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TheTigre Club stands on the banks of theLuján River, inPaseo Victorica,Tigre, nearBuenos Aires,Argentina. The club, built next to theTigre Hotel (demolished in 1940), was financed byErnesto Tornquist and was designed by the architectsPablo Pater,Luis Dubois and the engineerEmilio Mitre (son of the formerPresident of Argentina,Bartolomé Mitre);[1] it was opened on 13 January 1912. Like the hotel nearby opened in 1890, the Tigre Club soon became an important meeting place for the rich and famous. The elegant and luxurious building has two floors with mezzanines with large windows on almost all sides. The main saloon on the first floor has frescoes by the Spanish artistJulio Vila y Prades (1875-1930), the staircases are of marble and there are Venetian mirrors and French chandeliers.
A casino operated there from 1927 until 1933,[1] when it was transferred toMar del Plata after a law was passed prohibiting the existence of a casino so close to Buenos Aires. The closing of the casino and theinternational crisis brought about a considerable loss of visitors. After the demolition of the Tigre Hotel in 1940, the club continued to function as a restaurant with live shows but it never recovered its former glory.
In 1979 the Tigre Club was declared aNational Historic Monument. After extensive restoration it now houses the Tigre Municipal Museum of Fine Art (Museo de Arte Tigre), opened in 2006.[2] The museum houses an extensive collection of Argentine art.[1]
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