Plaza Italia - Palermo (Buenos Aires)
S 34° 34.871 W 058° 25.253
21H E 369680 N 6172483
Depicted Plaza Italia, a small public park in Palermo district of Buenos Aires, is located on the connection of Santa Fe Avenue and Avenida Sarmiento.
Waymark Code: WMQAH8
Location: Argentina
Date Posted: 01/23/2016
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Depicted Plaza Italia, a small public park in Palermo district of Buenos Aires, is located on the connection of Santa Fe Avenue and Avenida Sarmiento.
In the Plaza vicinity are the main entrances to the Buenos Aires ZOO and the Botanical Garden. The Plaza, surrounded by roundabout, is very busy with traffic, as it is a public transportation hub for the city. Under the park is located Line D subway (subte) station bearing the same name.
The center of the park is decorated by an equestrian statue of Giuseppe Garibaldi, which was ceremonially unveiled on June 19, 1904 by presidents Julio Argentino Roca and Bartolomé Mitre. On the corner of the Plaza is a Roman column, original from the Roman Forum, donated by the city of Rome. More than 2 000 years old, it is one of the oldest monuments in the city.
The park construction works were started in 1898. Before that the area was called Plaza de los Portones (Plaza of the Big Gates), due to the big gates existing at the entrance to present-day Sarmiento Avenue. The name was changed by city ordinance in 1909 to the present name. [excerpted from WIki]