It
was in this house, which belonged to the traditional Bazán family,
that the independence of the United Provinces was declared on July 9,
1816.
Casa
Histórica de la Independiencia (Historic House).
Address:
Congreso 151.
It
was in this house, which belonged to the traditional Bazán family,
that the independence of the United Provinces was declared on July 9,
1816.
It is an old colonial house, rebuilt on the basis of
photographs and documents of the period. It has only one story, in which the rooms
are situated around a large inner yard. The room at the back is the one used for
the meetings of the Congress and keeps its original structure. There is also a
second yard which shows a typical aljibe (well) and finally a recently opened
third yard which opens to 9 de Julio street. In the walls of this last yard valuable
relieves by Tucumán-born sculptor Lola Mora have been put up. The
rooms are adorned with portraits of Argentine national heroes, chests and furniture
from the colonial period and the armchairs and table used in the historic session.
