Mostrando las entradas con la etiqueta monumento a la bandera. Mostrar todas las entradas
Mostrando las entradas con la etiqueta monumento a la bandera. Mostrar todas las entradas

miércoles, 18 de noviembre de 2009

Don´t cry for me Argentina

Today is Outdoor Wednesday and we are joining Susan @ A Southern Daydreamer to see what is going on in the great outdoors. Stop in and visit all the other posts.
Hoy es Miércoles al aire libre, y nos sumamos a Susan @ A Southern Daydreamer para ver lo que está pasando en la naturaleza. Puedes visitar todos los demás puestos allí.

I´d love share with you "Flag Monument"Rosario, Rosario province Santa Fe. Argentina
Me gustaría compartir el "Monumento a la Bandera" Rosario, Provincia de Santa Fe. Argentina
Único Monumento del mundo dedicado a una Bandera.
Unique monument in the world dedicated to a flag.
National monument to the Flag Historical Monument Nacional (Santa Fe St. 581)_ One is facing the river. It has its origin in the installation of batteries, one of them Independence in the island Espinillo and the other Libertad on ravines of Parana river. It is in this last one where today is the monument, here the flag created by Manuel Belgrano it was hoisted the 27th February 1812 for the first time.
It is a project of the architects Alejandro Bustillo y Angel Guido, and the escultors Alfredo Bigatti and José Fioravanti. Made in travertino marble. Inaugurated the 20th June 1957. The change of the Honor guard of the National Monument to the Flag stands out the first Sundays of every month, which is integrated by soldiers of Regimiento Patricios.
The parks National of Bandera and Belgrano surround to this monument.
This particular representative symbol of the city of Rosary tries to represent the "ship of the Mother country", is divided in three parts:
-1- The Tower In its base is cripta of the general Manuel Belgrano.
-2- Civic Patio
-3- Propileo- Reproduce an athenian temple. Underneath is the Gallery of Honor of the Flags.
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