Monuments in Buenos Aires

General Alvear Monument

Address: Avenida Libertador y la Avenida Alvear. s/n - RecoletaThis monument was erected to honor General Alvear for having been essential in the turn out of San Martin’s plan, and for his valuable cooperation when creating the Regiment “Granaderos a...

Bust of Gabriela Mistral

Address: Av. Libertador y Castilla (dentro de plaza) - RecoletaThis is a tribute to this grand Chilean writer that earned the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1945, made by the artist Luis Perlotti

Bust of Pablo Neruda

Address: Av. Libertador y Castilla (dentro de plaza.) - RecoletaIt has been erected as a tribute to the Chilean writer Pablo Neruda, an icon of all-times in terms of the most sublime love poetry along Hispanic American literature and history...

General O´Higgins Monument

Address: Av. Libertador y Castilla (en plaza) - PalermoThis monument was made completely in copper by the sculptor Gino Córdova, as a tribute to the outstanding character in Chilean Independence. There is also an image representing Freedom and two bas-reliefs...

The Obelisk

Address: Corrientes 1066 y Av 9 de Julio - San NicolásThis National Historic Monument situated in Plaza de la República is undoubtedly the symbol of the city, and the “compulsory” reference point for porteños and circumstantial visitors as well. It...

Two Congresses Monument

Address: Entre Ríos - Rivadavia - H. Irigoyen - Plaza de los Dos Congresos - MonserratThis monument was inaugurated on the 9th of July, 1914, four years after the creation of the Square of the same name. It is a...

Pyramid of May

Address: Centro de la Plaza de Mayo s/n - MonserratThis monument that stands in the middle of Plaza de Mayo was originally an obelisk constructed as the symbol of the first anniversary of the “Revolución de Mayo” in 1811. Later,...

Monumental Tower (former Tower of the English)

Address: Plaza Fuerza Aérea Argentina Av Libertador y San Martín - RetiroThis tower was a donation made by the English residents in 1910, for the celebration of the centenary of May Revolution. It was designed by Ambrose Paynter, corresponding to...

Woman´s Bridge

Address: Dique 3 de Puerto Madero – Pierina Dealessi y Manuela Gorriti s/n - Puerto MaderoIt is a work by the architect and engineer Santiago Calatrava, who had a Valencian origin. This pedestrian and movable bridge has marked a new...

Las Nereidas

Address: Tristán Achaval Rodríguez 1600 - Costanera SurThis sculpture of great artistic and architectonic value is popularly known as “the Lola Mora”, as a homage to its sculptress from Tucumán and it is considered as one of the most emblematic...