Cabildo of Buenos Aires

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The Cabildo of Buenos Aires is a historic colonial-era town hall building that served as the seat of municipal government and a focal point of the May Revolution that led to Argentina’s independence.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cabildo ⓘ
historic building ⓘ
museum ⓘ
town hall ⓘ
architecturalStyle Spanish colonial architecture ⓘ
basementUse museum rooms and cells ⓘ
color white façade ⓘ
coordinateLocation -34.6083 -58.3725 ⓘ
country Argentina ⓘ
follows earlier adobe cabildo building ⓘ
hasCollection colonial-era artifacts of Río de la Plata ⓘ
documents related to May Revolution ⓘ
hasOnlinePresence official museum website ⓘ
hasPart arcaded gallery ⓘ
central tower ⓘ
inner courtyard ⓘ
hasType colonial public building ⓘ
heritageDesignation Monumento Histórico Nacional ⓘ
National Historic Monument of Argentina ⓘ
image photographs of Cabildo of Buenos Aires façade ⓘ
inception early 17th century ⓘ
languageOfSignage Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn Buenos Aires ⓘ
Plaza de Mayo ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ⓘ
locatedNextTo Casa Rosada (across Plaza de Mayo) ⓘ
linked to: Casa Rosada

Metropolitan Cathedral of Buenos Aires ⓘ
materialUsed masonry ⓘ
notableFor colonial architecture preserved in modern downtown Buenos Aires ⓘ
role in Argentina’s independence process ⓘ
openToPublic yes ⓘ
operator National Commission of Museums and Monuments and Historic Places of Argentina ⓘ
ownedBy Argentine national government ⓘ
partOf historic center of Buenos Aires ⓘ
politicalFunction local administration of Buenos Aires during Spanish rule ⓘ
meeting place of the cabildo abierto ⓘ
roofFeature whitewashed tower with belfry ⓘ
significantEvent Cabildo Abierto of 22 May 1810 ⓘ
May 25, 1810 formation of Primera Junta ⓘ
May Revolution ⓘ
linked to: May Revolution Day
significantPeriod Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata ⓘ
streetAddress Bolívar 65 ⓘ
topFloorUse exhibition halls ⓘ
touristAttraction yes ⓘ
use museum of history ⓘ
seat of colonial municipal government ⓘ
visitorType researchers ⓘ
students ⓘ
tourists ⓘ

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May Revolution Day → symbol → Cabildo of Buenos Aires ⓘ
Casa Rosada → near → Cabildo of Buenos Aires ⓘ
Plaza de Mayo → adjacentTo → Cabildo of Buenos Aires ⓘ
Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral → locatedNear → Buenos Aires Cabildo ⓘ
linked to: Cabildo of Buenos Aires
Cornelio Saavedra → memberOf → Buenos Aires Cabildo ⓘ
linked to: Cabildo of Buenos Aires
Cabildo Abierto of 22 May 1810 → convenedBy → Cabildo of Buenos Aires ⓘ
Monserrat → hasPart → Cabildo of Buenos Aires ⓘ
Pirámide de Mayo → locatedNear → Cabildo of Buenos Aires ⓘ
Plaza de Mayo station (Line A, Buenos Aires Underground) → near → Buenos Aires Cabildo ⓘ
linked to: Cabildo of Buenos Aires
Bolívar station (Line E, Buenos Aires Underground) → near → Buenos Aires Cabildo ⓘ
linked to: Cabildo of Buenos Aires
Balcarce 50 → hasNearbyLandmark → Cabildo de Buenos Aires ⓘ
linked to: Cabildo of Buenos Aires
Bolívar Street → nearbyLandmark → Buenos Aires Cabildo ⓘ
linked to: Cabildo of Buenos Aires
Bernardino Rivadavia → memberOf → Buenos Aires Cabildo ⓘ
linked to: Cabildo of Buenos Aires
Catedral station → nearbyLandmark → Cabildo of Buenos Aires ⓘ
Regimiento de Patricios → allegiance → Buenos Aires Cabildo ⓘ
linked to: Cabildo of Buenos Aires
Congreso–Plaza de Mayo axis → notableBuildingAlong → Cabildo de Buenos Aires ⓘ
linked to: Cabildo of Buenos Aires
Avenida Presidente Roque Sáenz Peña → hasNearbyLandmark → Cabildo de Buenos Aires ⓘ
linked to: Cabildo of Buenos Aires
Plaza de Mayo station → nearbyLandmark → Buenos Aires Cabildo ⓘ
linked to: Cabildo of Buenos Aires
Bolívar (Line E) → locatedNear → Cabildo of Buenos Aires ⓘ
San Ignacio de Loyola Church → near → Cabildo of Buenos Aires ⓘ
Catedral (Line D) → locatedNear → Cabildo of Buenos Aires ⓘ
Monserrat neighborhood → hasPart → Cabildo of Buenos Aires ⓘ
Casa Rosada area → near → Cabildo of Buenos Aires ⓘ
Government House of Argentina → near → Cabildo of Buenos Aires ⓘ
Avenida Cabildo → namedAfter → Cabildo of Buenos Aires ⓘ
Governor of Buenos Aires → seat → Buenos Aires Cabildo ⓘ
linked to: Cabildo of Buenos Aires