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The construction of the Theater was initiated in 1980, obeying al project of the architects of La Plata Enrique Bars, Tom?s Garcia, Roberto Germani, In?s Eubio, Alberto Sbarra and Carlos Ucar, who a year before they had earned the respective contest. Their surface cover reaches the 60.000 square meters and the geometry of its plant, with smaller and greater diagonals, evokes the plan of our city. Public Area: plaza of access, foyers, public parlors, parlor of expositions, terrace window, bars, sweetshops, and restaurant with capacity for 300 people October 31, 2000, before 2 thousand spectators, the Room Alberto Ginastera was reinaugurada with it put in scene of the opera "Rough", of Giacomo Puccini. This room counts on scenic machinery of advanced and a system of mobile platforms that will do that the changes escenogr?ficos be carried out in a negligible time. This mobile setting is placed to 7,30 meters on the level of the plaza. That base has the possibility to descend behind the curtain, where would be able to mount a subsequent freight car, and thus to agree with two different settings. This mechanism functions from a sensitive hydraulic one, with a curtain motorized, a room of motors and a central computer. In the meantime, the scenic lighting is composed for 500 appliances of different varieties - projecting of cut, fresnell, followers - that were brought of Belgium and France. It would plot it lum?nica is controlled through systems computerized of the latest generation. The bronze spider, that presides this room, weighs three tons, contains 400 lamps and 25.000 wats; and is built to resemblance of the one that lit up in the old Argentine Theater.
Updated Apr 4, 2011
Address: 9 y 10 an the avenue 51 y 53,
Phone: : 0221 429-1732/1733
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The city of La Plata is just 1.5 hours away from Buenos Aires (once you made it through the heavy traffic, it is a breeze to get here).
It is one of the 'most planned' city I have ever been to. There is a square with a central park and two diagonal avenues, north-south and east-west. The rest of the city are on a rectangular grid and the streets are numbered consecutively.
At one end of the main square, there sits the gorgeous and Gothic-styled Cathedral of La Plata. This is apparently the largest church in Argentina. You can do a little tour of the Cathedral which includes a visit up one of the spires by elevators (yep, no huffing and puffing). The visit is worth it as the Gothic architecture can be truly appreciated up close.
Updated Nov 14, 2006
This museum should be a delight to those kids (or adults who like large, musty-smelled museums) who love skeletonal constructions of extinct dinosaurs or existing mammals, stuffed birds and countless insects and butterflies samples, mummies and some ancient artefacts, etc....
Truly, a lovely Natural Science Museum to pass the afternoon in.
I saw some of the most stunning and impossible-to-imagine dinosaurs and some really impressive assembly of skeletons.
Written Nov 14, 2006
Address: Paseo de Bosque
In the center of town are a number of interesting and unusual sculptures like the one in the photo. For a relatively small city like La Plata, its grand buildings accompanied by art works like this makes it into quite a pleasant city to visit.
Written Jan 21, 2004
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The government house (Casa Gobierno in Spanish) is yet another very beautiful building, done however in the Flemish Renaissance stlye. It houses the offices for the government of Buenos Aires Province and its governor. It's located opposite the legislature building on plaza San Martin.
Written Jan 21, 2004
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Another of the city's beautiful monuments is the legislature building. Like the city hall, it's done in the German Renaissance style and is located between Avenue 7 and Calle 8, between Avenues 51 and 52.
Updated Jan 21, 2004
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The city hall is a beautiful building located at the opposite end of Plaza Moreno from the cathedral. The building was actually done by an architect named Hubert Stiers from Hanover in the German Renaissance style. it dayes back to 1886, 4 years after the city's founding.
Written Jan 21, 2004
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The cathedral is the landmark of the city, and is located in the very center at Plaza Moreno. It is done in the neo-gothic style and was actually inspired by the cathedrals in Cologne, Germany, and Amiens, France. The cathedral was inaugurated just 70 years ago. There is a small museum at the cathedral, open from 9 AM - 12 noon and 2 PM - 7 PM every day.
Written Jan 21, 2004
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The heart of La Plata is the very large square called "Plaza Moreno". Here you will find the very large and beautiful cathedral at one end and the city hall at the other end. In between, there are some beautiful trees, sculptures, and monuments like the one in the photo dedicated to Moreno.
Written Jan 21, 2004
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Not only fossil mammals can be seen at the Museum; there is an awesome room of present animals too.
No sólo mamíferos fósiles pueden verse en el Museo; hay una sala imponente de animales actuales también.
Updated Nov 22, 2003
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Not only fossil mammals can be seen at the Museum; there is an awesome room of present animals too.No sólo mamíferos fósiles pueden verse en el Museo; hay una...
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