Rosario's Places Visited

The City of Rosario

It is in the center-east of Argentina, in Santa Fe and it’s the third city most populated in the country, after Buenos Aires and Córdoba. Rosario is located on the coast of Paraná river Above this river there is a port which transports big bulk. Its population was about 1.028.658 in 2010. The Rosario department includes Rosario and other 23 municipalities. It is the nucleus of a very important economic región, being in a geographical strategic position in relation with the Mercosur. Almost 80% of the nation production in cereals, oils and their derivatives are exported by Gran Rosario’s ports. Focus on the education, cultura and sports, it also has important museums and libraries. The city is known as the argentinian flag cradle, being its most popular building the“Monumeto a la Bandera”

Source: Rosario

The “Monumento Histórico Nacional a la Bandera”

It is a building simbol of Rosario city, in Argentina. It is settled in the “Parque Nacional a la Bandera”, the place where General Manuel Belgrano unfurled and hoisted by first time the Argentinian Flag, the February 27th of 1812, on the coast of Paraná river. It was designed by the arquitects Ángel Guido y Alejandro Bustillo, and collaborated the sculptors Alfredo Bigatti y José Fioravanti. Later Eduardo Barne’s works and Pedro Cresta’s appliances were added. Also, Lola Mora’s sculptures were recovered. It has a 70 metres tower with a balcony on the top, a crypt in honor of Gral Manuel. In the subsoil there is a room in honor of Américan’s Flags.

Source: Flag's Monument

“BASILICA CATEDRAL NUESTRA SEÑORA DEL ROSARIO”

This temple started with a little oratory, after that, in 1996 it was designated “Basílica menos” and recently in 1998, it was designated Santuario. Its current facade was done by Gerbino Shwards, who introduced a porch and the french style. When we get into the church, we find out a big nave. We keep walking and before the altar, at the left there is an old baptistery in 1998. The main altar was built with carrara mármol and in Renaissance style.

Source: Cathedral