The Obelisco de Buenos Aires (Obelisk of Buenos Aires) is a national historic monument and icon of Buenos Aires. Located in the Plaza de la República in the intersection of avenues Corrientes and 9 de Julio, it was erected in 1936 to commemorate the quadricentennial of the first foundation of the city.
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| Monuments in action: constructions of a collective memory en es | 1km | site_izi | |||
| Ricardo Rojas House Museum | 2018 | 2.5km | site_ao | ||
| Mausoleum of José de San Martín | 2018 | 0.9km | site_ao | ||
| Original Tomb of Tomás Guido | 2018 | 2km | site_ao | ||
| Mafalda Monument | 2018 | 1.6km | site_ao | ||
| La Casa Mínima | 2018 | 1.7km | site_ao | ||
| Brazilian Embassy | 1.3km | site_brutalism | |||
| Uruguayan Embassy (today: Faculty of Medicine) | 1.8km | site_brutalism | |||
| Banco de Londres y América del Sud (Bank of London and South America) (today Banco Hipotecario) | 1959 | 0.9km | site_brutalism | ||
| The iconic Buenos Aires art form that almost disappeared | 2020 | 1.1km | post | ||
| The Sisters Who Photographed the Stars of Buenos Aires Nightlife | 2019 | 1.1km | post |
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