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.'Emergencia patrimonial en Argentina' by Arq. Fabio Grementieri, Patrimonio en Peligro, accessed 2006-08-09.
City of Buenos Aires
Bosch Palace (1085/18)[https://www.argentina.gob.ar/normativa/nacional/decreto-1085-2018-316917/texto MONUMENTO HISTORICO NACIONAL RESIDENCIA DEL EMBAJADOR DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA Y SUS JARDINES] on argentina.gob.ar. 29 Nov 2018 Café Tortoni (1858/98) Casa Rosada (Government House) (1884/98) Botanical Garden (1898) Cabildo (17th century) Cathedral (18th & 19th century) Pirámide de Mayo, monument in the Plaza de Mayo (1811) Obelisco de Buenos Aires (1936) Palace of the National Congress (1906) Enclosure of the old National Congress (1864) Teatro Colón (1908)Presidential decree 1259/1989 , InfoLeg, Government of Argentina, accessed 2006-08-09 Our Lady of the Rosary Basilica and Santo Domingo Convent (late 18th century) Museo Mitre (18th century) Museo Histórico Sarmiento (1860) Casa de Esteban de Luca (1786) Buenos Aires Central Post Office (1928) Retiro (Belgrano) train station (1912)Declararon Monumento Histórico Nacional a las estaciones Plaza C, Once, Retiro Belgrano y Lacroze on En el Subte, 11 May 2021 Retiro (Mitre) train station (1915)Estación Retiro on GCBA San Roque Chapel (late 18th century) San Miguel Church (1788) San Juan Church (1797) San Pedro Telmo Church (1734) San Ignacio Church, Manzana de las Luces (1722) Former Jesuit buildings, Manzana de las Luces (1730/1780) Galerías Pacífico, InfoLeg, Government of Argentina, accessed 2006-08-09 Penitenciaría Nacional (Buenos Aires), in former monastic hospital and women's prison San Francisco Basilica (1754) Barolo Palace (1923)Presidential decree 437/97, InfoLeg, Government of Argentina, accessed 2006-08-09 San Martín Palace (1909)'El Gobierno declaró lugar histórico la Avenida de Mayo', Clarín, 1997-05-07. Montserrat Church (1865) Former Convent of the Mercedarios (first half 18th century) Basilica of Our Lady of Mercy (1779) Casa de la Cultura (before 1993 this building housed La Prensa newspaper since its construction in 1898) Confitería del Molino (1917)Presidential decree 1110/97, InfoLeg, Government of Argentina, accessed 2006-08-09 Pizzurno Palace (1888)Presidential decree 35/2006, InfoLeg, Government of Argentina, accessed 2006-08-09 Kavanagh Building (1935)Presidential decree 349/99 , InfoLeg, Government of Argentina, accessed 2006-08-09 Palace of Justice (1905–42) Puente Transbordador Avellaneda Hotel de Inmigrantes (Museum of Immigration) (1906)Presidential decree 2402/1990 , InfoLeg, Government of Argentina, accessed 2006-08-09 ARA Presidente Sarmiento (1872) Corbeta Uruguay (1874) Flagship branch the Banco de la Nación Argentina (1938–52) Teatro Nacional Cervantes (1921) Hospital Borda (1863/1949) Seat of the Federación de Asociaciones Católicas de Empleadas (FACE), Calle SarmientoPresidential decree 129/2006 , InfoLeg, Government of Argentina, accessed 2006-08-09 Federal firing range, Avenida del LibertadorPresidential decree 1680/2005, InfoLeg, Government of Argentina, accessed 2006-08-09 National Music Centre (former National Library)Presidential decree 570/2004, InfoLeg, Government of Argentina, accessed 2006-08-09 Palais de Glace (1911) Museum of the Garment Industry, InfoLeg, Government of Argentina, accessed 2006-08-09 Barracks, buildings and gardens of the General San Martín Regiment of Mounted Grenadiers, PalermoPresidential decree 1109/97, InfoLeg, Government of Argentina, accessed 2006-08-09 Property known as Los Altos de Elorriaga at Defensa and Alsina, and the house of María Josefa Ezcurra de Ezcurra on Alsina Exhibition Area of La Sociedad Rural (1878) Naval Observatory of Argentina, Avenida España (1947)Presidential decree 1292/2001 , InfoLeg, Government of Argentina, accessed 2006-08-09 Embassy of the United KingdomPresidential decree 767/2001 , InfoLeg, Government of Argentina, accessed 2006-08-09 Banco de Londres y América del Sur Headquarters (current seat of the Banco Hipotecario) (1966)Presidential decree 1433/1999 , InfoLeg, Government of Argentina, accessed 2006-08-09 Naval Station of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires PortPresidential decree 339/99, InfoLeg, Government of Argentina, accessed 2006-08-09 Club de Pescadores (Fishing Club and Pier, 1937)Presidential decree 766/2001 , InfoLeg, Government of Argentina, accessed 2006-08-09 Argentine Yacht Club (1911) Headquarters of the Secular Franciscan OrderPresidential decree 1079/2000 , InfoLeg, Government of Argentina, accessed 2006-08-09 Our Lady of BalvaneraPresidential decree 950/98, InfoLeg, Government of Argentina, accessed 2006-08-09 San José School, at Mitre and Perón Museo Histórico Nacional (former home of Gregorio Lezama, inside 'Lezama Park) Buenos Aires Customs (1910) 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 President Roque Sáenz Peña Teaching School, Avda. Córdoba Ecoparque (1875)Patrimonio on GCBAEl zoológico de Buenos Aires: Un patrimonio cultural destruido by Carlos Fernández Balboa on Revista Hábitat Palacio de Aguas Corrientes (1894)Una obra única en el continente on AysaPalacio de Aguas Corrientes on El Ojo del Arte Tornquist Building Declaran monumentos históricos a tres bancos on La Nación
Buenos Aires Province
Avellaneda Bridge (see also Buenos Aires city) Ariston Club, Mar del Plata Former building of the Banco de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, Bahía BlancaPresidential decree 1020/2004, InfoLeg, Government of Argentina, accessed 2006-08-09 Municipal Palace, Bahía Blanca Hotel de Inmigrantes, Bahía Blanca Post and Telegraph building, Bahía Blanca Tower of old fort, Carmen de Patagones Church of Our Lady of Carmen, and tomb of Luis Piedrabuena, Carmen de Patagones House of Bernardo Bartuille (now municipal house of culture), Carmen de Patagones 'La Carlota' House, Carmen de Patagones House of the Rial family, known as Mitre House of Rial Ranch, Carmen de Patagones Historic house of the Banco de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, Carmen de Patagones House of Andrés García, Carmen de Patagones House of Cardinal Juan Cagliero, Carmen de Patagones House of Diego Casero, Ciudad Jardin Lomas del Palomar Palomar de Casero, Ciudad Jardin Lomas del Palomar Mariani-Teruggi House, La PlataPresidential decree 848/2004, InfoLeg, Government of Argentina, accessed 2006-08-09 House of Ricardo Balbín, La PlataPresidential decree 2334/1993 , InfoLeg, Government of Argentina, accessed 2006-08-09 La Plata Museum Curutchet House, La PlataPresidential decree 890/2006 , InfoLeg, Government of Argentina, accessed 2006-08-09 Church of Our Lady of Carmen, Lobos Municipal Palace, Lobos Social club (formerly seat of Sociedad Orfeon Lobense), Lobos Cathedral (Basilica Our Lady of Peace) and Parish house, Lomas de Zamora Municipal House, Lomas de Zamorra School No. 1 'Bartolome Mitre', Lomas de Zamorra Basilica of Our Lady of LujánPresidential decree 283/1998 , InfoLeg, Government of Argentina, accessed 2006-08-09 Enrique Unzue Saturnine Institute, Mar del Plata Our Lady of Pilar church, Pilar House of Juan Manuel de Rosas, San Andrés Old Bridge, San Antonio de ArecoPresidential decree 1305/1999 , InfoLeg, Government of Argentina, accessed 2006-08-09 Parque Criollo and Ricardo Güiraldes Gaucho Museum, San Antonio de Areco Pulpería 'La Blanqueada', San Antonio de Areco Church of San Antonio de Padua, San Antonio de Areco House of the municipal mayoralty, San Antonio de Areco Estancia 'La Porteña', San Antonio de Areco Quinta Pueyrredón, San Isidro Villa Ocampo, San Isidro (1890) Church of the Holy Sacrament, TandilPresidential decree 25357/2000 , InfoLeg, Government of Argentina, accessed 2006-08-09 House of Domingo Sarmiento, Tigre Tigre Club
Catamarca Province Basílica Nuestra Señora del Valle, San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca Church at Hualfín Church of the Lord of Miracles, La TercenaArgentina: Its Museums (The Northwest), Argentine Tourism Secretariat, Editorial Delfos, 1999. San José church, Piedra Blanca Birthplace of Friar Mamerto Esquiú, Piedra Blanca Chapel of Our Lady of the Rosary nr San José (1715) Church of San Pedro, Fiambalá (1770) Ruins of religious buildings, Icaño Remains of Pucara de Aconquija, Ambato DepartmentPresidential decree 1145/97, InfoLeg, Government of Argentina, accessed 2006-08-09 Inca settlement at Shincal de Quimivil, Belén Department Pre-Hispanic settlement of Watungasta, Tinogasta Department
Chaco Province Former government house (Carlos Chiesanova Police Museum), ResistenciaArgentina: Its Museums (Littoral Region), Argentine Tourism Secretariat, Editorial Delfos, 1999. Former Francés Railway Station (Natural History Museum), Resistencia
Chubut Province La Trochita, Esquel (1922–45) Remains of Fort San José de la Candelaria, Gulf of San José National Primary School No. 17 'Vicente Calderón', El Blanco, CholilaPresidential decree 1300/2004, InfoLeg, Government of Argentina, accessed 2006-08-09
Córdoba Province Building of the Banco de la Provincia de Córdoba, CórdobaPresidential decree 1042/2000 , InfoLeg, Government of Argentina, accessed 2006-08-09 Provincial legislature, Córdoba Córdoba Cabildo (17th century) The building of Jose de Leo Carnedo from the 17th century.
Corrientes Province Government House, CorrientesPresidential decree 1119/2005, InfoLeg, Government of Argentina, accessed 2006-08-09 Holy Cross of Miracles Church, Corrientes (1887) Church of Santa Ana of the Guácara Indians, Santa Ana (1765) Sanctuary of Santa Lucía Estación del Este (railway station) museum, Monte Caseros (1875)
Entre Ríos Province Cathedral of Paraná Nuestra Señora del Huerto school assembly hall (former seat of Argentine Senate), Paraná Palacio San José, near Concepción del Uruguay Former Customs House, Concepción del Uruguay, InfoLeg, Government of Argentina, accessed 2006-08-09 Biblioteca Popular del ParanáNational Congress Law 26.116 / 2006 , InfoLeg, Government of Argentina
Formosa Province Government House, Formosa House of governor Ignacio Fotheringham (now 'Juan Pablo Douffard' provincial historic museum), Formosa (1887)
Jujuy Province Cathedral of San Salvador de Jujuy Government House, San Salvador de Jujuy Cabildo (now Museum of Police History) of San Salvador de Jujuy Santa Barbara church, San Salvador de Jujuy San Francisco Chapel, Tilcara Santa Rosa Church, Purmamarca San Francisco Church, Uquía
La Pampa Province El Castillo House in Parhaha Luro, Toay Department El mate gigante en la Avenida Circunvalación en Santa Rosa Monumento a JFK en la Ruta Provincial nº 1 en Quemú-Quemú