La Avenida 9 de Julio runs from south to north connecting Plaza constitution with the Libertador Avenue, crossing the downtown Buenos Aires. Is the widest in the world. With their 140 meters wide it will take us two or three traffic light changes to walk across. Widened in 1936, its original name was Avenida Norte Sur.
In its path we can find outstanding buildings such as the France embassy in the north, the Teatro Colón at the Viamonte junction, the Ministry of Social Development -The only one in the middle of the Avenue-, and monuments such as the fountain at the junction with Avenida Córdoba, the Don Quixote statue at the intersection of Avenida de Mayo, and the Obelisco, the most emblematic of the city, a meeting place for citizens, both protests and sports festivities.
Photo by Mariano Garcia
At the junction with Diagonal Norte and Calle Corrientes, in the middle of the Republic Square stands the Obelisco, symbol of Buenos Aires. National hystoric monument erected in 1936 to celebrate the fourth centenary of the first founding of the city by Pedro de Mendoza. It is located in the place where the National Flag was raised for the first time in the city.
Author Barcex
This work by the architect Prebisch that was built in less than 2 months by 157 workers. It is a hollow concrete structure, with an entrance door and a straight staircase inside. It has a square base measuring 7 meters on each side, and a total height of 67,5 meters topped by a lightning rod on a pyramid with a window on each side.
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