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La Torre de los Ingleses
The Torre Monumental is one of those strange places that you'll find all over Buenos Aires. This 75-meter tower is conveniently situated in a neighborhood full of other historical monuments. In the early twentieth century the English residents in Buenos Aires decided to finance the construction of a tower to commemorate the May Revolution where Argentina won independence from the Spanish Crown.
The whole project was English from beginning to end: the architects, the construction company and even bricks and cement were brought from England. At the top of the 75-meter tower are the twin shields of Argentina and Britain, inaugurated in 1916.
The original name, Torre Monumental, was soon forgotten, and it was known as the Torre de los Ingleses. But in 1982, after the outbreak of the Falklands War, the tower suffered at the hands of Argentines, who attacked this English symbol in the center of the capital. It wasn't until 2000 that the tower was restored, renamed with its original moniker of Torre Monumental, with the British Plaza where it stands renamed to the rather jingoistic Plaza of the Argentinian Air Force. As if this were not enough, directly opposite, on the hillside overlooking the Plaza San Martín, the Memorial to the Fallen in the Falklands War was installed. Today you can visit the Tower, which stands in one of the busiest parts of the city. If you go to Buenos Aires, be sure to stop by. Incidentally, the Shield of Great Britain with its lion and unicorn can still be seen there.
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