Rosario is the largest city in the central Argentine province of Santa Fe. The city, located 300 km (186 mi) northwest of Buenos Aires on the west bank of the Paraná River, is the third-most populous city in the country, and is also the most populous city in Argentina that is not a capital. With a growing and important metropolitan area, Greater Rosario has an estimated population of 1,750,000 as of 2020. One of its main attractions includes the neoclassical, Art Nouveau, and Art Deco architecture that has been preserved in hundreds of residences, houses and public buildings.
The 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, who raised it for the first time on an island on the opposite shore of the river on February 27, 1812.
The Encuentro Internacional de Escultura en Madera-Piedra-Hierro de Rosario is an artistic event celebrated every year, since 1993, in Rosario, province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It is organized by the Sculptors Association of Rosario.
Dolores Candelaria Mora Vega known professionally as Lola Mora, was a sculptor born in San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina. She is known today as a cultural rebel and a pioneer of women in her artistic field.
Erminio Blotta was an Argentine self-taught sculptor of Italian origin.
Aurelio Luigi Ramacciotti, known as Luis Ramacciotti was an Italian-Argentine sculptor.
Agustín Oscar Rossi is an Argentine Justicialist Party politician. Rossi has held a number of important political posts throughout his career, most notably as Minister of Defense during the presidencies of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (2013–2015) and Alberto Fernández (2019–2021).
Plaza Sarmiento is a plaza in the city of Rosario, province of Santa Fe, Argentina. Its name is an homage to former Argentine president Domingo Faustino Sarmiento.
Roxana Itatí Latorre is an Argentine Justicialist Party politician. She was a member of the Argentine Senate representing Santa Fe Province from 2001 to 2015.
Emilio Alberto Rached is an Argentine politician, formerly of the Radical Civic Union. Elected for the Civic Front for Santiago, he sat in the Argentine Senate representing Santiago del Estero Province and supporting the majority block of the Front for Victory from 2007 to 2013.
Rosario Luchetti is an Argentine field hockey player, who won the bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and the silver medal at the 2012 Olympic Games in London with the Argentina national women's hockey team.
Émile Edmond Jean Peynot was a prominent French artist sculptor and medallist.
Rogelio Yrurtia was a renowned Argentine sculptor of the Realist school.
Congressional Plaza is a public park facing the Argentine Congress in Buenos Aires. The plaza is part of a 3 hectare open space comprising three adjoining plazas to the east of the Congress building. The Kilometre Zero for all Argentine National Highways is marked on a milestone at the plaza.
Alberto Prebisch was a distinguished Argentine architect whose numerous works included private houses, apartment and office blocks, cinemas, shops and banks. Prebisch was born in Tucumán, Argentina, to German settlers his brother Raúl Prebisch was a well-known economist.
The Equestrian monument to General Manuel Belgrano is a landmark of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is located at Plaza de Mayo, in front of the Casa Rosada. It depicts General Manuel Belgrano holding the Flag of Argentina, and it is made of bronze over a pedestal of granite.
Alfredo Bigatti (1898–1964) was an Argentine sculptor, medalist, and visual artist.
Eduardo Amancio Barnes was an Argentine sculptor, and one of his country's preeminent creators of sacred art.
José Fioravanti was a prolific Argentine sculptor known for the many civic monuments he created.
A bronze sculpture of Argentine general José de San Martín stands in Belgrave Square, London, United Kingdom. It was unveiled on 2 November 1994 by Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh accompanied by the Argentine Ambassador Mario Cámpora. The statue is the work of Argentinian sculptor Juan Carlos Ferraro.
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