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including the academic
naturalism of Sívori and the
Impressionist landscapes of
Ramón Silva and Walter de
Navazio. Works span the Post-
Impressionist and Cubist periods,
all the way to Surrealism, Pop
Art, and Hyperrealism. The
museum moved to its current
picturesque home, not far from
the Rosedal at Parque 3 de
Febrero, in 1995, and now
has a small shop, sculpture
garden, and café.
Contemporary art displays at the Museo de Artes Plásticas Eduardo Sívori
3 Jardín Japonés
1 Parque 3 poets, among them Jorge Luis
de Febrero Borges, Federico García Lorca, Ave Casares & Ave Berro. City Map 5
F3. Tel (011) 4804-4922. @ 10, 34, 36.
and Shakespeare.
Ave Adolfo Berro. City Map 5 E2. Among the monuments in Open 10am–6pm daily. & 8 11am
£ Palermo, Lisando de la Torre. Sat & Sun (Spanish only). 0 7
 Palermo, Plaza Italia. @ 10, 34, 36, the park are the Monumento a ∑ jardinjapones.org.ar
37, 67, 130. los Españoles, erected as part
of the centenary cele brations These peaceful and carefully
The capital’s largest and most of the Revolución de Mayo in maintained gardens were
popular park, Parque 3 de 1810 (see p55); Auguste Rodin’s created in 1967 as a gift to the
Febrero is also known as the monument to Sarmiento; and a city by its sizable Japanese
Bosques de Palermo (Palermo monument to General Urquiza. commu nity. They feature clear
Woods). In the 19th century, the Over the week ends man -made lakes and
land was owned by Argentinian the sprawl ing park islands. These are
dictator Juan Manuel de Rosas. gets plenty of crisscrossed by
Following his defeat by General joggers, family pretty red wooden
Urquiza in the Battle of Caseros picnickers, walkers, bridges, such as the
on February 3, 1852, all his and bicyclists. curved Puente de la
land was confis cated and ear- Buena Ventura, leading
marked for public use. In 1874, 2 Museo de to the Isla de los
the site was converted into a Bonsai plant at Jardín Dioses (Island of the
park styled after Paris’s Bois de Artes Plásticas Japonés Gods). A wealth of
Boulogne and London’s Hyde Eduardo Sívori flora flourishes here,
Park and named Parque 3 de much of which was imported
Febrero, after the Battle of Ave Infanta Isabel 555. City Map 5 from Japan, including sakura,
Caseros. French landscape E2. Tel (011) 4774-9452. @ 10, 34, ginkgo, and black pines. There
36, 37, 67, 130. Open noon−8pm
architect Charles Thays was Tue−Fri, 10am−8pm Sat & Sun. are also giant koi carp in the
responsi ble for the design 7 & free Sat & Wed. 8 5pm Sat lake, and ducks roaming the
of the park, as well as that of (English). - = ∑ buenosaires. gardens. The pagoda houses a
the nearby Jardín Botánico. gob.ar/museosivori
It was inaugu rated in 1875 by
President Nicolás Avellaneda. The Museo de Artes Plásticas
Apart from beautifully tended Eduardo Sívori houses a diverse
lawns, the park con tains a and significant collection of
variety of attractions that over 4,000 pieces of art, among
include a spherical plane tar ium them drawings, paintings,
and the Velódromo Municipal, sculptures, and tapestries,
which was opened in 1951 for dating from the 19th century
the Pan-American Games. Most to the present day. The
popular is the Rosedal, a rose museum was founded in 1938
garden designed by landscape as the Museo Municipal de
archi tect Benito Carrasco, which Bellas Artes, Artes Aplicadas y
features about 12,000 rose Anexo de Artes Comparadas,
bushes, a boating lake with but was later renamed for the
pedalos and rowing boats, a famous Buenos Aires artist
wooden bridge, and pergola. Eduardo Sívori (1847−1918).
The space also has a Poet’s The museum covers a huge Koi Pond, one of the man-made lakes at
Garden, with busts of famous range of styles and media, the Jardín Japonés
For hotels and restaurants in this area see p279 and pp290–91

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