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Sobre a Casa Rosada - ABout the Pink House (Portugues/English/Espanol)

A Casa Rosada e a sede da presidencia da Republica Argentina, em Buenos Aires, assim chamada pela cor aproximadamente rosa. Abriga tambem o Museu da Casa do Governo, com material relacionado aos presidentes do pais. Localizada em Buenos Aires, em frente a Praca de Maio (Plaza de Mayo) liga a sede do Governo a outro importante marco historico: a Praca do Congresso Nacional (Palacio do Congresso). Dessa localizacao na Praca de Maio e possivel se observar o Obelisco da avenida Nove de Julho e a Catedral Metropolitana.

A Casa Rosada possui fama internacional por ter sido palco para importantes manifestacoes politicas e tambem artisticas. Por exemplo, varias cenas dos filmes "A Historia Oficial" e "Evita" foram gravadas na praca e nas sacadas do palacio.

A casa Rosada tem sua cor atribuida ao fato de na epoca de sua construcao as tintas mais baratas serem feitas a base de sangue de vaca, tendo a cor rosada. Ha tambem uma lenda que diz que a cor rosada e uma juncao de vermelho e branco, cores-simbolo de dois partidos politicos.

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The Casa Rosada (the Pink House) is the official seat of the executive branch of the government of Argentina, and of the offices of the President. The President normally resides at the Quinta de Olivos, a compound in Olivos, Buenos Aires Province.

The Casa Rosada sits at the eastern end of the Plaza de Mayo, a large square which since the 1580 foundation of Buenos Aires has been surrounded by many of the most important political institutions of the city and of Argentina. The site, originally at the shoreline of the Rio de la Plata, was first occupied by the "Fort of Juan Baltazar of Austria," a structure built on the orders of the founder of Buenos Aires, Captain Juan de Garay, in 1594. Its 1713 replacement by a masonry structure (the "Castle of San Miguel") complete with turrets made the spot the effective nerve center of colonial government. Following independence, President Bernardino Rivadavia had a Neoclassical portico built at the entrance in 1825, and the building remained unchanged until, in 1857, President Justo Jose de Urquiza ordered the fort demolished in favor of a new customs building. Under the direction of British Argentine architect Edward Taylor, the Italianate structure functioned as Buenos Aires' largest building from 1859 until the 1890s.

The old fort's administrative annex, which survived the construction of Taylor's Customs House, was enlisted as the Presidential offices by Bartolome Mitre in the 1860s and his successor, Domingo Sarmiento, who beautified the drab building with patios, gardens and wrought-iron grillwork, had the exterior painted pink reportedly in order to defuse political tensions by mixing the red and white colours of the country's opposing political parties. An alternative explanation suggests that the original paint contained cow's blood to prevent damage from the effects of humidity. Sarmiento also authorized the construction of the Central Post Office next door in 1873, commissioning Swedish Argentine architect Carl Kihlberg, who designed this, one of the first of Buenos Aires' many examples of Second Empire architecture.

Presiding over an unprecedented socio-economic boom, President Julio Roca commissioned architect Enrique Aberg to replace the cramped State House by one resembling the neighboring Central Post Office in 1882. Following works to integrate the two structures, Roca had architect Francesco Tamburini build the iconic Italianate archway between the two in 1884. The resulting State House, still known as the "Pink House," was completed in 1898 following its eastward enlargement, works which resulted in the destruction of the customs house.

A Historical Museum was created in 1957 to display presidential memorabilia and selected belongings, such as sashes, batons, books, furniture, and three carriages. The remains of the former fort were partially excavated in 1991, and the uncovered structures were incorporated into the Museum of the Casa Rosada. Located behind the building, these works led to the rerouting of Paseo Colon Avenue, unifying the Casa Rosada with Parque Colon (Columbus Park) behind it. Plans were announced in 2009 for the restoration of surviving portions of Taylor's Customs House, as well.

The Casa Rosada itself is currently undergoing extensive renovation delayed by an economic crisis around 2001. The work is scheduled for completion on the 2010 bicentennial of the May Revolution that led to independence.

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La Casa Rosada es la sede del Poder Ejecutivo de la Republica Argentina , en el se encuentra el despacho del Presidente de la Nacion Argentina. Este edificio se localiza en la calle Balcarce 50 - Ciudad de Buenos Aires, frente a

This is what's left of the old Luna house, former home of Robert & James Luna. Their father died in 1857, leaving the two young brothers a large inheritance, which included the farmhouse and 850 acres of prime farmland near the Missouri river. Robert & James both went to college back east, with Robert achieving a degree in engineering, while James received a degree in law. They came home to house they grew up in, and while the two young men were often seen in town squiring local ladies here and there, both remained lifelong batchelors, and were never known to have taken jobs. They were often seen at auctions where they would buy books, tools, furniture and many other varied household items.

As years passed, the town folk saw less and less of them, and began to speak of the wealthy eccentric brothers who lived on the big farm east of town. They stopped coming to town, even for groceries, which they had delivered to the farm. Delivery boys were never allowed into the house, and were always met at the front door.

In 1928, a neighbor with his son who passed within sight of the old farm house every evening, noticed that no lights had been seen, and decided to stop in and check on them. No one would answer his knock, and as he eased the door open to call out, was greeted by a loud boom, and fell dead on the doorstep. The neighbor's son, waiting in the car, rushed to his father and immediately drove him to town. When the authorities came to investigate, they found a shotgun booby trap set up at the front door. The house was so packed with junk of all kinds, the only way to get through the house was small tunnels through the trash. As the way was cleared, they came upon the body of James, who had died several days earlier when the tunnel he had been crawling through collapsed, crushing him. It took 2 days to remove enough garbage to find the body of Robert, who had died several years earlier and had been wrapped in sheets by his brother and left in his bed upstairs. The people of town still talk about the old abandoned farmhouse where the eccentric old brothers lived their strange life and died all alone.

Explore #498 on June 15, 2008 ~ Thank you!