Legislative Palace of Uruguay
History
History
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In 1902, a law was made that approved the call for international competition for architectural projects for the construction of a new headquarters for the legislative branch, since its old headquarters, the [Montevideo Cabildo](/wiki/Montevideo_Cabildo "Montevideo Cabildo"), had several inadequacies. The project of the architect [Vittorio Meano](/wiki/Vittorio_Meano "Vittorio Meano"), who at that time was building the [Palace of the Argentine National Congress](/wiki/Palace_of_the_Argentine_National_Congress "Palace of the Argentine National Congress") in [Buenos Aires](/wiki/Buenos_Aires "Buenos Aires"), was approved. He never found out that his project had been the winner since he died suddenly before he could be contacted by the Legislative Palace Commission, organizer of the project competition.

The construction of this building started in 1904, sponsored by the government of President [José Batlle y Ordoñez](/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Batlle_y_Ordo%C3%B1ez "José Batlle y Ordoñez"). It was designed by [Italian architects](/wiki/Architecture_of_Italy "Architecture of Italy") [Vittorio Meano](/wiki/Vittorio_Meano "Vittorio Meano") and [Gaetano Moretti](/wiki/Gaetano_Moretti "Gaetano Moretti"), who planned the building's interior that is covered with marble. Among the notable contributors to the project was sculptor [José Belloni](/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Belloni "José Belloni"), who created numerous [reliefs](/wiki/Relief "Relief") and [allegorical sculptures](/wiki/Allegorical_sculpture "Allegorical sculpture") for the building. On August 25, 1925, the palace was formally inaugurated. Although the decoration work was not completed until 1964\. The inauguration was presided over by President [José Serrato](/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Serrato "José Serrato").


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