The 4th day!!

The fourth day started very early, the weather was very cool and rainy.
First we went to Temaikèn, which is a zoo in Belén de Escobar, Argentina. It is the only AZA accredited zoo in that country. The name is a portmanteau of tem (earth) and aiken (life) in the language of the native Tehuelche people.
Covering 178 acres, Temaikèn specializes in native Argentine wildlife and exotic and threatened species. In addition to the zoo the Temaikèn Foundation owns the Osununu wildlife conservation area. It also has programs to manage and protect the Parana Pine ecosystem and butterflies and orchids within the national wildlife conservation system. It is also a popular tourist destination.
We saw a lot of kind of animals, and learn a lot of them. We stayed there till the lunch time, in a restaurant called "Barba Roja". Then we bought souvenir.

After this,we visited Tecnópolis a science, technology, industry and art mega exhibition, based in Argentina and the largest in Latin America. Located in Villa Martelli, in the Vicente Lopez division, Tecnopolis was inaugurated on July 14, 2011, by President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.



When we were on Tecnópolis started raining, so we finish the tour early but we went to the unicenter shopping. when we finished we returned to the hotel.

Source of information:
Temaikèn
Tecnópolis

LA PLATA...

Let's go to La Plata. is a very beautiful place. It's considered a city of administration and a campus city as well. At the same time, as La Plata is the capital city of the largest province of the country, the Head offices of numerous organizations are settled there. La Plata is considered one of the main cities of Argentina and South America for its great architectural, and cultural heritages.

Like in no other place, many symbols appear in the sculptures, historic buildings and also in the map of the city, from which several myths and urban legends were born. This is a young city for young people, with a lot of activities to do.

The Cathedral of the city was the first parade. It's a Neo-Gothic Construction on Plaza Moreno. It began in 1884, under the direction of French-born architect Pedro Benoit; it took over a century, with the towers only completed in 1999. A museum in the crypt traces the history of the construction. An elevator whisks you to the top of one of the towers - a splendid place for photographs. Afterwards, enjoy a coffee in the bar (surely this is the only cathedral in the world with incorporated bar!). Across the plaza is the city hall, built by a German architect, and described by some as very reminiscent of the Amsterdam central train station. The most amazing part was when we were in the top. The city looked amazing from there, seriously.

After lunch, we continued knowing la plata. We went to the national Museum. It is a natural history museum in La Plata, Argentina. 

The building, 135 meters (443 feet) long, today houses 3 million fossils and relics (including 44,000 botanical items), an amphitheatre, opened in 1992, and a 58,000-volume library, serving over 400 university researchers. Around 400,000 visitors (8% of whom are from outside Argentina) pass through its doors yearly, including a thousand visiting researchers.

Second Day

                     

                       

                     Source: *Catedral Metropolitana-Bs. As. travel

                                  *National Congress-Wikipedia

                                  *Casa Rosada-Presidencia.gob

                                  *Teatro Colón

Places we visit on the first day in Bs. As.

La Boca

La Boca is a neighborhood of the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires. Its name is because it is located at the mouth of the Riachuelo.

La Boca has a unique architecture. The colours of the houses represent an endless variety that comes from the sailors.

In this neighborhood appeared so many artist and cultural expressions. One of the greatest artistic references of La Boca was the painter Benito Quinquela Martin, who was inspired for the neighborhood for many of his paintings.

La Boca is a popular destination for tourists visiting Argentina, with colourful houses and streets like  the Caminito, where tango artists perform.

This neighborhood is known among sports fans for La Bombonera the home of Boca Juniors.

 More information in spanish: La Boca

The Riachuelo 
It is a 64-kilometres stream in Argentina that originates in the Buenos Aires Province and empties into the Río de la Plata. La Boca neighbourhood and the Boca Juniors football club are located near the Riachuelo's mouth. 
The river is usually referred to as Río La Matanza.
The Riachuelo receives large amounts of industrial waste from the numerous factories along the river, which makes the Riachuelo a polluted river. Because of this, the Riachuelo's plight has attracted the attention of other public figures, notably artist and Greenpeace.

 more about this place: El Riachulo

The Monumental
The Club Atlético River Plate is a sport club from the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It was founded in 1938 in the neighborhood of Nuñez, it`s the biggest stadium in the country, because it has a capacity of 64.000 people.

 More information in spanish: El monumental

The Bombonera
The Stadium Alberto J. Armando is located in the neighborhood of La Boca, Buenos Aires, Argentina. It was inagurated in 1940. It's call "la Bombonera" because its shape, with a "flat" stand on one side of the pitch and three steep stands round the rest of the stadium. It has a capacity of 49,000 people.

More information in spanish: La Bombonera

Places we visited in Rosario

Now we are gonna give you information about Rosario...

Rosario City

Rosario is the largest city in the province of Santa Fe, in central Argentina. It is located 300 km northwest of Buenos Aires, on the western shore of the Paraná River. It has 1,735,558 residents as of 2010. Rosario is the third-largest city in Argentina by population, with a growing and important metropolitan area (Greater Rosario). One of its main attractions includes the neoclassical architecture that has been retained over the centuries in hundreds of residences, houses and public buildings.

Rosario is the head city of the Rosario Department and is located at the heart of the major industrial corridor in Argentina. The city is a major railroad terminal and the shopping center for northeastern Argentina. Ships reach the city via the Paraná River, which allows the existence of a 10 m deep port. Exports include wheat, flour, hay, linseed and other vegetable oils, corn, sugar, lumber, meat, hides, and wool. Manufactures include flour, sugar, meat products, and other foodstuffs. The Rosario-Victoria Bridge, opened in 2004, spans the Paraná River, connecting Rosario with the city of Victoria, across the Paraná Delta. Because it plays a critical role in agricultural commerce, the city finds itself at the center of a continuing debate over taxes levied on big-ticket agricultural goods such as soy.

Along with Paraná, Rosario is one of the few Argentine cities that cannot point to a particular individual as its founder. The city's patron is the Virgin of the Rosary, whose feast day is October 7.

Source of information: Ciudad de Rosario

National Flag Memorial

 National Flag Memorial in Rosario, Argentina, is a monumental complex built near the shore of the Paraná River. It was inaugurated on June 20, 1957, the anniversary of the death of Manuel Belgrano, creator of the Argentine flag.

The complex has a total area of about 10,000 square metres, and was built mostly using stone from the Andes, under the direction of architects Ángel Guido and Alejandro Bustillo, and the sculptors José Fioravanti, Alfredo Bigatti and Eduardo Barnes.

The Monumento has three parts: the mast, 70 metres high, which commemorates the Revolution of May 1810 and houses Manuel Belgrano's crypt in its base; the Civic Courtyard, which symbolizes the effort of the organization of the state, and the Triumphal Propylaeum, representing the Nation as organized after the 1853 Constitution. Under the Propylaeum there is the Honour Room for the Flags of America (where the flags of all American nations are displayed).

Source of information: Monumento a la Bandera

Cathedral Basilica Shrine of Our Lady of the Rosario

The Cathedral Basilica Shrine of Our Lady of the Rosary is a minor basilica and cathedral dedicated to the local Virgin of the Rosary, in the city of Rosario, province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It is the mother church of the Archdiocese of Rosario.

The basilica is located on the oldest part of the city, at the corner of Buenos Aires St. and Córdoba St., besides the Palacio de los Leones (that is, the municipal building), across the pedestrian path called Pasaje Juramento that leads into the National Flag Memorial. The basilica faces Plaza 25 de Mayo (May 25th Square), also bordered by the Central Post Office.

The first parish was built in this site in 1731, at a time when Rosario was no more than a small scattered village on the shore of the Paraná River. The image of the Virgin of the Rosary was brought from Cádiz, Spain, in 1773.

The basilica dates from the last part of the 19th century; it was first projected in 1882 and its construction started in 1887. Its altar is of Italian origin, and it was made of Carrara marble. The mother church was officially named a cathedral at the canonical erection of the Diocese of Rosario, on 20 April 1934, and it became a basilica on 7 October 1966.

The cathedral is on the list of works and sites of patrimonial value of the municipality of Rosario.

Source of information: Catedral de Rosario

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