subject: Buenos Aires Architecture & Sculpture [print this page] The House of Culture, former La Prensa Newspaper Building. Constructed in 1898 as the offices for La Prensa newspaper. The grand exterior has imposing cast-iron doors, curvy lamps, bronze ornamentation, carved granite, and a Mansard roof, like the Louvre in Paris. The inside is equally elegant. Up top is a 4 ton statue of Greek Goddess Pallas Athenea: her lit torch and printed page symbolize press freedom. Peron didn't agree with the sentiment, shutting the paper down after coming to power in 1946. The building now houses the House of Culture.
