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Palace of Congress (Palacio del Congreso)
The Congress of the Argentine Nation is the legislative branch of the government of Argentina Situated at the end of Avenida de Mayo, at the other end of which is located the Casa Rosada Argentina's parliament is bicameral and is made up of the 72-seat Argentine Senate and the 256-seat Argentine Chamber of Deputies. Designed by the Italian architect Vittorio Meano Julio Dormal, the building was under construction between 1898 and 1906. Inaugurated that year, its aesthetic details were not completed until 1946.
Local sculptor Lola Mora graced the interior halls and exterior alike with numerous allegorical bronzes. As time went by, the building proved too small for its purpose, and in 1974 the construction of the Annex, which now holds the Deputies' offices, was started (image, below).
Congressional Plaza was created facing the building by French Argentine urbanist Charles Thays and inaugurated in 1910. Popular among tourists, the plaza is also a preferred location for protestors and those who want to voice their opinion about Congress' activities. guard a lateral entry.]] The building from 1976 to 1983 housed the CAL (Legislative Advisory Commission), which was a group of officers from the three Armed Forces. Commissioned to review and discuss laws before they were issued by the Executive Branch, they served a succession of de facto military presidents during the infamous National Reorganization Process.
National Reorganization Process. In practice, this became a mechanism to detect and discuss the differences between the three commanders-in-chief of the Army, Navy, and Air Force regarding a specific project. The CAL was established by the Acta del Proceso de Reorganizaci?n Nacional (National Reorganization Process Act), the guiding document for the military government established after the coup d'?tat of March 24, 1976.
Following a 1994 reform of the Argentine Constitution, the Argentine Senate was expanded from 48 members (two per province or district) to 72 members, whereby the party garnering second place in elections for Senator would be assured the third seat for the corresponding province.
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