La Plata City Hall is the executive seat of government of the city of

La Plata La Plata () is the capital city of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. According to the , it has a population of 654,324 and its metropolitan area, the Greater La Plata, has 787,294 inhabitants. It is located 9 kilometers (6 miles) inland from th ...

, the capital of

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Overview

Governor

Dardo Rocha Dardo Rocha (September 1, 1838 – September 6, 1921) was an Argentine naval officer, lawyer and politician best known as the founder of the city of La Plata and of the University of La Plata. Life and times Juan José Dardo Rocha was born to ...

's proposal for the establishment of a new capital for the paramount Province of Buenos Aires, useful to the mollification of the province's Independence-leaning gentry, was quickly approved by the

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following the 1880 Federalization of Buenos Aires. Overseeing a furor of construction, Rocha inaugurated the city of La Plata on November 19, 1882, creating the first planned city in South America, and its first with electric lighting.''Municipalidád de La Plata''
Planned by Pedro Benoit, La Plata's diagonal streets would be anchored by a central plaza, named in honor of Primera Junta statesman

Mariano Moreno Mariano Moreno (; September 23, 1778March 4, 1811) was an Argentine lawyer, journalist, and politician. He played a decisive role in the Primera Junta, the first national government of Argentina, created after the May Revolution. Moreno was b ...

. Moreno Plaza is overlooked from the south by the Neogothic Cathedral, designed by Benoit and Ernesto Meyer, and from the north by City Hall, designed by Meyer and

German architect The following are German-born or Germany-based architects listed according to their architectural style. Gothic * Adam Kraft (or Krafft) (c. 1460? – January 1509) Renaissance * Joseph Heintz (1564–1609) *Elias Holl (1573–1646) ...

Hubert Stier Hubert Oswald Stier (27 March 1838 in Berlin – 25 June 1907 in Hannover) was a German architect and university lecturer. He built mainly train stations, museums, and churches primarily in the Neo-Renaissance style. Most of his works are locate ...

(who created the

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and Bremen Railway terminals, among other important works).City of La Plata: Architecture
Construction on the project began in June 1883, and was completed in 1888. The 14,400 m² (155,000 ft²) building, an eclecticist design based on German

Renaissance Revival architecture Renaissance Revival architecture (sometimes referred to as "Neo-Renaissance") is a group of 19th century architectural revival styles which were neither Greek Revival nor Gothic Revival but which instead drew inspiration from a wide range o ...

, features Romanesque interiors, including two courtyards, City Council chambers, and the ''Salón Dorado'' ("Gold Room"), a formal reception hall accessed via a grand, marble staircase, set in

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n oak floors, and featuring German vitreaux, and a 1.2 ton spider

chandelier A chandelier (; also known as girandole, candelabra lamp, or least commonly suspended lights) is a branched ornamental light fixture designed to be mounted on ceilings or walls. Chandeliers are often ornate, and normally use incandescent li ...

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