Buenos Aires City Legislature Palace, Legislative building in Monserrat, Buenos Aires, Argentina
The Buenos Aires City Legislature Palace is a Neoclassical building of grey granite on a triangular block at Roca Avenue, Perú and Hipólito Yrigoyen streets. Its facade has Corinthian colonnades, balconies with balustrades and 26 cornice caryatids, most carved by Troiano Troiani. A clock tower with five bells and a 30-bell carillon rises above the roofline.
The building was completed in 1931 and initially housed the legislative body. Between 1947 and 1955, the Labor Ministry and the Eva Peron Foundation also used parts of it for their operations.
The Salón Rosado, now the Salón Eva Perón, was set up after women won the vote in 1947 as a room where female officials met without men; it holds her memorial bust, original furniture and wood panelling. The Golden Hall, modelled on the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles, has Ionic columns, six chandeliers of 45 lights each and 14 candelabras, and hosts public hearings and receptions. The Esteban Echeverría Library keeps 2,000 books from the 17th to 19th centuries.
Visitors can take free guided tours to explore the legislative halls, parliamentary chamber, and public library inside. The building is located in central Buenos Aires and is easily accessible by public transportation.
The tower houses a Westminster clock system that controls 80 other clocks throughout the building. Above that sits a carillon of 30 bells that still rings on special occasions.
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