Casa Rosada by junge1

Photography • Architecture • posted on Nov 10, 2009

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La Casa Rosada (The Pink House) also known as Casa de Gobierno (Government House) or Palacio Presidencial (Presidential Palace) is located at the eastern end of Plaza de Mayo, Buenos Aires on a site once occupied by colonial riverbank fortifications. Today it is more than a kilometer inland because of land filling. Construction begun during the presidency of Domingo Faustino Sarmiento (12 Oct 1868 to 11 Oct 1874), Argentina's 7th president. From its balcony, Juan Peron and other Argentine presidents and politicians have convened throngs of impassioned Argentines when they deemed necessary a show of public support. In 1955, naval aircraft strafed the Casa Rosada and other downtown buildings in the so-called Revolucion Libertadora, which toppled Peron. In 1995 Madonna sang her filmed rendition of the song 'Don't Cy for Me Argentina' for the movie 'Evita' from the balcony after a meeting with President Carlos Menem. The Casa Rosada is currently undergoing extensive restoration scheduled for completion on the 2010 bicentennial of the May Revolution that led to independence. This picture was taken on 25 November 2006. Thank you for viewing, commenting, and favs, Sig...

Comments (33)

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shadownet

11:06PM | Tue, 10 November 2009

Great photo and history!

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bimm3d

11:07PM | Tue, 10 November 2009

wonderful place and photo!!

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MagikUnicorn

11:23PM | Tue, 10 November 2009

Beautful architecture and Wonderful picture

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auntietk

11:38PM | Tue, 10 November 2009

That's a gorgeous bit of historic architecture ... a building easily recognized. This is a great photo, and I'm glad you posted it!

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NoelCan

11:41PM | Tue, 10 November 2009

Great photo, thanks for the history..!

MrsLubner

11:52PM | Tue, 10 November 2009

Its a beautiful and historic building but the renovation has not helped to highlight any of that. I find the fencing distracting and sad. I'll hope to see this again once the restoration is complete and the fence has been removed or at least beautified. Your photo really is a good one and helps to minimize the non-historic elemements.

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bmac62

12:54AM | Wed, 11 November 2009

Fascinating. I thought this building looked familiar (movies you know). I had the same reaction to the fence...I'm sure it is needed these days for security but let's hope it can be reinstalled to look better. Excellent notes for us wannabe tourists:)

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