Buenos Aires City –as every metropolis- has thousands of monuments and statues. But some of them are more significant than other because of their beauty, their history or their special patrimonial value. Among that myriad of works, Hostel Colonial selects a couple for you to know which are the most interesting and those you should visit or photograph to capture the essence of our city.
Altogether, it’s calculated that Buenos Aires has around 2200 statues and monuments. Undoubtedly, the “Obelisco” (year 1936, in the corner of 9 de Julio and Corrientes Avenue) is the most representative one. Followed by the “Pirámide de Mayo” (May Pyramid, 1811), locates in the Plaza de Mayo commemorating the liberating revolution of 1810. It is also the first monument of Argentina.
The first Argentine made statue is the one that tributes a black man called Falucho, he was a liberated slave who fought in the independence war (it’s located in a square in Palermo neighborhood). The most represented figure in Argentine statues is that of General José de San Martín, our liberator. Although some foreign heroes can also be seen in our streets: George Washington (in Tres de Febrero Park) and Giuseppe Garibaldi (in Plaza Italia).
One of the most repeated images after San Martín is that of “The Mother”, a sculpture classic. According to experts, a large part of Buenos Aires statues are made by foreign artists (something you can expect in a cosmopolitan country). A curiosity: many monuments and sculptures but few fountains in our city, just 70.
The “Ego” will set sail in the next cruises season (December 12th 2011) and will have 2.200 places. It will offer thematic parties, games, music, international shows and famous DJs. “Ego” will also include the option to get married in a symbolic ceremony in the open sea. Symbolic marriages which might be reaffirmed once the cruise returns to Argentine land.
A excepcional obra moderna “Carmina Burana”, composta por Carl Orff, será apresentada pelo Ballet Contemporâneo do Teatro San Martín, dirigido por Mauricio Wainrot. Este sábado 26 e domingo 27 de fevereiro, as 9PM no Anfiteatro Eva Perón do Parque Centenário (Av. Lillo y Leopoldo Marechal). O ticket é libre e o contingente é limitado e os assentos ocupados por ordem de chegada.
The exhibition halls are clean, focused on the works. They have puffs and chairs for every spectator to take all the time they need to analyze the works: a group of videos, texts, sculptures, forms, colors and experiments which shape untraditional exhibitions. An opportunity to see but also to know the new stuff, to inspire or to be dazzled by the creative forms of the XXI Century.
The “murga”, as a carnival association, has more than 100 years of history in our city. Each group is the concretion of a year’s work and rehearsals: creating the traditional suits, rehearsing the choreographies. From the little ones (3 or 4 years old) to the old ones (they can be 80 years old or more), everybody brims with enthusiasm in the Porteño streets or in the corners of their beloved neighborhoods.
