Monument to the Carta Magna and Four Regions of Argentina

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The Monument to the Carta Magna and Four Regions of Argentina is located in the intersection of Del Libertador and Sarmiento Avenues, a landmark site in the Palermo, a neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is commonly referred to as the Monument of the Spanish.

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The monument was a donation from the Spanish community in celebration of the centenary of the Revolución de Mayo of 1810 (which marked the formal beginning of Argentina's independence from Spain). It was built entirely in bronze and Carrara marble. The sculpture was finalized in 1927.

History

The monument in International Eucharistic Congress. Congreso Eucaristico Buenos Aires Monumento de los Espanoles 1934.jpg
The monument in International Eucharistic Congress.

The monument is one of the most renowned in the city. Although the founding stone was set in 1910 when the Catalan Agustí Querol Subirats began its design, he died shortly and the building of the monument suffered many setbacks taking a long time to build. After Querol’s death, Cipriano Folgueras was assigned the project but he also died in the meantime and so the monument’s rising was further delayed. [1] (The work was later completed by Antonio Moliné. [2] ) Another delay was due to a strike by Italian workers in the quarries of Carrara. And another was due to a storm, September 20, 1914, when part of the work was already positioned in Buenos Aires. Due to the storm, the left arm of the marble statue was broken off, and had to be reattached. [1]

Another unfortunate event occurred in 1916 when the ocean liner (the Príncipe de Asturias Ship) that was carrying the materials for the monument sank midway. In 1917 Spain requested replacements for lost materials. These were sent two years later, and once arrivals were retained by Customs, causing a bureaucratic mess. Finally, the stunning 24.5-metre-high (80 ft) marble and brass monument was finished and inaugurated in 1927. The monument was inaugurated on March 13, 1927, with a speech by the Argentina president Marcelo T. de Alvear. [3]

In 1934 took place in its surroundings closing of the International Eucharistic Congress. For this he covered the monument with a cross of 35 m in height. After Mass, and to the more than one million people attended the event, was heard over the loudspeakers and thanks to a radio broadcast with the Vatican Pope Pius XI bless the present. The event was presided by Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli, the future pope Pius XII. [4]

Characteristics

At its top is a symbolic statue of the republic with allegoric marble representations of labor and work at its base, and bronze figures that represent the Andes, Pampa, Chaco and de la Plata regions. Its inscriptions include a fragment of the Argentine constitution that proclaims freedom for the country and for any person in the world who wishes the make Argentina their home and also four statements that proclaim the brotherhood of Argentina and Spain, their people, their language and their destiny.

Location

Located in the intersection of Del Libertador and Sarmiento Avenues, in the Palermo Gardens and front to Buenos Aires Zoo.

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References

  1. 1 2 María del Cármen Magaz (2007). Escultura y Poder. "Serie Arte" de Acervo Editora Argentina. ISBN   978-987-23100-2-8.
  2. ↑ Rodríguez-Samaniego, Cristina; Esquinas Giménez, Natàlia (27–30 June 2018). "Art and politics in 1900 Catalan Sculpture in Latin America" (PDF). III Art Nouveau International Congress, Barcelona. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
  3. ↑ Carlos María Toto, Leticia Maronese y Carlos Estévez (2007), Monumentos y Obras de Arte en el espacio público de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Colección cuadernos educativos, Ministerio de Cultura de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires.
  4. ↑ Diego M. Zigiotto (2008). Las mil y una curiosidades de Buenos Aires, pág. 438. Grupo Norma. ISBN   978-987-545-483-5.
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