Plaza 24 September – Holy Cross
Plaza 24 of September
The central square, the starting point of the capital of Santa Cruz that has been 400 years it rests on the sandy beaches chosen by Lorenzo Suárez de Figueroa and Gonzalo Soliz de Holguín, as the final location of the historic city in the conquest of La Plata.
The first houses and streets of the Santa Cruz of yesteryear, emerged around this important square. Currently the Plaza 24 of September, named in honor of the emancipatory cry of 1810, It is still surrounded by historic buildings.
On the southwest path, is the majestic temple of the Cathedral called the Minor Basilica of San Lorenzo, which dates from 1915, an original building that is more than three centuries old, which in one of its towers that house the bell towers, the viewpoint works “The Cathedral”.
On the north side, The building built by Don Simone Marchetti between the years 1871 y 1878, that today shelters the Government of the Department, also called “Government House”; and on his left side, the central offices of the Municipal Mayor's Office are located, a building executed between the years 1901 y 1904, by architect Bernardo Cadario.
On the corner of Ayacucho and Independencia streets, is the building built in 1917 and where the historic Social Club operates today 24 of September; and on the corner of Junín and Libertad streets, the central building of the Gabriel René Moreno Autonomous University is erected, built in the year 1940 by Dr. Rómulo Herrera Justiniano.
Location: Center of the Old Town of the city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Fuente: https://www.santacruz.gob.bo
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