This monument was a donation by the Spanish community in celebration of the centenary of the Revolución de Mayo of 1810, which marked the formal beginning of Argentina’s independence from Spain. It is made of Carrara marble and bronze. The foundation stone was laid in 1910 but it was not completed and inaugurated until 1927 The locals refer to it as The Monumento de los Españoles — The Spanish Monument.
At its top is a symbolic statue of the republic with allegoric marble representations of labor and work at its base, and bronze figures that represent the Andes, Pampa, Chaco and de la Plata regions. Its inscriptions include a fragment of the Argentine constitution that proclaims freedom for the country and for any person in the world who wishes the make Argentina their home and also four statements that proclaim the brotherhood of Argentina and Spain, their people, their language and their destiny.
