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3 unusual facts about Miguel de Azcuénaga


Miguel de Azcuénaga

Supported by the viceroy Nicolás Antonio de Arredondo, he collected $8,000 and provided 500 cattle to mine rocks from the Martín García Island for this work.

Several criollos thought that the viceroy Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros, appointed by the fallen Junta, did not have legitimacy, and requested an open cabildo to discuss it.

Prilidiano Pueyrredón

He designed the mansion built by Miguel de Azcuénaga in Olivos which later became the official residence of the President of Argentina.



see also

Gaspar de Santa Coloma

The son of Miguel de Azcuénaga, Miguel José, commissioned the present building of what is today the Presidential Residence in Olivos, Buenos Aires Province, in 1851.