Governor Dardo Rocha's proposal for the establishment of a new capital for the paramount Province of Buenos Aires, useful to the mollification of the province's Independence-leaning gentry, was quickly approved by the Argentine Congress following the 1880 Federalization of Buenos Aires. Overseeing a furor of construction, Rocha inaugurated the city of La Plata on November 19, 1882, creating the first planned city in South America, and its first with electric lighting.[1]
Construction on the project began in June 1883, and was completed in 1888. The 14,400 m² (155,000 ft²) building, an eclecticist design based on German Renaissance Revival architecture, features Romanesque interiors, including two courtyards, City Council chambers, and the Salón Dorado ("Gold Room"), a formal reception hall accessed via a grand, marble staircase, set in Slovenian oak floors, and featuring German vitreaux, and a 1.2 ton spider chandelier.[2]
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^Municipalidád de La Plata(in Spanish) 2009-03-10 at the Wayback Machine
^ abCity of La Plata: Architecture (in Spanish) 2010-02-27 at the Wayback Machine
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