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Museo Histórico Nacional del Cabildo y la Revolución de Mayo

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CABA, Argentina

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Historical place· Historical landmark· Local history museum· Tourist attraction· History museum· National museum

Museo Histórico Nacional del Cabildo y la Revolución de Mayo Reviews | Rating 4.5 out of 5 stars (8 reviews)

Museo Histórico Nacional del Cabildo y la Revolución de Mayo is located in CABA, Argentina on Bolívar 65. Museo Histórico Nacional del Cabildo y la Revolución de Mayo is rated 4.5 out of 5 in the category historical place in Argentina.

Address

Bolívar 65

Phone

+54 1143426729

Amenities

Good for kidsToiletsNo restaurant

Accessibility

Wheelchair-accessible entranceWheelchair-accessible toilet

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Ivan Muracciole

The Cabildo of Buenos Aires (Spanish: Cabildo de Buenos Aires) is the public building in Buenos Aires that was used as seat of the town council during the colonial era and the government house of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata.[citation needed] Today the building is used as a museum. Mayor Manuel de Frías proposed the building of the cabildo in what is now the Plaza de Mayo on March 3, 1608, since the government of the city lacked such a building. Its construction financed with taxes from the port of Buenos Aires, the building was finished in 1610 but was soon found to be too small and had to be expanded. In 1682, due to lack of maintenance, the building was almost in ruins, and the construction was planned of a new cabildo that was two stories high and 11 arches wide. Construction of the new building did not start until 23 July 1725, was suspended in 1728, and restarted in 1731. Soon construction was, however, again suspended due to lack of funds. The tower of the new cabildo was finished in 1764, yet even by the time of the May Revolution in 1810 the cabildo was still not completely finished. In 1880 the architect Pedro Benoit raised the tower by 10 meters and with a dome covered with glazed tiles, instead of the traditional colonial red tiles. The tower was demolished nine years later in 1889 to create space for the Avenida de Mayo avenue and the three northernmost arches of the original eleven were demolished. In 1931, to create room for the Julio A. Roca avenue, the three southernmost arcs were removed, thereby restoring the central place of the tower, but leaving only five of the original arches. In 1940, the architect Mario Buschiazzo reconstructed the colonial features of the Cabildo using various original documents. The tower, the red tiles, the iron bars on the windows and the wooden windows and doors were all repaired.

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Balázs Kádár

It's amazing museum. In here see argentina not to easy way to freedom in history. Interesting things, nice historical items. And the best the entrace is FREE. So just go.

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Guillermo Loubriel

Good place (it is free). Small, lots of history but most of it is signs with a few artifacts and great paintings. GREAT view of Plaza de Mayo (month of May, not mayonaise).

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Jose Manuel Duran

Excellent museum and guided tour! You can even have a snack outside. The visit is a must both for locals and tourists alike. On the first Saturday of November the museum is one of the very many that takes part in the Museum's evening or Noche de los Museums. There are way too long queues then. Originally, in the times of the colony, there was a jail for slaves and lawbreakers alike, who were tortured and packed in a very smelly small place. Fortunately, this is just part of history.

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Theodoros Yiouras

A very interesting museum describing briefly and concisely with the use of technology the history of the momentum of the independence of Argentina. Free of charge. A must see.

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Marcin Tatjewski

I'm writing from perspective of a foreign tourist not speaking Spanish: The general feeling of the place is nice and it's great that such buildings are preserved in their original style. Fortunetely, there where also many descriptions in English. However, as I person wanting to learn more about Argentinian history I found this place disappointing. For me the exhibition lacked general narrative and was just a set of loosely coupled stories.

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Brett Kwong

Museo Histórico Nacional del Cabildo y la Revolución de Mayo is not big, and only with very general information about the city. It's free of charge to enter this museum, the location is great, very close to other attractions, so here is always a good place to visit if you wanna quick information about this city

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Clara Brito

Small, free and very thoughtful museum, I love it

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