The building of the Congress of
the Argentine Nation is located in Buenos Aires, at the western end of Avenida de Mayo. Its main entrance faces
towards the front of Casa Rosada (which
is twelve blocks away, at the Eastern end of the same avenue), as a metaphor
for the complementary nature of the legislative and the executive branch.
In 1896 the construction was
awarded to the Italian architect Vittorio Meano, who was also the second
constructor of the Colón Theater. After Meano’s death in 1904, the construction
was assigned to the Belgian Jules
Dormal Godet, who respected Meano’s original proyect.
Inaugurated in 1906, important details
of the building were not completed until 1946; therefore, when something took
longer than expected, porteños used
to say “it takes longer than the congress construction”.
The Kilometre Zero
for all Argentine National Highways is marked on a
milestone at La Plaza del Congreso, in front of the building.
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UNDER CONSTRUCTION (CIRCA 1905)
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1910 - TAKEN FROM THE CORNER OF HIPÓLITO YRIGOYEN AND AV. ENTRE RÍOS
