Palacio de los Leones (Spanish

Spanish language

Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...

, Palace of the Lions) is the name of the main municipal building

City hall

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 of the city of Rosario

Rosario

Rosario is the largest city in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It is located northwest of Buenos Aires, on the western shore of the Paraná River and has 1,159,004 residents as of the ....

, Argentina

Argentina

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. The Palace is the seat of the executive branch of the municipal government

Municipality

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. It is located at the corner of Buenos Aires and Santa Fe Streets, in front of Plaza 25 de Mayo

Plaza 25 de Mayo (Rosario)

Plaza 25 de Mayo is a plaza in Rosario, province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It is Rosario's civic center, and the core of the original settlement. Its name alludes to the date of the May Revolution, which led to the establishment of the first local Argentine government in Buenos Aires...

 (May 25 Square), and separated from the Cathedral

Basilica Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary

The Cathedral Basilica Shrine of Our Lady of the Rosary is a minor basilica and cathedral dedicated to the local Virgin of the Rosary, in the city of Rosario, province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It is the motherchurch of the Archdiocese of Rosario....

 by the promenade known as Pasaje Juramento (Oath Passage), which leads to the National Flag Memorial

National Flag Memorial (Argentina)

The National Flag Memorial in Rosario, Argentina, is a monumental complex built near the shore of the Paraná River...

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The palace was built by architect G. Rezzara, in a neo-Renaissance style, and was inaugurated in 1898. Its name comes from the two lion

Lion

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s that flank the stairway leading to the main door, which are copies of the ones found on the steps of the Cathedral of St. Lawrence in Genoa

Genoa

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, Italy

Italy

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. The building is painted reddish brown (terra cotta or pale carmine), and the two lions are white.