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P Plaza Chile VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
Gutiérrez & 25 de Mayo. @
Shaded by a large aguaribay Practical Information
tree, Plaza Chile is centered Road map B2. 1095 miles
around a monument dedi cated (1760 km) W of Buenos Aires.
to the friendship between * 110,000.
Argentina and Chile. Created n San Martín 1143, (0261)
by Chilean sculptor Lorenzo 413-2101, (0810) 666-6363.
_ Fiesta Nacional de la
Domínguez, it shows
Argentinian Indepen dence Vendimia (Mar).
∑ turismo.mendoza.gov.ar
hero, José de San Martín, and
Chile’s liberator, Bernardo The Museo del Área Fundacional in Parque Transport
O’Higgins, together. The plaza Bernardo O’Higgins k @
gained its name in recognition
of Chile’s assis tance after an impres sive set of historical
the 1861 earth quake. Mendoza dioramas, and a collection of theater, which is the main
welcomes Chileans to cele brate historical photo graphs. In venue for the fall wine festi val,
their mid-September addition to the museum, the park and the Estadio Islas Malvinas,
Independence days here. also has an aquarium. Nearby are which hosted the 1978 World
the crumbling ruins of the Cup matches.
P Plaza San Martín 18th-century Templo de San
Ave España & Gutiérrez. @ 7 Francisco, nearly leveled in the Chacras de Coria
Basílica de San Francisco: Ave España 1861 earthquake that spurred the Besares. @ ( Sat & Sun.
and Necochea. Open 8am–12:30pm, city’s relocation to the southwest. Museo Provincial de Bellas Artes
5–8:30pm daily. Emiliano Guiñazú: San Martín 3651,
Before crossing the Andes to Y Parque San Martín Mayor Drummond, Luján de Cuyo.
Chile, Independence hero José Ave Emilio Civit & Ave Boulogne Tel (0261) 496-0224. Open 8:30am–
de San Martín spent extended Sur Mer. @ 6pm Tue–Fri, 2–7pm Sat & Sun. &
periods in Mendoza. This plaza, In the 19th century, French Only 15 minutes away from
earlier known as Plaza Cobo, architect Charles Thays left a down town Mendoza, the
commemorates that fact with legacy of magnificently leafy suburb of Chacras de
an equestrian statue, a replica landscaped public parks and Coria was once the capi tal’s
of one that stands in Buenos private properties through out kitchen garden and orchard.
Aires’s name sake plaza. Across the country. None, however, Many of its dirt roads still
the street, the Neo-Classical surpasses Mendoza’s Parque San survive, but over the years it
Basílica de San Francisco Martín, crowned by Cerro de la has morphed into a gourmet
contains the image of Nuestra Gloria. Atop its sum mit, ghetto of fancy restaurants
Señora del Carmen de Cuyo, Uruguayan sculptor Juan M. and wine bars. The central
the patron saint of San Martín’s Ferrari’s Monumento al Ejercito Plaza Geronimo Espejo is the
Army of the Andes. There is also Libertador pays homage to San site of an art and antiques
Mendoza Airport
4 miles (6 km) a mausoleum with the remains Martín’s Army of the Andes. fair every Sunday. Chacras is
of his family. Despite the The iron-filigree gates at the also home to the Museo
BELTRÁN
Templo de Museo
San Francisco del Área devastating earth quakes of park’s main entrance lead to a Provincial de Bellas Artes
ALBERDI Fundacional 1861 and 1927, the basilica diverse woodland, punctuated Emiliano Guiñazú, a fine
9 DE JULIO AVE GRAL. SAN MARTÍN CORRIENTES TE CASEROS Bernardo Y Parque Bernardo sights include a Greek-style by gardens.
summer resi dence surrounded
zoo, and museums. Other
BARCALA SALTA URQUIZA MON ITUZAINGÓ still stands immaculate. by a rose garden, horse track, arts museum in an erstwhile
Parque
O’Higgins
CORDOBA
AVE GODOY CRUZ
PATRICIAS MENDOCINAS
San Francisco
7 Museo del Área Fundacional:
AVENIDA LAS HERAS
ENTRE RIOS
PLAZA GRAL. PAZ Basílica de LA RIOJA SAN LUIS O’Higgins Ituzaingó & Buenos Aires. @
CHILE G U T I É R R E Z PLAZA S A N J U A N L A VA L L E SARMIENTO AV G O B . V I D E L A A L B E R D I Alberdi 571. Tel (0261) 425-6927.
NECOCHEA
Open 8am–8pm Tue–Sat,
BUENOS AIRES
AV E ES PA Ñ A
3–8pm Sun. & 8 7 - =
PLAZA
25 DE M AY O
SAN MARTĺN
E S P E J O
CNEL. RODRÍGUEZ
C ATA M A R C A
JULIO A. ROCA
At the eastern edge of down-
de Arte Moderno
VILLANUEVA B E L G R A N O Hospital
town Mendoza, Parque Bernardo
INDEPENDENCIA
Parque ZAPATA A V E B E L G R A N O P E R U RIVADAVIA CHILE PLAZA Museo Municipal G A R I B A L D I SAAVEDRA ∑ ciudaddemendoza.gov.ar
San Martín PLAZA SAN LORENZO A V E N I D A A L E M O’Higgins is a greenbelt that
Central
MONTEVIDEO
stretches north for several blocks
ITALIA
PLAZA
A V E A V E C O LÓ N ESPAÑA AVE GRAL. SAN MARTÍN LOPEZ, B. Q U AY M A L L E N to the city’s original site, where
Museo del Área Fundacional
Bus
AVE ZAPATA
of the colonial cabildo (town hall).
AVENIDA MOLINA PEDRO Museo de Canal Cacique Guaymallén Terminal covers the excavated foundations
Centro Bellas Artes Chacras de
Civico Emiliano Guiñazú Coria The museum is also notable for
its indigenous Huarpe arti facts, View from Cerro de la Gloria in Parque San Martín
For hotels and restaurants in this region see pp281–2 and pp294–6
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