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The Cultural Center of the Republic in Asunción, Paraguay operates in the building of the Town Council (Cabildo), and has as main purpose the strengthening of conscience in all the matters that have to do with national history, and gives the building where it resides the value of a monument. ==History== It was open on March 14, 2004 by initiative of the senator, Carlos Mateo Balmelli, who was President of the National Congress at the time, founder and honorary member of the Center, with the support of all members of the Legislative Branch. It has the objective of being a place open to everyone, with no discrimination, which operates in the old building of the Town Council, a colonial Spanish institution that, in America, granted the title of City to the first citizen establishment of Río de la Plata. The building was also the beginning of the country, when on September 16, 1541 the governor Domingo Martínez de Irala established the military fort Nuestra Señora de la Asunción, founded by Juan de Salazar y Espinoza on August 15, 1537. The building was also place of the National Congress. It was built in 1844 to be seat of the Executive and Legislative Branch. It was one of the most important constructions that the government of Carlos Antonio López (1844-1862) set about at the time. It was seat of the Executive until November 15, 1894, when the Executive moved to the Palace of Government built by Marshal López, and then the building became seat of the National Congress until 2003. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cultural Center of the Republic」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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