Plaza de Mayo of Buenos Aires

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Location and the reason for the name of Plaza de Mayo 

Located in the heart of the down town of Argentinean capital and at the end of Avenue de Mayo, near the Cathedral underground station, the main square of Buenos Aires, will forever he known as the place being the origin of the independence movement of Argentina. It is the place where started the movement for the liberation of the land from Spanish regime that soon spread all over the continent of South America. The answer to the question: why is the square callled Plaza De Mayo is that since the movement for indepedence of the country started in the month of May at 25th in 1810 A.D , that is why it is called Plaza de Mayo. In the center of the square can be seen the “Pyramide de Mayo “a large obelisk commemorating the emancy was started in the month of Mayipation  of the nation from the Spanish rule.

The plaza covers nearly two city blocks and is lined by several buildings of the nineteenth century. At the plaza’s eastern end is the statue of Gen. Manuel Beigrano who designed the flag of Argentina. Close to it lie the city council buildings or the Cabildo, the fine bank buildings, and the Casa Rosada or "Pink House" on its eastern end, housing the executive branch of government. 

                                                      Plaza de Mayo in Down Town Beunos Aires

Its past in brief
As for the remote past of it, the square was laid out in 1580 when the Spanish settlers, having abandoned the town of Buenos Aries in 1536 and migrating to north where they founded Ascension, came back to the town after nearly forty years. The square has always been the traditional spot for rallies, gatherings, and protests of every kind, the freedom movement of 1810, the bloody clashes of Dec 2001, or the bicentenary celebrations of the country in 2010.

Just in front of the plaza is a large elevated balcony from where the celebrated foot baller, Mara Dona once, when he won the world cup and than upon winning the second position, sang exultantly along with all the soccer fans, and where Madonna sang her unforgettable song: 'Don’t cry for me Argentina. 

                                               A Spectacular Scene of Plaza de Mayo






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