Palacio Taranco

The Palacio Taranco is a building in the Uruguayan capital of Montevideo.

It currently houses the Museo de Decorative Arts and is located in the heart of Ciudad Vieja on the Plaza Zabala, in the streets 25 de Mayo, Solís and 1 ° de Mayo adjacent. The twelve -meter-high, three-story Palacio Taranco covers an area of 1481 m². Designed by the French architect Charles -Louis Girault, the builder of the Petit Palais in Paris, and Jules Leon Chifflot, a listed building was built as a result of the 1907/08 established planning 1908-1910, originally served the brothers Ortiz Taranco as a residence and was designed exclusively for residential purposes. The cost was enormous 321,000 pesos for that time. 1925 was housed in the building of the English king during his visit to Uruguay. In 1943 the State acquired the Palacio Taranco for the Ministry of Culture and in 1972 it set up then the museum on the premises of a. Three years later, the Monumento Histórico Nacional classification as. 1979, the building was the scene of the signing of the Acta de Montevideo. At times, was housed in the education and culture ministry building in the Academia Nacional de Letras. 1997 restoration work was carried out under the direction of architect J. Lezica and E. Ferrari. Día del Patrimonio During the Palacio Taranco is one of the most visited places.

Source

Including the following:

• Mertins, Günter ( Eds.): Contributions to the urban geography of Montevideo ( = Marburger geographical writings Bulletin 108. ). In the self- publishing the Marburg Geographical Society, Marburg an der Lahn, 1987, ISBN 3-88353-032-8, p 126