The Casa Rosada, or Pink House, is instantly recognizable by the distinctive, pale pink facade that dominates the eastern end of the Plaza de Mayo. This is the official workplace of the President of Argentina, housing the executive branch…
Plaza de Mayo Political History
This walk traces Argentina's turbulent path to democracy, starting at the iconic Casa Rosada and ending at the National Congress. You will stand in the public squares where citizens have gathered for generations to shape the nation's destiny through protest and celebration.
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1. Casa Rosada
2. Plaza de Mayo
The Plaza de Mayo is defined by the salmon-colored façade of the Casa Rosada, the seat of Argentina's executive government, which stretches across its entire eastern edge. Formed in eighteen eighty-four after the demolition of a colonial…
3. Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral
The Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral is defined by its façade, which features twelve towering Corinthian columns supporting a triangular pediment. This neoclassical design, inspired by the Palais Bourbon in Paris, makes the building…
4. Museo Nacional del Cabildo
The Cabildo de Buenos Aires is a low, white-walled colonial building with a series of arched windows and a prominent central clock tower located at the edge of Plaza de Mayo. As the former seat of the Spanish colonial town council, it…
5. Café Tortoni
Café Tortoni is distinguished by its long, ornate facade along Avenida de Mayo and a Tiffany-style stained-glass ceiling that casts light over the main hall. Established in eighteen fifty-eight by a French immigrant named Jean Touan, it is…
6. Palacio Barolo
The Palacio Barolo rises above the street, defined by an eclectic tower that reaches one hundred meters into the sky. Completed in nineteen twenty-three, the building was the tallest structure in South America for over a decade. Its…
7. Congreso de la Nación Argentina
The Palacio del Congreso de la Nación Argentina is defined by its massive central dome, a structure of copper and iron that rises eighty meters above the city streets. This monumental building occupies the western end of the Avenida de…