TheReal Audiencia de Buenos Aires, were twoaudiencias, or highest courts, of the Spanish crown, which operated inBuenos Aires. The jurisdiction of the first covered the territory of theGovernorate of the Río de la Plata and operated from 1661 to 1671. The second began to function in 1783 and had jurisdiction over the parts of theViceroyalty of the Río de la Plata not covered by theAudiencia de Charcas, that is to say theintendancies ofBuenos Aires,Córdoba del Tucumán,Salta del Tucumán andParaguay. In 1810, after theMay Revolution, it was suspended, and in 1813 theAssembly of the Year XIII permanently abolished it. The Audiencias operated in the city'scabildo building.
Created byPhilip IV bydecree (real cédula) in 1661, it covered the governorates ofRío de la Plata,Paraguay (established in 1617) andTucumán. This Audiencia was dissolved in 1671.
The Consolidated Laws of the Indies of 1680, Law XIII (Audiencia y Chancilleria Real de la Ciudad de la Trinidad, Puerto de Buenos Ayres) Title XV (De las Audiencias y Chancillerias Reales de las Indias) of Book II, compiles the limits and officials of this Audiencia.[1][2]
Created during the reign ofCharles III of Spain (1759–1788) and under the rule of viceroyJuan José de Vértiz y Salcedo, in 1783, as part of theViceroyalty of the Río de la Plata, from 1 August 1776.
Its jurisdiction included the aforesaid intendencias and the subordinate Governorates ofMisiones andMontevideo.