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Plaza Italia is a small park in the city of

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in the barrio of

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on the confluence of

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and

Avenida Sarmiento Avenida General Sarmiento is an avenue located in the Palermo neighborhood, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It runs from Plaza Italia to the Costanera Rafael Obligado Avenue, across the Parque Tres de Febrero. History When Governor Juan Manue ...

. Next to the plaza are the main entrances to the Zoo and the Botanical Gardens, and the

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Expo Center. The area is very busy with traffic, as it is a public transportation hub for the city. In the center of the park there is an equestrian statue to Giuseppe Garibaldi, which opened on 19 June 1904 in a ceremony attended by Presidents

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and

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Under the park there is a metro station of the same name in the "D" line of the system. On the corner of the Plaza and the Exposition Center there is a Roman column, original from the

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, donated by the city of

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. More than 2,000 years old, it is one of the oldest monument in the city.

History

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. The first

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in Buenos Aires departed from Plaza Italia in 1894. This is commemorated in a small mosaic placed on the northeast side on Santa Fe Avenue.

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External links

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Tourist attractions in Buenos Aires

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