Palacio de los Leones

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Coordinates: 32°56′49.8840″S, 60°37′56.4924″W

Palacio de los Leones.

Palacio de los Leones (Spanish, Palace of the Lions) is the name of the main municipal building of the city of Rosario, Argentina. The Palace is the seat of the executive branch of the municipal government. It is located at the corner of Buenos Aires St. and Santa Fe St., in front of Plaza 25 de Mayo (May 25 Square), and separated from the Cathedral by the pedestrian passage called Pasaje Juramento (Oath Passage), which leads to the National Flag Memorial.

A close-up of the left-hand side lion

The Palace was built by architect G. Rezzara, in a neo-Renaissance style, and was inaugurated in 1898. Its name comes from the two lions that flank the stairway leading to the main door, which are copies of the ones found in the stairs of the San Lorenzo Church in Genoa, Italy. The building is painted reddish brown (terra cotta or pale carmine), and the two lions are white.

The Palace is on the list of works and sites of patrimonial value of the municipality of Rosario, as item 011160100.