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Government House or Casa Rosada (Pink House)
Balcarce 50. This building houses the Executive Power. It was built in 1580 and after many renovations and with the cooperation of Italian architect Francisco Tamburini, the facade was reconstructed and given an Italian French look. During the presidency of Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, towards the end of the XIX century, the building was painted pink, based on the idea of combining the colors of the two political sectors at the time -red for the federals and white for the unitaries-, and the resulting color was pink, hence its popular name of "Casa Rosada” (Pink House). The Granaderos, an elite army group with colorful uniforms, guard the building.
