Floralis Genérica - Recoleta (Buenos Aires)
S 34° 34.900 W 058° 23.638
21H E 372149 N 6172464
This Argentina post stamp issued in 2013 depicts Floralis Genérica, sculpture made of steel and aluminum, located in Plaza de las Naciones Unidas in Recoleta district of Buenos Aires.
Waymark Code: WMQAQ4
Location: Argentina
Date Posted: 01/24/2016
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This Argentina post stamp issued in 2013 depicts Floralis Genérica, sculpture made of steel and aluminum, located in Plaza de las Naciones Unidas in Recoleta district of Buenos Aires. Floralis Genérica is a gift to the city by the Argentine architect Eduardo Catalano. The stamp was issued on a occassion of the 125th International Olympic Committee Session, which took place at the Buenos Aires Hilton in Buenos Aires from 7 September to 10 September 2013.
Catalano once said that the flower "is a synthesis of all the flowers and is both a hope that is reborn every day to open." It was created in 2002. The sculpture was designed to move, closing its petals in the evening and opening them in the morning, although this mechanism is currently disabled. The sculpture is located in the center of a park of 4 acres of wooded boundaries, surrounded by paths that get closer and provide different perspectives of the monument, and placed above a reflecting pool, which apart from fulfilling its aesthetic function, protects it. It represents a large flower made of stainless steel with aluminum skeleton and reinforced concrete, which looks at the sky, extending to its six petals. It weighs 18 tons and is 23 m high.
[excerpted from Wikipedia]