Liberty Building (

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: Edificio Libertad) served as one of two executive office buildings of the

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(the

Estévez Palace The Estévez Palace (Spanish: Palacio Estévez) is a building situated in Plaza Independencia, Montevideo, Uruguay, designed in a combination of Doric and Colonial styles by Manoel de Castel in 1873. It has served as the working place of the Pre ...

being the other). It was built in the 1970s during the military government for the Ministry of Defense, but in 1985, president

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decided to move the presidential office to that building. Its surrounding area was turned into a park with a permanent exhibit of modern sculptures, which was inaugurated in 1996. In 2006, President

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announced that he would be moving the presidential offices to the

Executive Tower The Executive Tower (Spanish: ''Torre Ejecutiva'') is the official workplace of the President of Uruguay. It is located in front of the Plaza Independencia, in Barrio Centro, Montevideo. History The original project was started in 1965 as a f ...

and turn the Liberty Building into a

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. It is currently the headquarters of the

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