White arcades
On Plaza de Mayo.
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The Cabildo is a white arcaded building with a small tower facing Plaza de Mayo. In colonial times it housed the town council and served as the government house of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata; it also held the high court for a time and the first home of the public library founded by the revolutionary government in 1810, while its longest tenant was the city prison, from 1608 to 1877. In May 1810 the open town meeting that launched the May Revolution and the first local government gathered here, making the building a symbol of Argentina's birth. It lost some of its arches when avenues were opened around it, was declared a national historic monument in 1933 and became a museum in 1938. The National Museum of the Cabildo and the May Revolution is free, open Wednesday to Sunday 10:30-17:40 and closed on Mondays and Tuesdays. Its upper balcony looks over Plaza de Mayo and the Casa Rosada.
On Plaza de Mayo.
Views of the Casa Rosada.
The road to independence.
Bolívar 65, Plaza de Mayo, Buenos Aires
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Café TortoniCafé Tortoni is Buenos Aires' oldest and best-known café, opened in 1858 by a Fr5 minutes walk4.6
Puente de la Mujer and Puerto MaderoThe Puente de la Mujer, the Woman's Bridge, is a footbridge over Dock 3 in Puert10 minutes walk4.8
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Galerías PacíficoGalerías Pacífico is a Beaux-Arts building on pedestrian Florida Street, designe13 minutes walk4.5Wednesday to Sunday 10:30-17:40, free of charge; it is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays.