Anticipating a confrontation, legislators began to stake claims to key physical positions on the stage of the Legislative Palace in the days leading to December 1.
The façade of the Legislative Palace, completed in 1877, is symmetrical in design.
The Former Legislative Palace is now home to the state's Secretary of Tourism.
The Legislative Palace, opened in 1925, is built of 45 kinds of marble.
"The Western Hemisphere can take pride in having launched this worldwide transformation from dictatorship to democracy," he said at the Legislative Palace.
The impact broke two windows a few blocks away at the Legislative Palace, which houses the national Congress.
Santoro's funeral was celebrated at the Legislative Palace, in Montevideo.
During his tenure the Legislative Palace and the national railroad were also completed.
The Legislative Palace is Neoclassical which was originally built in the 18th century.
Two right-wing politicians were subsequently killed and gunmen fired on the police headquarters and Legislative Palace.