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You'll visit a little secret place ! |
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Just for a day . |
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Yes, La Plata means the silver but it can also means the money, and it was quite right during some time for this city to be called like that. La Plata is the capital of Buenos Aires Province, and after it was founded in the 1880's it was the heart of the whole country.
Although now the heart and soul is in the Federal Capital, called Capital Federal, a very original name... La Plata kept it's interesting life. It's about 56 km southeast from the Fed. Cap.
La Plata has amazing public buildings because it was supposed to reflect it's main roll in the Argentinean history. And the distribution of this tries to imitate Washington DC, USA, where all the major avenues are connecting the city's public buildings and parks.
La Casa de Gobierno, that is the Government House, is were the Governor "works", head of the city, and is one of the most impressive buildings.
Another one is the Natural History Museum. And although their fossil collection is not very organized is a massive one.
In the middle of Moreno Park, the main one in the city is La Plata's Founding Stone. A monument that represents the city's origin.
Every major city in Argentina got their Cathedral; here the Cathedral is in a neo-gothic style and shows lots about the cologne times that lived. The beautiful stained glass is a must in the city. It also has a museum but it doesn't say much.
The Teatro Argentino is a new building that replaced the old theatre that was destroyed by a fire. The locals assure that the theatre was one of the best in the world and of course much better than the new one.
The Pasaje Dardo Rocha, named after the city's creator, is the cultural centre of the city. There's not really much going on there, but it's probably because of the hard economic situation that the country is living.
There's also a Museum called Bellas Artes but in my opinion is there mainly because a major r city is supposed to have an art museum.
There are also two more main public buildings that deserve a look, the Palacio de la Legislatura, which is the Parliament and it's located opposite of Moreno Park, the Palacio Municipal. Is impressive because the building is in a German renaissance style while on each side there are modern towers.
My favourite place is called La Republica de los Niños, that would be the Kids Republic.
It's a scale-model city that Evita Peron sponsored for educational and enjoyment purposes. It's great to be in there and find the Parliament House in a child size! The little city has all the main public buildings, and then there is the fairy tale section. The construction was so peculiar that includes different architectural styles!
La Plata is not a very tourist place, so is not that well known but if you are planning to absorb the Argentinean city culture is a nice place to go. Besides, you cannot get lost the street names are in numbers!
