Casa Central del Banco República

The Banco de la República Oriental del Uruguay is a building in the Uruguayan capital of Montevideo.

Named after one in 1916 carried out the international competition in 1921 finally planned and from 1926 to 1938, the year of the inauguration, constructed building located in the Ciudad Vieja on Calle Cerrito 351 between the streets Zabala and Solís. For the construction in the preceding competition roofed with the first prize architect Juan Veltroni and J. Genovese and on the final planning of Veltroni and Raúl Acevedo Lerena project were responsible. The neoclassical building serves as the seat be classified in 1857 founded Banco de la República Oriental del Uruguay ( BROU ), whereupon his planning was aligned. The 40 -meter-high, seven-story building has a floor area of ​​6708 m².

Since 1975, the building is classified as Monumento Histórico Nacional.

Do not confuse it with the same building on Avenida 18 de Julio, which houses a branch of the Banco de la República ( BROU ). However, its official name is Agencia 19 de Junio ​​.