The National Historic Monuments of Argentina are buildings, sites and features in Argentina listed by national decree as historic sites. This designation encourages greater protection under the oversight of the Comisión Nacional de Museos, Monumentos y Lugares Históricos (National Commission of Museums, Monuments and Historic Places), created in 1940. In addition, provinces also have local lists of historic monuments.
There are approximately 400 buildings or sites on the list. Most are buildings or sites from the pre-Hispanic or Colonial periods and some are battlefields and other locations associated with the independence of the country. In recent years the government has been making efforts to include sites on the list that reflect the country's industrial and immigrant heritage.
The Commission has been criticized for not doing enough to preserve the buildings on the list, and only declaring sites as monuments after they have been altered or partly demolished.[1]
Buenos Aires Metro stations: on Line A - Plaza de Mayo, Perú, Piedras, Lima, Sáenz Peña, Congreso, Pasco-Alberti and Plaza de Miserere; Line C - San Juan, Independencia, Moreno, Avenida de Mayo, Diagonal Norte, Lavalle and San Martín; Line D - Catedral, 9 de Julio, Tribunales, Facultad de Medicina, Agüero, Bulnes, Scalabrini Ortiz, Plaza Italia, Palermo; Line E - San José, Entre Ríos, Pichincha, Jujuy, Urquiza and Boedo[4]
President Roque Sáenz Peña Teaching School, Avda. Córdoba[4]
Mills of Sardiña in Tamberías (1880); Alto o García (1876) in San Isidro; Huaco [es] (1790, 1870); Escobar or Iglesia in Villa Iglesia; Bella Vista in Villa Iglesia[44]
In addition to the National Historic Monuments, a number of places have been designated 'National Historic Places' (Lugares Históricos Nacionales), including:
