Plaza de Mayo various

2 A bit different angle pics from Plaza de mayo, Buenos Aires. 1. From one of the fountains towards Casa Rosada. 2. Plaza de Mayo munument.

Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo

White shawls are drawn on the floor in an area of Plaza de Mayo. The shawls symbolize the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo. The Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo (Spanish: Asociación Madres de Plaza de Mayo) is an association of Argentine mothers whose children "disappeared" under the military dictatorship between 1976 and 1983.

On thursdays day have their weekly march on the Plaza to keep asking for action or attention to social issues.

FInd more on The Mothers here.

Plaza de Mayo monument

Mostly you get pictures of the Plaza with the Casa Rosada in the background. This one is taken from the opposite side. You are looking Wesbound. The street on the right behind the people is Avenida 25 de Mayo which ends at the Congreso. The catedral would be right just outside the picture. The Casa Rosada is right behind the maker of this picture.

It looks like a nice and sunny morning.

For those who are very observant. If this is Westbound is the sun then not shining from the North? Well, in the Southern Hemisphere the sun also travels from East to West but via North. So for Northern Hemisphere folks the sun goes the other way around.

Typical Plaza de Mayo

Walked here many times: Plaza de Mayo. A lot of memorabilia is being sold there like all kinds of flags, mates etc.

To give an indication where you are looking: The Casa Rosada would be on the left and the Catedral on the right. For more detail click on the image to blow it up.

Plaza de Mayo flowers

A nice picture of the Casa Rosada and Plaza de Mayo because of the beautiful flowers in the front of the picture. Most of the time you don't see them!

A Fall day in Buenos Aires

Another movie for today!

Taken on June 6th 2007. That's D-Day (1944)isn't it? I made a round on foot through downtown. Started at Plaza de Mayo which was foggy. Special effects one could say! From there via Florida Street (didn't film because i already made a film there last April) to Túcuman. You will see the crossing with Leandro N. Alem and then straight towards Puerto Madero. Some Puerto Madero North side parts and then back towards Plaza de Mayo. You see a nice square in between with the Casa Rosada. And then the Plaza de Mayo again, now in bright sunshine, with fountains, the Cathedral and again the Casa Rosada.

Music is from the Pearl Harbor Soundtrack.

Almost there

And before you know it you end up at Plaza de Mayo again. The building on the left is the Cathedral.

Banco de la Nación Argentina detail

This is the Banco de la Nación Argentina. You could say the State Bank. It's situated on Plaza de Mayo next to the Casa Rosada. The building is also used for expositions. I remember the Dutch Queen visiting March 2006 and she visited an exposition in the building. The door btw is huge. I estimate 5 mtrs high or something. So i made another picture looking up for some perspective.

Plaza de Mayo May 26th 2007

Today went out and started as often on Plaza de Mayo. Made around 30 pictures in total from various places. Will spread them over the coming days.

Here is the first one. One of the fountains on Plaza de Mayo. I took it because of the rainbow in it. It's faint but maybe you can see it. if not click on the picture for the bigger version.

Plaza de Mayo fountain

Another nice picture. The fountain on Plaza de Mayo. It's almost rare because so many times there are obstructions and gates (security) because of the Casa Rosada (presidents work palace) on the right just out of the photo. The picture faces North-east and in the center is the monumental building of the Banco de la Nación Argentina. It's also the beginning of Avenida Rivadavia which runs to your left (West). North-East to East would also be the direction to go to visit Puerto Madero. Eventually you will end up at the Rio de la Plata.

Plaza de Mayo in 1854

Found this photo of Plaza the Mayo looking at the Cathedral made in 1854.

Plaza de Mayo

The Plaza de Mayo (Spanish for May Square) is the main square in downtown Buenos Aires, Argentina, at 34°36′30″S, 58°22′19″WCoordinates: 34°36′30″S, 58°22′19″W; it is flanked by Hipólito Yrigoyen, Balcarce, Rivadavia and Bolívar streets. Several of the city's major landmarks are located around the Plaza: the Cabildo (the city council during the colonial era), the Casa Rosada (home of the executive branch of the federal government), the Metropolitan Cathedral of Buenos Aires, the current city hall or municipalidad, and the headquarters of the Nación Bank. The Buenos Aires financial district (microcentro), affectionately known as la City (sic) also lies besides the Plaza.

Political significance

The Plaza de Mayo has always been the focal point of political life in Buenos Aires. Its current name commemorates the May Revolution of 1810, which started the process towards the country's independence from Spain in 1816.

On October 17, 1945, mass demonstrations in the Plaza de Mayo organized by Evita and the CGT trade union federation forced the release from prison of Juan Domingo Perón, who would later become president of Argentina. For several years the Peronist movement gathered every October 17th in the Plaza de Mayo to show their support for their leader (and October 17 is still "Loyalty Day" for the traditional Peronists). Many other presidents, both democratic and military, have also saluted people in the Plaza from the balcony of the Casa Rosada.

In 1955 the Plaza de Mayo was bombed by planes of a military faction trying to overthrow Perón, killing over 300 bystanders and wounding many more. Although the coup was aborted, three months later, the Revolución Libertadora ("Liberating Revolution") succeeded and staged its own demonstration in the same Plaza that used to be a symbol of Peronism.

Years later, in 1974, Perón, then president for the third time, expelled from the Plaza the members of the Montoneros, an armed organisation that tried to influence the political orientation of the national government.

Crowds gathered once again on April 2, 1982 to hail de facto President Leopoldo Galtieri for starting the Falklands/Malvinas war.

Since the late 1970s, this 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. The Argentine military was anti-Communist, and people perceived to be supportive of such ideas 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 were doing.

Protests have continued on taking place, with the major last one being during the December 2001 riots when five protesters were shot to their deaths and several others injured by police as they rioted around Plaza de Mayo.

Today, Plaza de Mayo continues to be a tourist attraction for those that visit Buenos Aires.

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Find the webcam

First picture i made today was on Plaza de Mayo. If you have visited the Live webcams of the city page you may have seen the following:


Now was the idea to stand on the other end and capture the building where the webcam is. So here it is. Can you spot the webcam?

I have to add that in webcam picture one here the people were not there in these numbers. Was few hours earlier but they were building something up.