Epic Monuments in Buenos Aires
 

Epic Monuments of Buenos Aires



All of the biggest immigrant communities who shaped Buenos Aires on the time of its birth as a big city impregnated their pride in epic monuments. Along with them, also the mausoleums of the most important figures of the History of Argentina. But paradoxically, one of the most curious cases is the Statue Liberty, made by the same sculptor of the Statue of Liberty of New York, F.A.Bartholdi, but in a very smaller size:



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The main concentration of these epic monuments lies at the parks of Palermo, being the most relevant the Monument to the Spanish, donated by that community on the Centenary of 1910, with motifs of the Work and the Constitution as the pillars of the nation and crowned by the Republic:



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Just one block away is the Monument to Justo José de Urquiza, erected in 1958 and also with motifs of the Constitution:



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The third part of this triad at the Sarmiento Avenue is the Monument to Giuseppe Garibaldi, an italian who helped in the independence wars of South America and in the reunification of Italy itself:



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Also in these parks, you may find the Monuments to Nicolás Avellaneda, a former president of the country, the Monument to Carlos María de Alvear at Recoleta and the Monument to Artigas, the leader of the nation who lies in front of Argentina: Uruguay.



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A bit far from Palermo , into the heart of the city, is one of the biggest monuments of Argentina: the Monument to the Two Congresses, representing the Assembly of the Year XIII and the Congress of Tucumán:



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Other amazing examples of the beauty of the monuments in the city are Fuente de las Nereidas in Puerto Madero, representing the Nereids who attended to the birth of the Goddess Venus, and the Monument to the Cid Campeador in the exact geographical center of Buenos Aires, who shows the soul of big metropoli the city had since late 1800s:



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Ending with the series, the huge Monument to San Martín and the Independence Army at the San Martín Square in Retiro, with sculptures of the Cruces de los Andes and the Taking of Montevideo:



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With his infinite vision, in Barrio Parque lies the "Abuelo Inmortal" (translated: "The Immortal Grandfather"), representing San Martin, the Liberator of Argentina, in his last years in this world. With his eternal look, he shows us how incredible it feels to be part of Argentina, now and ever:



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fantastic idea for a thread.

i would think that even though it isn't a historic leader the big modern sculpture that opens up like a flower, floralis generica, would count too, no?

and then there is recoleta, which would be a thread in itself.

That's a great idea, indeed. I will add the Mechanical Flower to this thread :D

Monumento al Cid Campeador - Buenos Aires





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Floralis Genérica - Mechanical Flower




Floralis Genérica is a sculpture made of steel and aluminum located in Plaza de las Naciones Unidas, Avenida Figueroa Alcorta, Buenos Aires, a gift to the city by the Argentine architect Eduardo Catalano. Catalano once said that the flower "is a synthesis of all the flowers and is both a hope that is reborn every day to open." It was created in 2002. The sculpture was designed to move, closing its petals in the evening and opening them in the morning. The sculpture is located in the center of a park of four acres of wooded boundaries, surrounded by paths that get closer and provide different perspectives of the monument, and placed above a reflecting pool, which apart from fulfilling its aesthetic function, protects it. It represents a large flower made of stainless steel with aluminum skeleton and reinforced concrete, which looks at the sky, extending to its six petals. It weighs eighteen tons and is 23 meters high.




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