Paisajes de España (Landscapes of Spain), a series of murals designed in 1934 by artists Martin Noel and Manuel Escasany decorates la estación Diagonal Norte of Línea C, also known as Línea de los Españoles (Spanish Line).
La estación Diagonal Norte, a station on línea C (line C) de la red de subterráneos de la ciudad de Buenos Aires (Buenos Aires Metro), was inaugurated on November 9, 1934.
The Subterráneo de Buenos Aires (Bueneos Aires Metro), known locally as Subte, first opened in 1913. It was the first mass-transit system in South America, the Southern Hemisphere and the entire Spanish-speaking world. The network expanded rapidly during the early decades of the 20th century, but the pace of expansion fell sharply after the Second World War.
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El Palacio Municipal de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires (Buenos Aires City Hall), at Bolívar 1, was built in from 1891-1892 under Mayor Francisco P. Bollini. Built right after the Panic of 1890, the modest beaux-arts Second Empire style structure was designed by Arquitecto Municipal, Juan Antonio Buschiazzo, and constructed at the direction of Vicedirector de Obras Públicas de la Municipalidad, Juan Cagnoni, on the site of the police headquarters, whose second floor had held the government's office who 1860. Decorative tilework and chandeliers from the adjacent Zuberbühler house, which had recently been expropriated to make way for the Avenida de Mayo, were used. In 1911, an adjacent lot was acquired and the engineering firm of Bonneu Ibero, Parodi & Figini completed an annex that doubled the palace's space in 1914.
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Catedral Metropolitana de Buenos Aires (Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral), overlooking Plaza de Mayo on the corner of San Martín and Rivadavia, is the mother church of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Buenos Aires (Archidioecesis Bonaerensis).
Rebuilt several times since its 16th century origins, the present building is a mix of architectural styles, with an 18th-century nave and dome and a severe, 19th-century Neoclassical façade without towers. In 1753, Italian architect Antonio Masella designed the Latin cross foundation of the church, with a three-aisled nave covered with barrel vaulting and lateral chapels. A dome was to sit over the crossing, but after fissures were detected, Masella as removed from the project and the dome was rebuilt by Portuguese architect Manuel Álvarez de Rocha in 1770. The old church's façade, designed by Giovani Blanqui in 1727, and the original towers were demolished in 1778 and the new façade-less cathedral was finally consecrated in 1791.
Construction on a new façade began in the early 19th century under Spanish architect Tomás Toribio, but stalled. In 1826 French architects Prosper Catelin and Pierre Benoit began construction on the neoclassical façade, which consists of a tall portico with twelve columns and a triangular pediment on top. It wasn't until 1860-1863 that the decoration was completed with French sculptor Joseph Dubourdieu's pediment relief of the reunion of Joseph with his brothers and father Jacob in Egypt, which serves as an allegory of the unity of the Argentine nation after several fraticide wars.
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French sculptor Joseph Dubourdieu's pediment relief of the reunion of Joseph with his brothers and father Jacob in Egypt serves as an allegory of the unity of the Argentine nation after several fraticide wars.
Catedral Metropolitana de Buenos Aires (Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral), overlooking Plaza de Mayo on the corner of San Martín and Rivadavia, is the mother church of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Buenos Aires (Archidioecesis Bonaerensis).
Rebuilt several times since its 16th century origins, the present building is a mix of architectural styles, with an 18th-century nave and dome and a severe, 19th-century Neoclassical façade without towers. In 1753, Italian architect Antonio Masella designed the Latin cross foundation of the church, with a three-aisled nave covered with barrel vaulting and lateral chapels. A dome was to sit over the crossing, but after fissures were detected, Masella as removed from the project and the dome was rebuilt by Portuguese architect Manuel Álvarez de Rocha in 1770. The old church's façade, designed by Giovani Blanqui in 1727, and the original towers were demolished in 1778 and the new façade-less cathedral was finally consecrated in 1791.
Construction on a new façade began in the early 19th century under Spanish architect Tomás Toribio, but stalled. In 1826 French architects Prosper Catelin and Pierre Benoit began construction on the neoclassical façade, which consists of a tall portico with twelve columns and a triangular pediment on top. It wasn't until 1860-1863 that the facade decoration was completed.
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El Palacio Municipal de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires (Buenos Aires City Hall), at Bolívar 1, was built in from 1891-1892 under Mayor Francisco P. Bollini. Built right after the Panic of 1890, the modest beaux-arts Second Empire style structure was designed by Arquitecto Municipal, Juan Antonio Buschiazzo, and constructed at the direction of Vicedirector de Obras Públicas de la Municipalidad, Juan Cagnoni, on the site of the police headquarters, whose second floor had held the government's office who 1860. Decorative tilework and chandeliers from the adjacent Zuberbühler house, which had recently been expropriated to make way for the Avenida de Mayo, were used. In 1911, an adjacent lot was acquired and the engineering firm of Bonneu Ibero, Parodi & Figini completed an annex that doubled the palace's space in 1914.
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