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Congress of the Argentine Nation Second Day We visited the most important buildings in Buenos Aires Starting with * is the legislative branch of the government of Argentina *Its composition is bicameral, constituted by a 72-seat Senate (we went just here) and a 257-seat Chamber of Deputies *The Congress building is located in Buenos Aires, at the western end of Avenida de Mayo *Designed by the Italian architect Vittorio Meano and completed by Argentine architect Julio Dormal *The building was under construction between 1898 and 1906
Transcript of Second day in bs as
Congress of the Argentine
Nation
Second Day
We visited the most important buildings in
Buenos AiresStarting with
* is the legislative branch of the government of Argentina
*Its composition is bicameral, constituted by a 72-seat Senate (we went just here) and a 257-seat Chamber of Deputies
*The Congress building is located in Buenos Aires, at the western end of Avenida de Mayo
*Designed by the Italian architect Vittorio Meano and completed by Argentine architect Julio Dormal
*The building was under construction between 1898 and 1906
Second Day
We visited the most important buildings
around “Plaza de Mayo”
Buenos Aires Metropolitan
Cathedral
The Pink House
*The present church was completed between 1752 and 1852*Presents an neoclassical style*It is more like a Greek temple than a typical Catholic church*The twelve columns of the front represent the apostles of Jesus*From the right aisle you can access to the marble mausoleum houses the tomb, that holds the remains of General San Martin
then
*is the executive mansion and office of the President of Argentina* The characteristic color of the Casa Rosada is baby pink, and is considered one of the most emblematic buildings in Buenos Aires*It has been declared a National Historic Monument of Argentina.
Last, but no least…
Teatro Colón
*is considered one of the best theaters in the world
*is now located in the heart of downtown Buenos Aires
*It was inaugurated on May 25th, 1908 with Giuseppe Verdi's opera Aida
*The construction of the new building took around 20 years
* In 1989, the Teatro Colón was declared "National Historical Monument."
So much FUN!After this cultural visits, we went to the hotel; after that we had dinner. And finall we went to a mall to play bowling!
Ours Pics!
It’s so big!
And we too small
Cool but boring!!!
C’mon guys! Let’s go to Mc Donald's!
Pink House
HAHA!!
Source: -http://www.buenosaires.travel/Catedral-Metropolitana.aspx-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentine_National_Congress-http://www.presidencia.gob.ar/la-casa-rosada/historiahttp://www.teatrocolon.org.ar/en/
