Casa de los Vázquez
The Casa de los Vázquez is a building in the Uruguayan capital, Montevideo .
The building, also known as Casa del Virrey , was built between 1820 and 1830 and is located in Ciudad Vieja at Calle Piedras 560-562, corner with Calle Ituzaingó 1542-1544 . Information about the architect of the building is not available. While it was originally designed as a residential building, it now houses both apartments and business premises. The twelve-meter-high, two-story Casa de los Vázquez has an area of 997 m². In the years 1990 to 1992 restoration work took place under the direction of the architect Nelson Inda and the Uruguayan Ministry of Transport and Construction (Ministerio de Transporte y Obras Públicas) .
Since 1975 the building has been classified as the Monumento Histórico Nacional .
literature
- Guía Arquitectónica y Urbanística de Montevideo. 3. Edition. Intendencia Municipal de Montevideo et al., Montevideo et al. 2008, ISBN 978-9974-600-26-3 , pp. 41, 125.
Web links
- Padrón 3322 - Casa del Virrey (Spanish)
Coordinates: 34 ° 54 ′ 14.2 " S , 56 ° 12 ′ 19.4" W.