Casa Rosada

The Casa Rosada (The Pink House) is the office of the president of Argentina (Cristina Kirchner). There are free guided tours (English / Spanish) at the weekend. The building was built in the 19th century and has now been declared a National Historic Monument of Argentina. The tour was interesting and informative.

Patio del Aljibe

The Palm Tree Patio

The first room shows the history of the Native people of Argentina from the 16th century.

Grupo de mujeres y ninas tehuelches posando frente a un “kau”    

The Hall of Argentine Bicentennial Painters and Paintings (Blue Hall) has a collection of paintings from the 19^th century from all regions of Argentina.

Elpidio Gonzalez Mayorga

Paisaje del Suquia

The Hall of Argentine Bicentennial Women celebrates the lives of women who have made important contributions to life in Argentina. 

Eva Perón (1919-1952) was the second wife of Argentine president Juan Perón.  As the first lady in Argentina she campaigned the women’s rights and supported the poor.

Eva and Juan Perón

The Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo (Madres de plaza de mayo) is an association of Argentine mothers whose children "disappeared" during the Dirty War of the military dictatorship, between 1976 and 1983. They began to march in 1977 at the Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires, in front of the Casa Rosada in public defiance of the government's state terrorism intended to silence all opposition.

We went up the Italia Staircase to the second floor where we visited a series of rooms used during the week by the president and her ministers where we were not allowed to take photos.

The Salón Blanco was the most ornate and it is the place for president to hold important ceremonies. In the centre is the national coat of arms with the rising Sun of May representing the rising of the Argentine nation and the two hands shaking, standing for the unity of the provinces.

The Salón Blanco

Grenadier  guard