Casa Rosada

This guide to Casa Rosada in Buenos Aires starts with President Domingo Sarmiento's decision, in the 1870s, over what color to paint the palace after decades of civil war between Federalists and Unitarians. It traces the two competing stories behind the building's pink walls, one political and one practical, and the balcony above the main entrance that would later become a stage of its own. Listen for the five arches on the left side of the facade as you look up.