Cabildo de Buenos Aires

The Cabildo of Buenos Aires

The Cabildo de Buenos Aires is an official building that served as the seat of government during the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata . It is located in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires . Today the building is a museum.

history

The mayor Manuel de Frías promised on March 3, 1608 the construction of the Cabildo in the Plaza de Mayo , since the government of the city lacked a corresponding building. The construction was financed by tax revenues from the port. It was completed in 1610, but soon after it was too small and needed to be expanded.

As early as 1682, due to the lack of construction maintenance, the building was almost a ruin and a new building with two floors and a width of eleven arches was planned. However, construction did not start until July 23, 1725, was suspended in 1728 and only resumed in 1731. Shortly afterwards, the work was delayed again due to lack of money. The tower of the new Cabildo was completed in 1764, the rest was not even ready for the May Revolution of 1810.

Standard of the 71st Highlanders Regiment of the British Army , captured during the first English invasion in 1806 , on public display as spoils of war in the National Museum of the Cabildo and the May Revolution in Buenos Aires .

In 1880 the architect Pedro Benoit raised the tower by ten meters and constructed a dome that was covered with glazed bricks instead of the traditional red bricks. The tower and the three northernmost arches of the main building were demolished nine years later to make way for Avenida de Mayo . In 1931, the three southernmost arches for the layout of Avenida Julio A. Roca were demolished, so that only five of the original eleven arches remained.

In 1940 the architect Mario Buschiazzo reconstructed the original condition of the Cabildo using old construction plans. The tower, the red roof tiles, the iron bars on the windows and the wooden window frames and doors were restored.

National Cabildo Museum

Currently, the Cabildo is home to the Museo Nacional del Cabildo y la Revolución de Mayo (National Museum of the Cabildo and the May Revolution), which exhibits paintings, artifacts, clothing and jewelry from the 18th century. The original fountain from 1835 can still be seen in the courtyard of the Cabildo.

Web links

Commons : Cabildo  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Mayor's profile

Coordinates: 34 ° 36 ′ 31.3 ″  S , 58 ° 22 ′ 24.7 ″  W.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Trofeos de la Reconquista de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires en el año 1806 . Litografía, Imprenta y Encuadernación de Guillermo Kraft, Buenos Aires 1882 ( online - official publication).
2. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated February 14, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.