Daily Archives: January 15, 2011

Plaza del Congreso, Buenos Aires

At the west end of Avenida de Mayo, in front of the Palacio del Congreso, lies the Plaza del Congreso. Within the Plaza is Monumento a los Dos Congresos (Monument of the Two Congresses) honoring the Congress of 1810 in Buenos Aires and the Congress of 1816 in Tucumí¡n which lead to the independence of Argentina. Fountains and sculptures fill the Plaza and a temporary nativity scene of colossal scale stands at the east end (this was, after all, just after Christmas. Continue reading

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