Excursions to The President's Palace Casa Rosada

Government buildings, especially the presidential palace in any country is always interesting to discuss. For example, the presidential palace in the American superpower known as the White House. Well, if America has a White House that Argentina does not want to lose. This tango country also has Pink Building. Curious?

Building Pink or Pink House is the executive building and the presidential office in Argentina. It has been in office since the founding of the Argentine presidency in 1810. This magnificent building formally known as Casa de Gobiemo, which means Government House. Usually, the President stayed at the Quinta de Olivos, the official residence of the President of Argentina, located in Olivos, Buenos Aires.


Pink House is also often called La Casa Rosada has unique characteristics. The unique characteristics of the building located on the paint color baby pink. This uniqueness makes The Pink House is considered as a symbol of the city of Buenos Aires. In fact, this building has been declared a National Historic Building of Argentina.

As for the origin of the color of the building began in 1873. The current Argentine President Sarmiento decided to paint the building with pink as a symbol of the union of two warring political camps ever in Argentina. The color red to white color fastness to federal and Unionist stronghold. Merging the two colors it produces a pink color pink alias and used until now. Nevertheless, the color pink does not diminish the authority of the president's palace.

In addition to functioning as an executive and presidential office building, at La Casa Rosada also a museum which contains objects associated with the former president of Argentina. Presidential Palace is located near the Plaza de Mayo, the main square of the Argentine national was never empty of visitors. Plaza de Mayo itself is a complex consisting of the Casa Rosada, the Cabildo and the Metropolitan Chatedral. This complex is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Buenos Aires.



Every Thursday at Plaza de Mayo held activities to commemorate those who disappeared during the military junta ruled Argentina in the 1960s until the mid - 1970s. Their pictures were forcibly disappeared by the military junta on display. The relentless march mothers, as their children who disappeared decades ago, it will be back. The mothers get older, society and sympathizers began many join.