Architecture

Cabildo of Buenos Aires, central structure with tower

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Cabildo de Buenos Aires [Spanish]
Museo Nacional del Cabildo y la Revolución de Mayo [Spanish]
Cabildo of Buenos Aires, central structure with tower

Architecture

structure overview
Cabildo of Buenos Aires
architectural element(s)
clock tower

Architecture: Cabildo of Buenos Aires

full/alternative names
National Museum of the Cabildo and the May Revolution
historic names
Cabildo of the City of the Most Holy Trinity and Port of Saint Mary of the Fair Winds
Cabildo de la Ciudad de la Santísima Trinidad y Puerto de Nuestra Señora del Buen Ayre [Spanish]
built
1725-1740
1940-1960
culture
Spanish
style/period
Baroque
work type by function
1740–1821
city hall
1740–1821
seat of government
1740–1812
courthouse
1740–1877
prison
since 1939
history museum
material
brick, wood
technique
masonry
architect / constr. phase
1725-1728
1728-1740
1940-1960
Mario José Buschiazzo
reconstruction of colonial appearance

Specifications

Specifications: Cabildo of Buenos Aires

height
33.0 m
stories (above ground)
2

Geography

America » Latin America » South America » Argentina » Buenos Aires » Commune 1 » Monserrat
local language location name
Buenos Aires, Argentina [Spanish]

Image characteristics

maximum image resolution
2,939 × 4,880  pixel
24.9 × 41.3 cm (300 dpi)
capture date
image processing
perspective control, colour corrected
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