Plaza de Mayo

The Plaza de Mayo is as basic to Argentine political history as La Boca and nostalgic foreigners are to tango. The square is a political center, money related and regulatory focus and all through history has been an image of fiasco, insubordination, and expectation.

In May 1810 the transformation started in what was then called the Plaza de la Victoria. After six years Argentina won autonomy from Spain and the square was given its present name, May Square.

Among the three essential noteworthy structures on the court, are the Cabildo, the previous seat of the Colonial government, the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral — now acclaimed as Pope Francis' previous area, and obviously the administration house, the Casa Rosada.