Artículo
Sites of power, instruments of public intervention: the Palace of Congress and the construction of federal power in Argentina, 1880–1916
Fecha de publicación:
06/2017
Editorial:
Taylor & Francis
Revista:
Parliaments, Estates and Representation
ISSN:
1947-248X
Idioma:
Inglés
Tipo de recurso:
Artículo publicado
Clasificación temática:
Resumen
This article intends to provide an analysis of the process of building a house for the Argentine Congress between 1880 and 1916. After the presidential campaign and revolution of 1880, Argentina entered a new political era that saw the definition of a political system under the hegemony of the Partido Autonomista Nacional and the consolidation of the federal state. The defeat of porteño militias in 1880 represented the end of the project of a national state controlled from Buenos Aires and the transformation of the town into the federal capital of the country. This new role meant that the city now needed buildings to accommodate new functions, a house for parliament among them. This article explores the significance of building the Palace of Congress as part of a broader plan by politicians, urban planners and bureaucrats to place symbols of republican greatness in central areas of the new capital. This study also focuses on the parliamentary debates that discussed the allocation of public funding for the construction of congress and the importance of giving the new capital examples of monumental architecture as a way to underscore its new political status. Finally, this article analyses the impact of the debates in congress and in the press about allegations of embezzlement and corruption that surrounded the building of the Palace of Congress.
Palabras clave:
Argentina
,
Congress
,
Urban History
,
Public Space
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Articulos(INSTITUTO "DR. E.RAVIGNANI")
Articulos de INST. DE HISTORIA ARGENTINA Y AMERICANA "DR. EMILIO RAVIGNANI"
Articulos de INST. DE HISTORIA ARGENTINA Y AMERICANA "DR. EMILIO RAVIGNANI"
Citación
Castro, Martín Omar; Sites of power, instruments of public intervention: the Palace of Congress and the construction of federal power in Argentina, 1880–1916; Taylor & Francis; Parliaments, Estates and Representation; 37; 2; 6-2017; 206-219
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