Palacio San Martín
14/07/08 22:24 Filed in: Argentina | Buenos Aires
Class today took the form of a field trip visiting Plaza San Martin and some of the surrounding buildings. It was a lovely sunny day with unseasonably warm temperatures around 20ºc.
Avenida Fanta Fe where it enters the plaza.
Palacio Paz was at one time the largest and most luxurious private home in Buenos Airies. It was closed today.
Another view of Palacio Paz.
Enormous tree at the centre of Plaza San Martin.
Falklands/Malvinas memorial complete with eternal flame and honour guard. After a public debate this was erected between the centre of the plaza and the Torre de Los Ingleses.
Torre de Los Ingleses which was built in the period 1910-1916 and funded by the british residents of Buenos Aires. It commemorates the centenary of the May 1810 revolution.
Self with the English Tower behind.
English Tower viewed from the plaza centre with the Argentine flag flying above above the Falklands/Malvinas memorial.
Later in the afternoon I took a guided tour of Palacio San Martin which has housed the Argentine Foreign Office since 1936.
It was built betwen 1905-1909 for the fabulously wealthy Anchorena family in French classical style. The family suffered during the depression and sold their palace cheaply to the Argentine government.
Nowadays the palace is a national monument used mainly for ceremonial occasions.
View from the ground floor entrance....
...a closer view of the slate tiling.
Interior photograpy was not allowed.
Balcony overlooking the small garden.
Upper floors at the rear of the building.
A piece of the Berlin Wall in the rear garden.
Wrought iron windows overlooking the garden from the smoking room.
West wing.
Avenida Fanta Fe where it enters the plaza.
Palacio Paz was at one time the largest and most luxurious private home in Buenos Airies. It was closed today.
Another view of Palacio Paz.
Enormous tree at the centre of Plaza San Martin.
Falklands/Malvinas memorial complete with eternal flame and honour guard. After a public debate this was erected between the centre of the plaza and the Torre de Los Ingleses.
Torre de Los Ingleses which was built in the period 1910-1916 and funded by the british residents of Buenos Aires. It commemorates the centenary of the May 1810 revolution.
Self with the English Tower behind.
English Tower viewed from the plaza centre with the Argentine flag flying above above the Falklands/Malvinas memorial.
Later in the afternoon I took a guided tour of Palacio San Martin which has housed the Argentine Foreign Office since 1936.
It was built betwen 1905-1909 for the fabulously wealthy Anchorena family in French classical style. The family suffered during the depression and sold their palace cheaply to the Argentine government.
Nowadays the palace is a national monument used mainly for ceremonial occasions.
View from the ground floor entrance....
...a closer view of the slate tiling.
Interior photograpy was not allowed.
Balcony overlooking the small garden.
Upper floors at the rear of the building.
A piece of the Berlin Wall in the rear garden.
Wrought iron windows overlooking the garden from the smoking room.
West wing.