Avenida de Mayo

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The Palacio Barolo on Avenida de Mayo was at one time the tallest building in the city
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The Palacio Barolo on Avenida de Mayo was at one time the tallest building in the city

Avenida de Mayo (Spanish: May Avenue), is located in Buenos Aires, capital of Argentina. This avenue connects Plaza de Mayo with Plaza de los Dos Congresos, which extends 1,500 metres in a west-east direction before merging into the Rivadavia Avenue.

View of the eastern side of the Avenue and the government House.
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View of the eastern side of the Avenue and the government House.

As well as the Plaza de Mayo, the avenue was named after the 1810 May Revolution, which concentrated crowds at the Plaza, though the right wing of the Buenos Aires Cabildo stood on the current position of the avenue.

Avenida de Mayo was inspired by Madrid's Gran Vía; several sources compare this avenue with avenues in Paris due of its sophisticated buildings of art Nouveau, neoclassic and eclectic styles.

The decree 437/97 of the National Executive Branch declared the Avenue a national historic site in 1997. What means that the aesthetics of the buildings could not be changed, including billboards and marquees. Any modifications have to be approved by the National Commission of Monuments and Historic Sites (Comisión Nacional de Monumentos y Lugares Históricos).

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