Saturday, August 14, 2010

Ibero-Americano statues


Next to Central Station is a row of statues dedicated to Ibero-American heroes- opened in 1989. The first is General San Martin.

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  1. I know these statues. WHY are they there? What do they represent? They seem just to be plonked ... any idea?

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  2. Julie, on the Devonshire street side of Central Station. They celebrate the influence of the Spanish-Portugese (Iberian penisular) speaking peoples especially those from South America. Their heroes such as Generalissimo San Martin, national hero of Argentina, an 18th-century general and the main leader of the southern part of South America's struggle for independence from Spain.

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  3. I've driven past there many time but have never gone up close to find out more about them.

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