Casa Rosada (Fuerte de Buenos Aires)

Casa Rosada (Fuerte de Buenos Aires): Capital del Virreinato del Río de la Plata (1776): when the viceroyalty was created Buenos Aires became its capital. The site was the Real Fortaleza de San Juan Baltasar de Austria (1594), seat of governors and viceroys, later the Casa Rosada., The old fort was partly demolished in the 1850s for the Aduana Nueva; between 1884 and 1898 the government and post-office buildings were united and the complex was inaugurated in 1898., and The Casa Rosada occupies the site of the old Fuerte de Buenos Aires and has been the seat of the national Executive since 1862.^††† 1776: Capital del Virreinato del Río de la Plata (1776): when the viceroyalty was created Buenos Aires became its capital. The site was the Real Fortaleza de San Juan Baltasar de Austria (1594), seat of governors and viceroys, later the Casa Rosada.^† 1850: The old fort was partly demolished in the 1850s for the Aduana Nueva; between 1884 and 1898 the government and post-office buildings were united and the complex was inaugurated in 1898.^† 1862: The Casa Rosada occupies the site of the old Fuerte de Buenos Aires and has been the seat of the national Executive since 1862.^†