Sunday, September 23, 2007

Travels in Argentina - Rosario

We went to this city (either the 2nd or 3rd biggest in Argentina) about 4 hours outside of Buenos Aires because a friend told us he loved it there. I´m not sure why. There was nothing really spectacular about it, just another city that´s seen better days. Claims to fame: birthplace of the Argentina flag and Che Guevara.

Monument to Manuel Belgrano, creator of the flag

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He´s buried underneath this monument

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You can ride the elevator to the top and have a nice view of the city for about $1

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Aerial view of a monument of the Molvinas (Falkland Islands). Argentina and England have been fighting on and off about them for years, as they are off the coast of Argentina but have been a British colony forever.

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One of the statues on the monument to Belgrano, he represents the Rio ParanĂ¡, one of the borders of the city.

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Another great statue

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We went tromping through the rain to take of photo of Che´s birthplace, it was somewhat of a let down, I don´t know if you can even see the very small red marker, I missed it at first.

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2 comments:

sharon said...

this looks like a nice place to visit. The bookstore-cafe looks fun. I bet you spent quite a lot of time there.

Unknown said...

WOW! what great sculptures and architecture. It makes me hate strip malls even more.