Buenos Aires Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Architecture=== {{See also|Architecture of Argentina}} Buenos Aires architecture is characterized by its eclectic nature, with elements resembling [[Paris]] and [[Madrid]]. There is a mix, due to [[Immigration in Argentina|immigration]], of [[Spanish colonial architecture|Colonial]], [[Art Deco]], [[Art Nouveau]], [[Neo-Gothic]], and [[House of Bourbon|French Bourbon]] styles.<ref>[http://www.bue.gov.ar/?ncMenu=49 Portal Oficial de Turismo de Buenos Aires: Arquitectura] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927152524/http://www.bue.gov.ar/?ncMenu=49 |date=27 September 2011 }} (Spanish)</ref> Italian and French influences increased after the [[Argentine Declaration of Independence|declaration of independence]] at the beginning of the 19th century, although the academic style persisted until the first decades of the 20th century. Attempts at renovation took place during the second half of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, when European influences penetrated into the country, reflected by several buildings of Buenos Aires such as the Iglesia Santa Felicitas by Ernesto Bunge; the Palace of Justice, the [[Palace of the Argentine National Congress|National Congress]], all of them by [[Vittorio Meano]], and the [[Teatro Colón]], by [[Francesco Tamburini]] and [[Vittorio Meano]]. The simplicity of the ''[[Río de la Plata|Rioplatense]]'' [[baroque|baroque style]] can be clearly seen in Buenos Aires through the works of Italian architects such as André Blanqui and Antonio Masella, in the churches of [[Saint Ignatius Church (Buenos Aires)|San Ignacio]], [[Our Lady of the Pillar|Nuestra Señora del Pilar]], the [[Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral|Cathedral]] and the [[Buenos Aires Cabildo|Cabildo]]. [[File:Cabildo de Buenos Aires, calle Bolivar.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.5|View of Bolívar Street facing the [[Buenos Aires Cabildo|Cabildo]] and [[Avenida Roque Sáenz Peña|Diagonal Norte]], on Buenos Aires' historical center. The city's characteristic convergence of diverse architectural styles can be seen, including [[Spanish Colonial architecture|Spanish Colonial]], [[Beaux-Arts architecture|Beaux-Arts]] and [[modernist architecture]].]] In 1912, the Basilica del Santisimo Sacramento was opened to the public; its construction was funded by the generous donation of Argentine philanthropist [[Mercedes Castellanos de Anchorena]], a member of Argentina's most prominent family. The church is an excellent example of French neo-classicism. With extremely high-grade decorations in its interior, the magnificent Mutin-Cavaillé coll organ (the biggest ever installed in an Argentine church with more than four thousand tubes and four manuals) presided the nave. The altar is full of marble and was the biggest ever built in South America at that time.<ref>[http://www.clarin.com/sociedad/Celebran-anos-cripta-Santisimo-Sacramento_0_504549647.html Clarín.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401075203/http://www.clarin.com/sociedad/Celebran-anos-cripta-Santisimo-Sacramento_0_504549647.html |date=1 April 2012 }} "Celebran hoy los 100 años de la cripta del Santísimo Sacramento" 23 June 2011</ref> In 1919, the construction of Palacio Barolo began. This was South America's tallest building at the time and was the first Argentine skyscraper built with concrete (1919–1923).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pbarolo.com.ar |title=Palacio Barolo |publisher=Pbarolo.com.ar |access-date=15 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120628050200/http://www.pbarolo.com.ar/ |archive-date=28 June 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> The building was equipped with 9 elevators, plus a {{convert|20|m|ft|round=5|adj=mid|-high|sp=us|spell=in}} lobby hall with paintings in the ceiling and Latin phrases embossed in golden bronze letters. A 300,000-candela beacon was installed at the top (110 m), making the building visible even from Uruguay. In 2009, the Barolo Palace went under an exhaustive restoration, and the beacon was made operational again. In 1936, the {{convert|120|m|ft|round=5|adj=mid|-tall|sp=us}} [[Kavanagh Building]] was inaugurated. The building, with its 12 elevators (provided by [[Otis Worldwide|Otis]]) and the world's first central air conditioning system (provided by the North American company [[Carrier Global|Carrier]]), is still an architectural landmark in Buenos Aires.<ref>[http://www.clarin.com/ciudades/capital_federal/Vivir-Kavanagh-lujo-vecinos-perfil_0_523147815.html Clarín.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222031107/http://www.clarin.com/ciudades/capital_federal/Vivir-Kavanagh-lujo-vecinos-perfil_0_523147815.html |date=22 February 2012 }} "Vivir en el Kavanagh, un lujo para vecinos de perfil bajo" 24 July 2011</ref> The architecture of the second half of the 19th century continued to reproduce French [[neoclassical architecture|neoclassic]] models, such as the headquarters of the Banco de la Nación Argentina built by [[Alejandro Bustillo]], and the Museo Hispanoamericano de Buenos Aires of Martín Noel. However, since the 1930s, the influence of [[Le Corbusier]] and European [[rationalism]] consolidated in a group of young architects from the [[National University of Tucumán|University of Tucumán]], among whom [[Amancio Williams]] stands out. The construction of skyscrapers proliferated in Buenos Aires until the 1950s. Newer modern high-technology buildings by Argentine architects in the last years of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st include the [[Le Parc Tower]] by Mario Álvarez, the Torre Fortabat by Sánchez Elía, and the [[Repsol-YPF Tower]] by [[César Pelli]]. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). 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