Aerial View of the Obelisco (Obelisk) and 9 de Julio Avenue, Buenos Aires Downtown, Argentina. 4K.
The iconic Obelisco de Buenos Aires stands at the intersection of two of the city’s most important streets, Avenida 9 de Julio and Avenida Corrientes. The former is often credited as being the widest street in the world, with an incredible 16 lanes at some points, while the latter became famous as the street that never sleeps, home to Buenos Aires’ main theatres and many pizzerias that open way into the early hours. The monument itself was erected in 1936 to commemorate the fourth centenary of the first foundation of Buenos Aires by Pedro de Mendoza in 1536, and it marks the spot where the Argentine national flag was raised in the city for the first time. Measuring 67.5 metres in height, the obelisk was was designed by Argentine modernist a
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