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Pirámide de Mayo
Although it has its origins in the first city
plaza traced by founder Juan de Garay
in 1580, the plaza takes its current name
from the pyramid in the center, which
com mem orates the Revolución de
Mayo of 1810.

Locator Map

Palacio de Gobierno
The City Hall, the headquarters of
the mayor of Buenos Aires, is a white
Neo -Classical building located beside
the Cabildo, from which the Spanish
authorities ruled over Argentina.
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D E F E N S A

4 Cabildo de Buenos Aires
Manzana de Between 1748 and 1821, the city’s affairs
las Luces were managed here, the center of the
intel lect ual debates that led to
Argentinian Independence.
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A V E N I D A R O C A

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S A N M A R T ĺ N P R I V A D A V I A A V E D E M A Y O

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Legislatura de Buenos Aires
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This 1930s building has an octa-
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gonal tower with five sym bolic
0 yards 100 bells named La Pinta, La
Argentina, La Niña, La Porteña,
and La Santa María.
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