San Martín Monument, Neuquén
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The General San Martín Monument (Spanish: Monumento al General San Martín), located in the city center of Neuquén, Argentina, is a memorial built to commemorate Argentinian general José de San Martín. The monument is constituted by a bronx-made equestrian statue of San Martín, mounted on a pedestal.
Monumento al General San Martín | |
39°57′07.0″S 68°03′32.9″W | |
Location | Neuquén, Argentina |
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Designer | José Antonio Alonso |
Beginning date | 1953 |
Completion date | September 1954 |
Opening date | September 12, 1954 |
Dedicated to | José de San Martín |
After a statue of San Martín was commissioned by Argentina to be placed in the city of Buenos Aires, several provinces of the country requested replicas to be placed on their capital cities. In 1950, the city of Neuquén created a commission to erect the city's monument. The commission resolved to locate the statue on the city center, and hired an Italian company to build the pedestal.
The monument was inaugurated on the city's 50th anniversary, September 12, 1954. In 2014, after repeated acts of vandalism, the structure of the monument was reformed. A waterfall was added to the four sides of the pedestal with a fountain on the bottom to prevent the memorial be painted.