Remarkable buildings in Buenos Aires

Address: Perú 294 Piso 1 - MonserratThe so-called “Manzana de las luces” (apple of the lights) is an archeological complex integrated by a number of old and historic city buildings, where a cultural center functions nowadays for art exhibitions, plays…

Address: Carlos Calvo 4319 - BoedoThis was the neighborhood’s first library and in its beginnings it was one of the most modern ones in the country since it had binding and a translation department. Currently it has 45,681 books. For…

Address: Reconquista 269 - San NicolásBetter known as the ex- Convent of the ‘Mercedarios’, it neighbors with the Basilica of Our Lady of Mercy. The monks of this order inhabited here and, at a time, they were the one’s who…

Address: Defensa 183/185 - MonserratThis building dates back from 1820 and it belonged to a high-class family from Buenos Aires, called Elorriaga. This is one of the very few city square corners. It preserves the characteristics of the buildings from…

Address: Azopardo 802 - San TelmoThe CGT (literally, the General Confederation of Labour) is a union organization that influenced the course of Argentinian history. Its origin dates back to 1930 as a result of the agreement between socialist and union…

Address: Viamonte 497 - San NicolásThe inauguration of this church dates from the year 1745. There, a congregation of nuns belonging to the Dominican order settled down. During the English Invasions, this building suffered the same fate as the churches…

Address: Balcarce 139 - MonserratThe National Academy of History occupies the building of Balcarce 139, on the site where the hero of Independence General Antonio González Balcarce was born and where the National Congress was raised between 1864 and 1905.…

Address: Av de Mayo 575 - MonserratThis used to shelter “La Prensa” newspaper, which had a very influential editorial in the country’s public opinion. Founded in 1896, it is one of the most emblematic buildings in the city, with a…

Address: Defensa 628 - San TelmoIt is the work of the engineer Eduardo Castillo. This building was inaugurated in 1877, with a very noticeable Italian classicist style. It had a part of the building dedicated to administration and it also…

Address: Arenales 761 - RetiroThis majestic Palace known as the San Martín Palace is today the Ceremonial venue pertaining to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship. Majestic in its form and style, this Palace is representative of the purest…

Address: Rivadavia y San Martín s/n - San NicolásTogether with the Cabildo, it is part of the Historic core where the city originated, being designated by Juan de Garay as the major church. It carries a large background of projects,…

Address: Humberto I 340 - San TelmoThis church began to be built during the last part of 1734 with the Jesuit preacher and architect Andrés Blanqui. It still keeps the original colonial austere features in its interior but its façade…

Address: Av Entre Ríos y Rivadavia e/ Combate de los Pozos e Irigoyen - MonserratThis Historic National Monument is the venue of the National Legislative Power, namely the Upper House and the Lower house. It consists of an impressive building…

Address: Bolívar 225 - MonserratThis is the oldest church in the city and it is part of the “Manzana de las luces”. This church is the result of the Jesuit, Krauss and of the Italians, Bianchi and Prímoli. It has…

Address: Av. Santa Fe 750 - RetiroThis Palace originally belonged to one of the great Argentinean families, for which it keeps its last name: Paz Palace. Dr. José Camilo Paz was once the ambassador in Paris and, later, the founder…

Address: Florida 336 - San Nicolás This is a representative building of the French academicism that signed the urban profile of Buenos Aires in the 20s, dragging a past filled with artistic and cultural history. It was inaugurated in 1927,…

Address: Perú 104 - MonserratThis is the city’s Legislative Power’s seat. The building was constructed in 1931, following the French style of the 18th century. It is attributed to the architect Hector Ayerza. It constitutes a fundamental milestone in the…

Address: Av de Mayo 1370 - MonserratThis building is characterized by a passage (“Barolo”) named after a very powerful textile businessman who entrusted the construction of this stunning Romanesque-Neo-gothic palace to the architect Mario Palanti. Its inauguration took place in…

Address: Paseo Colon 850 - San TelmoThis is a building of a monumental neoclassic style – a replica of the Law School – where the most important courses of study are offered, such as Civil, Electronic, and Industrial Engineering among…

Address: Brasil 315 - San TelmoIt was the first church of this kind built in South America. It is located in front of Parque Lezama, this Muscovite-style building from the 17th century was inaugurated in 1904 based on the original…

Address: Azopardo 350 - MonserratThe Customs Office of Buenos Aires is located here. It was inaugurated in 1910. This monumental building that has the most pure characteristics of the French academism was made by the architects Eduardo Lanús and Pablo…

Address: Av. Córdoba (y Florida) 599 - San NicolásThis majestic building that distinguishes the corner of Cordoba Avenue and Florida St., had its origin in the request for proposal sent out in 1911 for the construction of its social venue,…

Address: Florida 877 - RetiroThis building founded in 1914 was conceived, in its monumentality and features, as a replica of the famous Harrods store in London. It shared its time of splendour with Gath & Chaves, as symbols of the…

Address: Av. Libertador y Tagle s/n - RecoletaThis building is a work by the architect Clorindo Testa, very significant and original in its structure. Nowadays, the channel is called like in its origin when it functioned in a different place;…

Address: Reconquista 207 - San NicolásIts construction dates back to 1779, and is part of the convent of the “Order of Mercy”, one of the most important orders of those times. It started as a very precarious church; however, nowadays…

Address: Almirante Brown y Villafañe s/n - La BocaThe building designed by the architect Guillermo Alvarez has noticeable influences from the Catalan modernism in its style. It belongs to the circuit popularly known as the “damned buildings”. It is known…

Address: Balcarce 50 - MonserratBest known as “La Casa Rosada” (literally, the pink house), it has been seat of the National Executive Power since the “Primera Junta” (first national government) in 1810. It occupies the place of the Fort of…

Address: Agüero 2502 - RecoletaIt was created in 1811, after the Revolution, by decision of the National Government. It had four venues in the historic core around the Cabildo and the “Manzana de las Luces” before standing where it does…

Address: Av. Sarmiento y Av. Santa Fe s/n - PalermoIt is the symbol of the agricultural and farm-cattle oligarchy of the Republic. It is popularly known as “La Rural”, because of the annual exhibition that involves this activity, among the…

Address: Alsina 463 - MonserratIt was built in 1836. It is one of the very few typical houses with patios that have barely survived the Buenos Aires modernity. The façade shows influences of the Italian renaissance and its door keeps…

Address: Defensa 201 - MonserratThe “La Estrella ” pharmacy belongs to a part of national history. Bernardino Rivadavia, the creator of the first pharmacy of the city of Buenos Aires, appointed an important biochemist and botanist as manager of said…

Address: 25 de Mayo 276 - San NicolásDue to the donation of lands made in 1830 towards the Argentinean government by Juan Manuel de Rosas, the Anglicans had their cathedral in the city; in fact (except for the catholic religion),…

Address: Leandro N. Alem y Corrientes s/n - San NicolásThe Main Post Office was projected at the end of the XIXth century, when the government intended to let the economic apogee show through the construction of modern buildings like this…

Address: Bolívar 65 - MonserratWhen Juan de Garay founded the city in 1580, according to the Leyes de Indias (laws passed by the Spanish government), he chose to build the Cabildo. This spot, which would constitute the seat of the…

Address: Tucumán 531 - San NicolásA symbol of modernity, signed by the characteristic of the replacement of cement with glass in its structure, it is an imposing and elegant building whose lines integrate to the urban spaces of Roma square,…

Address: Pasaje San Lorenzo 380 - San TelmoThis is the tiniest house in the city; its measures are 2.20 meters by 13. This may be the only architectonic remnant that reminds of the conditions in which the slaves lived. It…

Address: Viamonte (y Av. Leandro Alem) 153 - San NicolásUno de los símbolos de las construcciones monumentales y racionalistas del gobierno peronista que marcaron los proyectos urbanísticos de la década del ´40. It constitutes one of the symbols of the…

Address: Rufino de Elizalde 2830 - PalermoLocated right opposite Victoria Ocampo’s residence, it stands on Belgium Square. It was built by Alejandro Bustillo in 1930 for the Tornquist family to live. The façade displays complete symmetry, and corresponds with French…

Address: Perú 294 -1ªpiso - MonserratThe set of buildings that makes up the “Manzana de las Luces” has a number of subterranean galleries that were built during the 18th century and that allowed for the connection among other neighboring buildings…

Address: Av Pedro de Mendoza 1835 - La BocaThis school was built in 1936 in the premises the artist Quinquela Martín donated. He also furnished every classroom with big paintings of harbours. It functions as a primary school on the…

Address: Brandsen 567 - La BocaThis place is one of the principal characters of La Boca. It was created around 1884 being an initiative of its settlers, under the motto “Where theres a will, theres a way.”. In spite of…

Address: Belgrano y Defensa s/n - MonserratThis is one of the basilica that better preserves the original structure with its Jesuit three nave floor, its two towers and chapels on each side that have a wood-carved altarpiece. It was inaugurated…

Address: Bouchard 680 - San NicolásAnother symbol of modernity, with the stamp deemed intelligent building, a structure comprised by security, telephone and comfort of the latest cutting-edge technology. Inaugurated in 1993, it belongs to one of the greatest corporations of…

Address: Barzana 1515 - Parque ChasThe beginnings of the building of this church date back to 1932 and they are linked to the Jesuit fathers until 1939 when it was gifted to the Redentorist fathers. The founder of this beautiful…

Address: Rufino de Elizalde 2831 - PalermoThis is among the city’s first modern buildings of clear rationalist tendency, by the architect Alejandro Bustillo. It was built in 1929 for Victoria Ocampo, one of the great figures regarding literature and among…

Address: Sarmiento 299 - San NicolásThis monumental building influenced by the French classic style of the XVIII century, inspired and based on the Military Ministry of Paris, is a work of the architect Alejandro Christophersen. The allegorical sculptures and symbols…

Address: Paseo Colón 922 / 982 - San TelmoThis set of buildings is formed by two twin buildings with identical structures. It was designed by the architects Andrés Vanelli & sons and Kimbau & Co. This building has a very…

Address: Rivadavia 326 - San NicolásIt is part of the historic core, it is among the most important pieces of architecture by Alejandro Bustillo, a true personality in the Argentine academism. It displays monumental features and stands out for its…

Address: Av de Mayo 525 - MonserratThis is the seat of the city’s executive power, and consists of a French academicism building, even if it reveals Italian influence as well. It was constructed between 1891 and 1902 by the Italian…

Address: Av. Figueroa Alcorta 2263 - RecoletaThe School of Law and Social Sciences of Buenos Aires University was founded in 1821, and has had the current venue since 1949. It is an imposing Doric building with a classicist structure that…

Address: Florida 99 - San NicolásThis building rises as the symbol of past times when, after World War I, the first north American companies came to the country with an interest in the wool market. This agency of the First…

Address: Venezuela 469 - San Telmo It dates back from 1788 and it is the only colonial house in the San Telmo neighborhood and it is one of the very few authentic houses in the city of Buenos Aires. This…

Address: Bolívar 233 /65 - MonserratThis monumental work is the result of Maillart’s inspiration, who was an architect. It was built in 1906 and inaugurated in 1938. Previously, there were different educational institutions in the same place where now lays…

Address: Mariscal Castilla y Aguado (en la Plaza Grand Bourg) s/n - PalermoThe institute is devoted to keeping the life and legacy of San Martin in everyone’s mind, as he was the liberator of Argentina, Chile and Perú. Grand Bourg…

Address: San Martín 1050 - RetiroIt is a church comprised by five towers (three that can be observed in its central façade) and a sculpture of the ‘Blessed Julian Pedro Eymard’ stands out in its center. He was the founder…

Address: Av. Belisario Roldán y Av. Sarmiento s/n - PalermoThis is a five-story building with a top arched room with 360 seats. It has a semi-spherical dome of a 20-meter diameter, in whose center the planetarium proper projects a sky…

Address: Carlos Calvo 257 - San TelmoThis neo-gothic style church was built by the Danish architects Rönnow and Bisgaard. It was inaugurated in 1931 and it is characterized by a building conception filled with symbolism: the front stair represents Jaconb’s…

Address: Bartolomé Mitre y Paraná s/n - San NicolásThis church, by Nicolás and José Canale, dates back from 1870.

Address: Jorge Luis Borges 2135 - PalermoThis is the exact location where the writer lived between the ages of two and fifteen (1901-1914). It also kept the famous Borges’s Library, which belonged to his father and is present all through…

Address: Junín 1904 - RecoletaLocated in the most privileged area of the city, this is one of the few colonial constructions that are still standing. It dates back to 1716, when the Spanish Governor ordered its construction for the Order…

Address: Necochea 312 - La BocaThis church was erected as a tribute to the immigrants who arrived from different countries and who gave life to this neighbourhood known as La Boca. The bas-relief of the Cristo Inmigrante and the beauty…

Address: Alsina y Defensa s/n - MonserratThere is a historic-religious city center that has the most representative churches of the three emblematic religious orders that were installed during the first times of the city: Jesuits, Dominicans and Franciscans. The latter…