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The "Argentine National Anthem" (Himno Nacional Argentino) was adopted as the sole official song of Argentina on 11 May 1813—three years after the May Revolution. Its lyrics were written by the Buenos Aires -born politician Vicente López y Planes and the music was composed by the Spanish musician Blas Parera.
The sun, called the Sun of May, is engraved on an 1828 eight escudo, the first Argentine coin, approved in 1813 by the Constituent Assembly. It features 32 rays, 16 undulated and 16 straight in alternation, and since 1978 it must be embroidered in the official ceremonial flag. National anthem [2] "Himno Nacional Argentino" (Argentine National ...
Sun of May on the first Argentine coin, 1813. According to Diego Abad de Santillán, the Sun of May represents Inti, the Incan god of the sun. [1]The specification "of May" is a reference to the May Revolution which took place in the week from 18 to 25 May 1810, which marked the beginning of the independence from the Spanish Empire for the countries that were then part of the Viceroyalty of ...
Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, the composer of the French national anthem "La Marseillaise", sings it for the first time. The anthem is one of the earliest to be adopted by a modern state, in 1795. Most nation states have an anthem, defined as "a song, as of praise, devotion, or patriotism"; most anthems are either marches or hymns in style. A song or hymn can become a national anthem under ...
Orders, decorations, and medals of Argentina (2 C, 9 P) Pages in category "National symbols of Argentina" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total.
When Argentina’s libertarian President-elect Javier Milei takes office on Dec. 10, many headlines around the world will read: “Trump admirer sworn in as Argentina’s new president.”
Argentina is a multiethnic society, home to people of various ethnic, racial, religious, denomination, and national origins, with the majority of the population made up of Old World immigrants and their descendants. [19] [20] [21] As a result, Argentines do not equate their nationality with ethnicity, but with citizenship and allegiance to ...
The culture of Argentina is as varied as the country geography and is composed of a mix of ethnic groups.Modern Argentine culture has been influenced largely by the Spanish colonial period and the 19th/20th century European immigration (mainly Italian and Spanish), and also by Amerindian culture, particularly in the fields of music and art.