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The Casa Rosada
The Casa Rosada, home to the executive powers, is located where a Spanish fort stood from the end of the 16th
century to the mid 18th century. Its asymmetrical and eclectic aspect is the result of joining 2 buildings and
of successive interventions until the end of the 19th century; especially noting the work of Italian architect
Francesco Tamburini, who gave the building of The Casa Rosada its current look. As part of the decoration of the Casa Rosada, there is a
fasces lictoriae, an ancient Roman symbol that was installed decades before it was adopted as the symbol of
fascism. The Casa Rosada is watched over by soldiers of the Regimiento de Granaderos a Caballo (Grenadiers on
Horseback Regiment), dressed in uniforms of the time.
To visit the inside of the Casa Rosada, it is necessary to sign up for a guided tour in the Museo de la
Casa Rosada. The tour allows access to the interior courtyards and corridors, with its main attraction being
the collection of marble busts of constitutional presidents. The Museo of the Casa Rosada exhibits personal objects belonging to
former Argentine presidents. From here, access is open to what remains of the disappeared Aduana Nueva (Customs
House), the work of English architect Edward Taylor. Its sturdy vaults and archways evoke ancient Roman
architecture. Here, there is a model with plans of the semi-circular building that was built on the shorefront
of the Río de la Plata River and alongside the Fort in 1854, to be later demolished in 1890 as a result of the
construction of the new port. These ruins are also visible via an opening in the Plaza Colón esplanade.
The buildings of Ministerio de Economía (Ministry of Economy) and the Administración Federal de Ingresos
Públicos (Public Revenues), inspired by European architecture of the 30s and 40s, are located on Calle
Hipólito Yrigoyen. In the latter building, the facade and home to the first National Congress have been
preserved, the building is of interest to historians, since it also houses the library of the Academia Nacional
de Historia (National History Academy). The granite exterior of the Ministerio de Economía shows "scars" from
the aerial strike that caused dozens of casualties on june 16, 1955, just before Perón's fallout.
Until a little over a century ago, the Río de la Plata River reached the site of present-day Plaza Colón, where
Florentine artist Arnaldo Zocchi's Monumento a Cristóbal Colón (Christopher Columbus Monument) stands. Made of
Carrara marble, the monument evokes the departure from the Palos port and the first cross inserted in New World
ground, featuring a statue of the Genevan navigator. It was donated by the Italian community in commemoration
of the May Revolution Centennial.
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Starting at the Cathedral and Archbishop's Palace and the 17th. century Church of San Francisco with its 19th. century tower, forming a group of outstanding beauty, from there the range of tourist sights spreads out in all directions of Salta - Argentina.
Iguazu Falls - Cataratas del Iguazu - consists of some 275 separate waterfalls - in the rainy season there are as many as 350 - that send their white cascades plunging more than 200 feet onto the rocks below.
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