, home to its first windmill and most of the early city’s brick kilns and warehouses. The bulk of the city’s exports of wool, hides and leather (the Argentine region’s chief source of income as late as the 1870s) were prepared and stored here in colonial times. Their presence led to the first residential settlements in this area: that of Africans, slaves and free, alike.

Separated from Buenos Aires proper by a ravine, the area was formally incorporated into the city in 1708 as the “Ovens and Storehouses of San Pedro.” The neighborhood’s poverty led the Jesuits to found a “Spiritual House” in the area, a charitable and educational mission referred to by San Pedro’s indigent as “the Residence;” the 1767 Suppression of the Society of Jesus led to the mission’s closure, however.

The void left by the Jesuits’ departure was addressed by the 1806 establishment of the Parish of San Pedro González Telmo (or “San Telmo”), so named in honor of the Patron Saint of seafarers. The move failed to replace lost social institutions, however, and San Telmo languished well after Argentine independence in 1816. The Jesuit Residence, restored as a clinic by Guatemalan friars, was shuttered in 1821, and San Telmo saw no public works for the next 30 years except a Black Infantrymen’s Quarters and the construction of the dreaded Mazorca Dungeon by Governor Juan Manuel de Rosas.

San Telmo began to improve despite these challenges, particularly after Rosas’ 1852 deposal. The establishment of new clinics, the installation of gas mains, lighting, sewers, running water and cobblestones and the opening of the city’s main wholesale market led to increasing interest in the area on the part of the well-to-do and numerous imposing homes were built in the western half of San Telmo. This promising era ended abruptly, however, when an epidemic of yellow fever struck the area in 1871. The new clinics and the heroic efforts of physicians like Florentino Ameghino helped curb the spread of the epidemic into points north; but, claiming over 10,000 lives, the crisis led to the exodus of San Telmo’s growing middle and upper classes into what later became Barrio Norte.

Leaving behind hundreds of properties, a few of the larger lots were converted into needed parks, the largest of which is Lezama Park, designed by renowned French-Argentine urbanist Charles Thays in 1891 as a complement to the new Argentine National Museum of History. Most large homes, though, became tenement housing during the wave of Immigration in Argentina from Europe, between 1875 and 1930. San Telmo became the most multicultural neighborhood in Buenos Aires, home to large communities of British, Galician, Italian and Russian-Argentines. The large numbers of Russians in San Telmo and elsewhere in Buenos Aires led to the consecration of Argentina’s first Russian Orthodox Church in 1901. Growing industry to the south also led a German immigrant, Otto Krause, to open a technical school here in 1897.

San Telmo’s bohemian air began attracting local artists after upwardly mobile immigrants left the area. Growing cultural activity resulted in the opening of the Buenos Aires Museum of Modern Art by critic Rafael Squirru in 1956, as well as in the 1960 advent of the “Republic of San Telmo,” an artisan guild which organized art walks and other events. San Telmo’s immigrant presence also led to quick popularization of tango in the area; long after the genre’s heyday, renowned vocalist Edmundo Rivero purchased an abandoned colonial-era grocery in 1969, christening it El Viejo Almacén (“The Old Grocery Store”). Soon becoming one of the city’s best-known tango music halls, it helped lead to a cultural and economic revival in San Telmo.

The 1980 restoration of the former Ezeiza family mansion into the Pasaje de la Defensa (“Defensa Street Promenade”), moreover, has led to the refurbishment of numerous such structures, many of which had been conventillos (tenements) since the 1870s. As most of San Telmo’s 19^th century architecture and cobblestone streets remain, it has also become an important tourist attraction.

San Telmo ist ein Stadtteil im Südosten der argentinischen Hauptstadt Buenos Aires. Der Stadtteil hat 25.969 Einwohner auf einer Fläche von 1,3 km² (Stand von 2001). Die Bevölkerungsdichte entspricht somit 19.976 Einwohner pro km² und liegt damit über dem Durchschnitt von Buenos Aires, der ca. 13.500 Einwohner/km² beträgt. Von 1991 auf 2001 nahm die Bevölkerung um fast acht Prozent ab.

San Telmo wird dem “Sur”, dem Süden der Stadt, zugeordnet, der als Gründungskern von Buenos Aires angesehen wird. Das Viertel liegt auf der Verbindungslinie zwischen dem ehemaligen Hafen in La Boca und dem historischen Stadtzentrum, dem Bereich des heutigen Microcentro, und entstand durch die Niederlassung zahlreicher Händler an dieser wichtigen Route.

Beschreibung

San Telmo ist architektonisch stark geprägt durch Altbauten aus dem 19. Jahrhundert. Neubauten vor allem aus der zweiten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts, die andere Stadtteile wie z. B. Palermo stark prägen, finden sich hier seltener, da ein großer Teil des Stadtteils unter Denkmalschutz steht.

Nach einer Zeit wirtschaftlichen Niederganges hat sich San Telmo seit Mitte der 1990er-Jahre zunehmend zu einem touristisch geprägten Stadtteil entwickelt, in dem sich u. a. zahlreiche RestaurantsTangoshows speziell für touristisches Publikum befinden. Auf der zentral im Stadtteil gelegenen Plaza Dorrego findet jeden Sonntag ein großer Antiquitätenmarkt, die mit täglichen Feria de San Pedro Telmo, statt. Weitere Sehenswürdigkeiten sind der Parque Lezama, das Museo de Arte Moderno, das Historische Nationalmuseum von Argentinien und die Casa Esteban de Luca, das ehemalige Wohnhaus des Dichters der ersten Nationalhymne, das heute als Historisches Monument geschützt ist.

Während San Telmo selbst wie viele innerstädtische Stadtteile von Buenos Aires mit wenig Grünflächen aufwartet, grenzt es im Osten an die Reserva Ecológica, die größte zusammenhängende Grünfläche der Stadt.

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Casa Rosada - Buenos Aires - Argentina

The Casa Rosada (the Pink House) is the official seat of the executive branch of the government of Argentina, and of the offices of the President. The President normally resides at the Quinta de Olivos, a compound in Olivos, Buenos Aires Province.

The Casa Rosada sits at the eastern end of the Plaza de Mayo, a large square which since the 1580 foundation of Buenos Aires has been surrounded by many of the most important political institutions of the city and of Argentina. The site, originally at the shoreline of the Río de la Plata, was first occupied by the “Fort of Juan Baltazar of Austria,” a structure built on the orders of the founder of Buenos Aires, Captain Juan de Garay, in 1594. Its 1713 replacement by a masonry structure (the “Castle of San Miguel”) complete with turrets made the spot the effective nerve center of colonial government. Following independence, President Bernardino Rivadavia had a Neoclassical portico built at the entrance in 1825, and the building remained unchanged until, in 1857, President Justo José de Urquiza ordered the fort demolished in favor of a new customs building. Under the direction of British Argentine architect Edward Taylor, the Italianate structure functioned as Buenos Aires’ largest building from 1859 until the 1890s.

The old fort’s administrative annex, which survived the construction of Taylor’s Customs House, was enlisted as the Presidential offices by Bartolomé Mitre in the 1860s and his successor, Domingo Sarmiento, who beautified the drab building with patios, gardens and wrought-iron grillwork, had the exterior painted pink reportedly in order to defuse political tensions by mixing the red and white colours of the country’s opposing political parties. An alternative explanation suggests that the original paint contained cow’s blood to prevent damage from the effects of humidity. Sarmiento also authorized the construction of the Central Post Office next door in 1873, commissioning Swedish Argentine architect Carl Kihlberg, who designed this, one of the first of Buenos Aires’ many examples of Second Empire architecture.

Presiding over an unprecedented socio-economic boom, President Julio Roca commissioned architect Enrique Aberg to replace the cramped State House by one resembling the neighboring Central Post Office in 1882. Following works to integrate the two structures, Roca had architect Francesco Tamburini build the iconic Italianate archway between the two in 1884. The resulting State House, still known as the “Pink House,” was completed in 1898 following its eastward enlargement, works which resulted in the destruction of the customs house.

A Historical Museum was created in 1957 to display presidential memorabilia and selected belongings, such as sashes, batons, books, furniture, and three carriages. The remains of the former fort were partially excavated in 1991, and the uncovered structures were incorporated into the Museum of the Casa Rosada. Located behind the building, these works led to the rerouting of Paseo Colón Avenue, unifying the Casa Rosada with Parque Colón (Columbus Park) behind it. Plans were announced in 2009 for the restoration of surviving portions of Taylor’s Customs House, as well.

The Casa Rosada itself is currently undergoing extensive renovation delayed by an economic crisis around 2001. The work is scheduled for completion on the 2010 bicentennial of the May Revolution that led to independence.

The President sits at his or her office on a seat known as the “Seat of Rivadavia.” The seat itself did not actually belong to Bernardino Rivadavia, the first President of Argentina; but is instead an homage to the early statesman.^[3]

The Hall of Busts houses marble busts of the many Presidents of Argentina, made by diverse artists both national and international. The list is not complete, as it does not feature some heads of state that took power by coups (such as Videla), nor national authorities in the times when there wasn’t yet a designated presidential office (such as Rosas). Currently, the busts are only made for presidents who have been out of office for at least 2 presidential mandates; the most current one is that of Raúl Alfonsín.

Casa Rosada – aus Wikipedia, der freien Enzyklopädie

Die Casa Rosada (span. für Rosa Haus) ist der argentinische Präsidentenpalast. Sie befindet sich in der Hauptstadt Buenos Aires an der Ostseite der Plaza de Mayo im Stadtteil Montserrat.

Überblick

Die Casa Rosada wurde auf den Resten der alten Stadtbefestigung erbaut und häufig verändert. Das Gebäude ist offizieller Sitz des amtierenden Präsidenten, wenngleich als solches nur mehr zu formellen Anlässen verwendet. Ein weitererer offizieller Sitz ist in Olivos nördlich der Hauptstadt, welcher aber vornehmlich der Erholung und der informellen Repräsentation dient.

Der rosafarbige Außenanstrich stammt aus dem Jahr 1873, der Regierungszeit von Präsident Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, auch wenn die Intensität des Rosatons seither mehrfach geändert wurde. Für die Farbgebung gibt es zwei Erklärungen: Einerseits wird erzählt, Sarmiento habe die Farben der verfeindeten Unitarier und Föderalisten, Weiß und Rot, mischen lassen, um damit die Einheit Argentiniens zu symbolisieren. Die andere Erklärung weist darauf hin, dass Rosa im 19. Jahrhundert eine verbreitete Farbe für Häuseranstriche war, die durch die Mischung von Kalk mit Ochsenblut entstand, das für seine wasserabstoßenden und fixierenden Eigenschaften benutzt wurde.^[1]

Es wurde zum Teil auch argumentiert, die übliche Farbe der Unitarier sei eigentlich nicht rot, sondern himmelblau/azurfarben gewesen.

In der Casa Rosada gibt es auch ein kleines Museum, dessen Eingang sich auf der Calle Hipólito Yrigoyen befindet. Ausgestellt sind u.a. persönliche Objekte früherer Präsidenten.