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Palace of the Argentine National Congress
Palace of the Argentine National Congress: Plaza del Congreso, Buenos Aires LCCN2016821472
Palace of the Argentine National Congress: The Raymond-Whitcomb exceptional tours to South America; small groups under escort with the character and appearance of private parties (1917) (14799437793)
Palace of the Argentine National Congress: 2019 Buenos Aires - Palacio del Congreso de la Nación Argentina

Photo: National Photo Company Collection · Public domain · via Library of Congress via Wikimedia Commons

Parliament · Buenos Aires, Argentina

Palace of the Argentine National Congress

On the globe
Dated
Dated 1898–1906
Declared purpose
National Congress
Today
Survives, still the congress
Build time
About 8 years
Region
Latin America
Architect of record
Vittorio Meano, architect: about 35 when credited (1895, born 1860). Build time on record: about 8 years.All architects of record →
On the list as
Documented

Hidden history

Found, Not Built

A domed parliament by Vittorio Meano, who also worked on Teatro Colón.

  1. Meano again

    Its architect also worked on Teatro Colón.

  2. The capitol dome

    Its domed central block follows the same capitol formula as Washington and the US state houses.

Questions worth asking

  • Why the same dome on capitols across the Americas?

Possible original uses

  • Parliament

What the photos show

Sources

Further viewing

Episodes from My Lunch Break (Michael Kruse), the main lens for this app. They open on YouTube.

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