Plaza de Mayo

The Plaza de Mayo ( "place of the corn / the May Revolution " ) is the heart of the Argentine capital Buenos Aires dar. This place is the former founding area of ​​the city and serves as almost all the Spanish and South American Plazas representative purposes. Around the square rectangular plan are the Cathedral of Buenos Aires, Banco de la Nación, the town hall, the Cabildo and other government buildings. The square itself is dominated by a park.

The square is named after the liberation from the month of May 1810. This year, Argentina gained its independence from the colonial power Spain. To date, he is an important arena of political rallies or demonstrations Represents the only partially preserved house from the colonial period is located on the west side of the Plaza Cabildo (former seat of government ). The visible today building was constructed in 1725 and partially demolished to make way for the construction of two avenues. Compared to the colonial times the town hall stands the Casa Rosada presidential palace built in 1884 ( "Pink House "). It owes its name to the pink facade and was rebuilt several times over the years. He also owed to its asymmetrical shape this circumstance. The Presidential Palace was built at the exact location where the 1595 was the first fort from the time of the first city's founding.

Is finished in 1952 built building of the Banco de la Nacion at the northeast corner of the Plaza de Mayo. Worth seeing is the inside of the octagonal dome. The building is the headquarters of the largest state-owned Bank of Argentina and still includes the asset base of more than 10,000 treasure vaults of the National Bank. At the rear of the bank building closes to the north bank area of ​​the city.

On the northwest corner of the Plaza is the Cathedral built in 1862. In it, among other things, is the grave of Argentinean liberation fighter and national hero José de San Martín.

After the Argentine president Juan Perón in 1955 had to flee into exile, called on his followers to resist the seizure of power by the military. There was fighting between the military and armed paramilitary union federations. The highlight of the civil strife was the bombing of a rally at the Plaza de Mayo on October 16, 1955 by the Argentine Air Force, where hundreds of demonstrators came to death (→ bombing of Plaza de Mayo ).

During the military dictatorship from 1976 to 1982 under Jorge Videla and his successors the Plaza de Mayo became internationally known by the Madres de Plaza de Mayo. This protesting there weekly with a silent march against the violent traceless disappearance of their sons and daughters, for which the Government was responsible.

Gallery

The so-called Piramide de Mayo

Equestrian Statue of Manuel Belgrano

- 34.608333333333 - 58.371944444444Koordinaten: 34 ° 36 '30 " S, 58 ° 22' 19 " W

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