Edificio del Ministerio de Salud (27266229158)

The Ministry of Public Works Building ( es, Edificio del Ministerio de Obras Públicas), now known as the Ministry of Health Building ( es, Edificio del Ministerio de Salud) is a public building in the rationalist style located on the intersection of 9 de Julio Avenue and Belgrano Avenue, in the

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of Monserrat, in

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. On both the north and south walls, there is a large steel image of María Eva Duarte de Perón, better known as Evita Perón. Her official portrait faces the south while the image to the north depicts her giving a passionate speech. The installations were created by the Argentinian artist Alejandro Marmo (known mononymously as ''Marmo'') in 2011. Built from 1932 to 1935, the building was designed by Belgrano Alberto Blanco and originally housed the offices of the

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, which gives it its first and most commonly used name. Its construction was originally suggested by the architect José Hortal to the then Minister of Public Works Manuel Alvarado. The building actually preceded the construction of the 9 de Julio Avenue as it is known today by several years. In 1991, during the presidency of

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, the Ministry of Public Works was dissolved and the building was made the new headquarters of the Ministry of Health and

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; the two portfolios were separated in later years, but the building still houses both ministries, while the newly restored Public Works ministry is headquartered in the Palace of the Treasury, facing

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Gallery

File:MOP desde el oeste.jpg, View from the west File:2019 Buenos Aires - Ministerio de Obras Públicas.jpg, View in 2019 File:Ministry-of-Public-Works-Building Buenos-Aires.jpg, View in 2014 File:Ministerio de Obras Públicas 1937.JPG, Aerial view c.1937 File:CABA - Monserrat - Edificio del ex Ministerio de Obras.jpg, Close up of Eva Perón image

References

Government buildings in Argentina National Historic Monuments of Argentina Buildings and structures completed in 1936 1936 establishments in Argentina Eva Perón {{Argentina-struct-stub