Palace Argentina

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The Hall Argentina of the city of Buenos Aires, worked in the building that later was known with the name of Palace Rodriguez Peña '. At present it is called Palacio La Argentina , and it was successively a concert hall for philharmonics, opera, jazz and a stage for tango dances, and a hall for social events.

The building is located on Rodriguez Peña Street 361, 50 meters from Corrientes Avenue , and was built in 1901 by the architect Juan Manzini in both the setting and decoration, which included a 105-lights bronze chandelier that is still preserved, They were in charge of Felix Boggio.

Initially, it was the headquarters of the Philanthropic Society of La Argentina, later converted into a Mutual Association and was the space for the social meetings of its members. In the 1910s, taking advantage of its excellent acoustics (at that time had an oak floor of Slavonia), the group rented the rooms for chamber music concerts, among whose organizers was Carmelo D'Amico, who also played all Saturdays with his orchestra. In the 1930s the first tango dance organized by the students of the Faculty of Medicine was held and in the 1940s the room was dedicated to tango dances that had a regular attendance with a particularity: there were no disputes between compadritos nor frequent lofting in other salons. The use of the classroom for tango classes - taught by maestro Juan Carlos Copes, for example - dances and social events of all kinds, including political acts, continued until 2001 when it closed its doors. It reopened in March of 2004, when the tango house Central Tango started operating and since 2011, dedicated to social events, it took the name of El Palacio Eventos. In 2014 it was called Palacio La Argentina , making a fusion of the names for which it was known for so many years, to establish itself as a theatrical space with the presentation of great musicals, opera, jazz concerts, great bands, tango, etc.