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Plaza 25 de Mayo (Spanish, '''May 25th Square'''; pronounced ) is a Plaza (urban square) in Rosario , Province of Santa Fe , Argentina . It is Rosario's Civic Center , and the core of the original settlement. Its name alludes to the date ( 25 May 1810 ) of the May Revolution , which led to the establishment of the first local Argentine government in Buenos Aires . Before 1852, when this name was adopted, it was simply called ''Plaza Principal'' ("Main Square"). Plaza 25 de Mayo is located on the eastern edge of the present-day downtown area, not far from the Paraná River , and occupies the block defined by Santa Fe St., Buenos Aires St., Laprida St. and Córdoba St. . East of the plaza lie the seat of the executive branch of Rosario's Municipal Government , called Palacio De Los Leones , and the Basilica Cathedral Of Our Lady Of The Rosary , seat of the Archdiocese Of Rosario . These buildings are separated by a pedestrian passage called Pasaje Juramento , leading to the National Flag Memorial . The Memorial's propylaeum and stone tower can thus be clearly seen from the plaza. At the center of the plaza there is a monumental column dedicated to national freedom (''Columna a la Libertad''), with a statue representing Liberty standing on top, and surrounded by the statues of national heroes José De San Martín and Manuel Belgrano , journalist and independence activist Mariano Moreno , and first Argentine President Bernardino Rivadavia . The monument, which dates from 1883, was sculpted by Alejandro Biggi in Carrara Marble . Prior to that, since 25 May 1855 , its place was occupied by Argentina's first monument to the National Constitution Of 1853 . EXTERNAL LINKS |
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