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Obelisco de Buenos Aires. The Obelisco de Buenos Aires (Obelisk of Buenos Aires) is a national historic monument and icon of Buenos Aires. Located in the Plaza de la República in the intersection of avenues Corrientes and 9 de Julio, it was erected in 1936 to commemorate the quadricentennial of the first foundation of the city.
Examples from the 19th and 20th centuries include the Obelisk (1800) in Stockholm, Stone of the Empress (1835) in Helsinki, [31] the Wellington Monument (1861) in Dublin, the Washington Monument (1884) in Washington, D.C., [32] the Obelisk of Buenos Aires (1936) in Buenos Aires, [33] the Monument to the People's Heroes (1958) in Tiananmen ...
The monument was created in Italy, divided into nineteen sections, and shipped to Buenos Aires, where it arrived on April 14, 1921. It suffered some damage during a bombardment in 1955. In June 2013 the monument was taken down causing a controversy and replaced by a monument to mestiza revolutionary fighter in the War of Independence, Juana ...
Print of the proposed Washington Monument by architect Robert Mills, c. 1845 –1848 Bronze statue of George Washington in the monument's western alcove. George Washington (1732–1799), hailed as the father of his country, and as the leader who was "first in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen", as Maj. Gen. 'Light-Horse Harry' Lee eulogized at Washington's December ...
Pirámide de Mayo, July 2005. The Pirámide de Mayo ( Spanish pronunciation: [piˈɾamiðe ðe ˈmaʝo]; English: May Pyramid ), located at the hub of the Plaza de Mayo, is the oldest national monument in the City of Buenos Aires. Its construction was ordered in 1811 by the Primera Junta to celebrate the first anniversary of the May Revolution.
Punto Obelisco. Aerial view of the Obelisco and its surroundings, 2018. Punto Obelisco (Obelisk Point) is a zone around the Obelisk of Buenos Aires and the Plaza de la República. It is a project held by the city's government in order to enrich the surroundings of the monument and to make it the center of entertainment in the city.
University of Buenos Aires. Profession. Architect, politician. Alberto Prebisch (February 1, 1899 – October 13, 1970) was a distinguished Argentine architect whose numerous works included private houses, apartment and office blocks, cinemas, shops and banks. Prebisch was born in Tucumán, Argentina, to German settlers his brother Raúl ...
Sep. 8—The Soldiers' Monument — a 33-foot-tall obelisk memorializing New Mexico soldiers who fought for the Union during Civil War battles — graced the Santa Fe Plaza for more than 150 years ...