Negrazón y Chaveta / Negrazón and Chaveta - Puerto Madero (Buenos Aires)
S 34° 36.555 W 058° 21.761
21H E 375060 N 6169444
Statue called "Negrazón y Chaveta", in Argentina popular heroes of homorous cartoon from legendary magazine La Papa de Hortensia, decorates small park at the corner of Juana Manso and Martha Lynch streets in Puerto Maderó district of Buenos Aires.
Waymark Code: WMQ991
Location: Argentina
Date Posted: 01/14/2016
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Depicted statue called "Negrazón y Chaveta" (Negrazón and Chaveta), in Argentina popular heroes of homorous cartoon from legendary magazine La Papa de Hortensia, decorates small park at the corner of Juana Manso and Martha Lynch streets in luxurz residential and commercial district Pueerto Madero in Buenos Aires.
Negrazón and Chaveta, cretaed by founder and illustrator of 'La Papa de Hortensia' magazine Alberto Pío Augusto Cognigni (1930-1983), are cartoon characters representing typical "guasos" (low class scholars from town Cordoba) with very specific sense of humor. They were created by Cognigni in 1971 and became soon extremely popular in Argentina...
The statue this inseparable couple on their beloved "Pumarola" moped, work of sculptor Pablo Irrgang, was unveiled in
October 22, 2013.
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