The pride of the country: the US embassy abroad. A PHOTO

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The Palacio-Bosch mansion, which is the residence of the US ambassador to Buenos Aires, was built for Argentine Foreign Minister Ernesto Bosch between 1912 and 1917 for the years designed by French architect René Sergent. The house was built and finished exclusively using materials brought from France. The United States acquired a residence from Bosch in 1929.

The complete reconstruction of the Palacio-Bosch began in 1994, with the participation of Argentine artisans who were descendants of the original craftsmen.

Residence of the Consul General in Casablanca

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Villa Mirador, the official residence of the US Consul General in Morocco, witnessed the decisive events of the Second World War. In January 1943, US President Franklin Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill met here at the Casablanca Conference, at which Churchill convinced Roosevelt that the Allies should invade Sicily, not the European mainland. This strategy has proven successful.

After the war, the United States acquired Villa Mirador from its original owner.

Ambassador's residence in Moscow

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The Spaso House, considered one of the best preserved examples of Russian neo-classicism of the early 20th century, is the Moscow residence of the US Ambassador. This house, acquired in the US in 1933, received a wide range of guests, from musicians and artists to presidents of the United States and Russian heads of state.

Office of the Embassy in Tirana

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The embassy building in the capital of Albania, which became one of the first American diplomatic missions built by the US government abroad in 1929, was intended as a reminder of American houses on plantations of the 18th century, for example, Mount Vernon George Washington. One of the architects, Nathan Wyeth, also designed the first Oval Office at the White House for President Taft.

During the Cold War, the mansion was rented out to the Italian ambassador. In 1991, diplomatic relations between Albania and the United States resumed after a break in 52, and the building again occupied the US Embassy in Tirana.

Ambassador's Residence in London

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Winfield House, located next to Regent's Park in London, is the residence of the US Ambassador to the United Kingdom. His private garden of 12 acres is inferior in size only to the garden of Buckingham Palace in the city limits of London.

Winfield House was used as the Club of Officers of the Air Force of Great Britain and as a sanatorium for recovering Canadian soldiers during the Second World War.

Ambassador's Residence in Paris

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The residence of the US Ambassador to France has the same colorful history as its gardens. Built between 1852 and 1855 for Michaela Almonester Pontalba, a wealthy heiress from New Orleans, who also built historic buildings in the French Quarter of her hometown, the residence was sold to the sons of Pontalba Edmon de Rothschild from the Rothschild banking empire.

During World War II, the Nazis used the mansion as a club for Luftwaffe officers. After the war, the United States acquired this property for the US Information Service, and it was also used to house the people who worked on the implementation of the Marshall Plan. Restoration of the residence began in the 1966 year, and over the years since 50, the original furniture was bought at auction or received as a gift from the Rothschild family.

Ambassador Residence in Hanoi

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The residence of the American ambassador in Hanoi was built by the French colonial government in 1921. Since the French left Southeast Asia in 1954, the building was used as a residence for Vietnamese civil servants, and housed the Committee on External Cultural Exchanges and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

When the United States established diplomatic relations with Vietnam in 1995, the residence became the home of Douglas (“Pete”) Peterson, the first US ambassador to Vietnam and a former prisoner of war in that country.