''Palacio de los Leones'' (
Spanish
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, Palace of the Lions) is the name of the main
municipal building Municipal Building may refer to the following places:
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of the city of
Rosario,
Argentina
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. The Palace is the seat of the executive branch of the
municipal government. It is located at the corner of Buenos Aires and Santa Fe Streets, in front of
Plaza 25 de Mayo (May 25 Square), and separated from the
Cathedral
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by the promenade known as
Pasaje Juramento (Oath Passage), which leads to the
National Flag Memorial.
The palace was built by architect
Gaetano 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 on the steps of the
Cathedral of St. Lawrence in
Genoa
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,
Italy
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. The building is painted reddish brown (
terra cotta
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or
pale carmine), and the two lions are white.
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Works and sites of patrimonial valueof the
municipality of Rosario
Palaces in Argentina
Buildings and structures in Rosario, Santa Fe
Government buildings completed in 1898
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Renaissance Revival architecture in Argentina
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