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1 ARGENTINA SITES AND ATTRACTIONS BY: TIM AND BRANDON

2 IGUAZU FALLS Iguazu Falls are waterfalls of the Iguazu River on the border of the Argentine province of Misiones and the Brazilian state of Paraná. The falls divide the river into the upper and lower Iguazu. Address: Misiones Province, Argentina Address Height: 269 ′ Height Elevation: 640 ′ Elevation Number of drops: 275 Number of drops Flow rate: 62,010 cubic feet per second Flow rate Longest drop: 269 ′ Longest drop Phone: +54 3757 49-1469 Phone

3 CASA ROSADA La Casa Rosada is the executive mansion and office of the President of Argentina. The palatial mansion is known officially as Casa de Gobierno. AddressAddress: Balcarce 50, 1064 Buenos Aires, Argentina FloorsFloors: 4 DemolishedDemolished: 1938 PhonePhone: +54 11 4344-3600 FunctionFunction: Presidential palace

4 CHAPELCO Mountain in Argentina Chapelco or Cerro Chapelco is a mountain and massif in Neuquén Province, south-western Argentina. The ski station of the same name is located 19 kilometres from the resort town of San Martín de los Andres Elevation: 6,496 ′ Province: Neuquén Province Nearest city: San Martín de los Andes

5 TEMAIKEN ZOO Temaikèn is a zoo in Belén de Escobar, vicinity of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is the only AZA accredited zoo in that country. The name is a portmanteau of tem and aiken in the language of the native Tehuelche people. Address: Ruta 25 Km 1, B 1625 Belén de Escobar, Buenos Aires, Argentina Hours: 10AM–6PM Province: Buenos Aires Province

6 RECOLETA CULTURAL CENTRE The Recoleta Cultural Centre is an exhibition and cultural events centre located in the barrio of Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina. It holds sculptures and exhibitions, as well as concerts and artistic presentations and workshops of diverse types. Address: Junín 1930, C1113AAX CABA, Argentina Opened: 1732 Phone: +54 11 4803-1040 Owner: Ministry of Culture Architectural style: Gothic Revival architecture Architects: Jacques Bedel, John Krauss, John Wolf, Clorindo Benedit, Luis F. Testa

7 ILLUMINATED BLOCK The Illuminated Block is a historical landmark in the Monserrat neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Address: Perú 272, 1067 Buenos Aires, Argentina Cultural center housed in a city block of former churches, missions & offices, plus a cave network. The Society of Jesus arrived in the newly founded village of Buenos Ayres in 1608, establishing their first mission on a 2 hectare (5 acre) lot which had earlier been aside by Spanish conquistador Juan de Garay for the future town square. The Jesuits' 1661 sale of the property (which would ultimately become the Plaza de Mayo) and a gift of an adjacent lot by Isabel de Carvajal allowed the order to build a new, largely self-reliant mission. Work began in 1686 on the Saint Ignatius Church, a baroque structure completed in 1722, and the adjoining College of St. Ignatius was designed by local architect Juan Kraus and built between 1710 and 1729. Becoming the only academy in colonial Buenos Aires to provide a classical education, and the property possessed the city's finest laboratories, museum and library.

8 PLAZA DE MAYO The Plaza de Mayo is the main square in the Monserrat barrio of central Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is flanked by Hipólito Yrigoyen Balcarce, Rivadavia and Bolíva The plaza, since 1977, is where the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo have congregated with signs and pictures of desaparecidos, their children, who were subject to forced disappearance by the Argentine military in the Dirty War, during the National Reorganization Process. People perceived to be supportive of subversive activities (that would include expressing left-wing ideas, or having any link with these people, however tenuous) would be illegally detained, subject to abuse and torture, and finally murdered in secret. The Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo took advantage of the symbolic importance of the Plaza to open the public's eyes to what the military regime was doing.


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