Palacio Vasallo ( Spanish, "Vasallo Palace") is the seat of the

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of the

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government of

Rosario Rosario () is the largest city in the central provinces of Argentina, Argentine province of Santa Fe Province, Santa Fe. The city is located northwest of Buenos Aires, on the west bank of the Paraná River. Rosario is the third-most populous ci ...

, . The building, designed by Alejo Infante and completed in 1911, is located near the National Flag Memorial, and has been the site of Rosario's Deliberative Council since May 18, 1951. It was donated to the city by notable

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Dr. Bartolomé Vassallo (d. 1945), together with a collection of artistic works kept there.

History

The old Deliberative Council worked in the s. XIX in the Palace of the Lions (Rosario), where the officials were held in a field adjacent to the office of the mayor. When the "entrerriano" surgeon based in Rosario, Bartolomé Vassallo, in his will he donated to a museum the exquisite palace of Córdoba and May 1, which he had built the engineer Alejo Infante, in 1911. Dr. Vassallo died on 5 February 1943. The headquarters was officially inaugurated in the historic session of May 25, 1952.

External links

Municipalidad de Rosario
– Official website of the Municipality. *
Works and sites of patrimonial value
of the municipality of Rosario

References

{{reflist Government buildings in Argentina Vasallo Buildings and structures completed in 1911