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is oneof the to the Museum belonging craftcollection andcreolesilversmith's The'gaucho' andartistic notonlyfor thehistorical lt is uniquein ourcountry, in theregion. mostimportant (Mâximo Aparicio Tajes, of theiroriginalowners valueof the piecesbut for the importance etc.,amongother important Aftigas,PabloGalaîz.a, Saravia,MâximoSantos,Pantaleôn persons whobuiltourhistory). Assunçao.Duringthe last by Prof.Fernando weregathered Thefirstitemsof thiscollection Lôpez, Rodriguez collections: whichbelongto important years,otheritemshavebeenadded, e ,tc. s,i d i e l l a P u i gM , a i l hoV These andhis activities. to the'gaucho' related by sculptures Theexhibitis alsoenlightened Zorrilla'de' Luis Belloni, José José nationalsculptors: worksof art weremaOôby renowned Reilly' Bauzâ, Prati, Escalada, San-Martin, populararts. of our traditional arerepresentative in the Museum Thepieceson exhibition and Pottuguese of the Indiancultureandof Spanish the contributions Theyhavereceived period' duringthecolonial andcolonists, conquerors andthose in horseornaments specially At thattime,the rawmaterialusedwasthe leather, the material for ruralactivities.Silver,comingfromthe PotosiMines,was itemsnecessary 'mates', metallicstraws, pieces:horsetrappings, of extraordinary usedfor the manufacturing .inseparable arm. of theGaucho's appendixes knivesandlongknives

MINTMUSEUM of the Bank the Boardof Directors Gallinal, of Dr Alejandro In 1923andon the initiative of the direction 1960, under it wasnotuntil however, Museum; Banking theso.called created the theBankhadacquired before, tookshape.Shortly MrJoséPedroArgul,thattheMuseum many as well as Assunçao Mr Octavio from andMedals of Currencies Collection fullNational the to the Museum donated Mailhos hadalready impoilant setsof banknotes.Mr Roberto Fosalba. Dr Rafael of American currencies and of antique collection exceptional pieces, wasorganised andopenedto publicwith theMuseum Withallthesehighlyvaluable lt wasreopened closed. to bemomentarily greatsuccess.Someyearslater,it justhappened

*ii,j,I' t)trc(rr,,* rR,\ _t!'l of the Gaucho inauguration in 1g7g,at the Bank'sHeadoffice,on the occasionof the Museum. i'e' to theirownpremises' bothMuseums to relocate decided ' Jul io the Boardof Directors Finally, ' 18 Julio' Ave.and de of cor ner the at r ocated b u i rd i ng r re e .sto re y t h e w o n de d uth St' y Obes' Herrera

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was ordered Museums of the buildingthat lodgesthe Gauchoand Mint The construction a second made who Uriarte(wiJoi of AlbertoHeberJackson), about18g6by Ms Margarita of ourcountry' politician animportant to Di. LuisAlÙertode Herrera, marriage who-besidesotherimportant AlfredoMassÛe, Theauthorof the prolectwasthe architect and BuenosAires-buirtthe summerholidayhouseof Mercedes in Montevidlo, buirdings Juanldiartetlordain VillaColôn' President at the endof the XlXthcentury'is definedas to the tasteprevailing according Thebuilding, ltalianinfluence'lt has a.ndmarked pràdominance to its style,withFrench according eclectic, in the ceilings'as well as in the atticsthat wooàworkandpaintings splendidplasterings, slateroofs' withbeautiful .ro*n thebuilding of the housewerecarriedout underthe andtotalreconditioning Theworksof restoration of allthe restoration andfaithfur of theBank. thorougn of theteamof architects supervision wasundertaken' reception aswellasof themainlobby,themainhallandthe façades, with dignityan exceptional is proudof havingrescuedandrestored TheBancoRepûbrica and having of the cityof Montevideo' patrimony andarchitectuial of the historicai exponent of andvarorisation to the diffusion as a contribuiion by peopre, madeit knownandenjoyed n a t i o n acu l l tu re .

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