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The city of San Miguel de Tucumán is appointed capital city of Argentina for each July 9 since 1992. The annual celebration of the declaration of independence is attended by the president of Argentina, the governor of Tucumán province, their cabinets and special guests. [10] The Casa de Tucumán is now a museum.
A prime section of the property was purchased in 1774 by Manuel de Basavilbaso, the postmaster general of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata. His daughter, Justa Rufina, married Miguel de Azcuénaga , a military officer who would later take part in the May Revolution of 1810 (prologue to the Argentine War of Independence ).
The National Historic Monuments of Argentina are buildings, sites and features in Argentina listed by national decree as historic sites. This designation encourages greater protection under the oversight of the Comisión Nacional de Museos, Monumentos y Lugares Históricos (National Commission of Museums, Monuments and Historic Places), created ...
This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. This is a timeline of Argentine history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Argentina and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of Argentina. See also the ...
La Casa de Tucumán, owned by Doña Francisca Bazán de Laguna, where independence was declared and where the first celebration of that day took place.. After the signing of the Declaration of Independence, and according to General Lamadrid, it was proposed to hold a party to celebrate the event; this would take place on the evening of the following day, 10 July, in the courtyard of the same ...
The exploration of Argentina in 1534 begins from two separate directions. Francisco de Aguirre heads into the area from the west over the Andes and Pedro González de Mendoza comes in from the Rio de la Plata region. Juan de Ayolas, Domingo, Martínez de Irala, Jerónimo Ochoa de Eizaguirre, Andrés de Arzamendia, Juan de Estigarribia, Galaz de ...
The Casa Rosada (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkasa roˈsaða]), lit. ' the Pink House ' , is the president of the Argentine Republic 's official workplace, located in Buenos Aires . The palatial mansion is known officially as Casa de Gobierno ("House of Government" or "Government House").
The Casa Rosada ("Pink House") is the official seat of the executive branch of the Argentine government. The Casa Rosada sits at the eastern end of the Plaza de Mayo, a large square which since the 1580 foundation of Buenos Aires has been surrounded by many of the most important political institutions of the city and of Argentina.