La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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La Plata is the capital of Argentina’s Buenos Aires province, and near the city of Buenos Aires. A planned city, it’s known for its distinctive diagonal avenues. At its center, the open expanse of Plaza Moreno is crowned by the grand, neo-Gothic Cathedral of La Plata. Also on the plaza is the Palacio Municipal, built in German Renaissance style. La Plata Museum has a vast collection of natural-history exhibits.
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When it was announced in 1882 that La Plata would be the capital of the Buenos Aires province, the city — looking to Paris for design cues — constructed a geometrically perfect grid system crossed by diagonal avenues. While it can be confusing to navigate at times, the adventurous logic behind the layout goes hand in hand with La Plata’s development as a new, forward-looking provincial capital. Walking along the streets and avenues, the real beauty of La Plata is that there is a plaza every six blocks, creating an open ambiance and providing the city with a huge amount of green space.
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The ‘City of Diagonals’ is easily navigated on foot, with the main sights being located along Avenidas 51 and 53. Plaza Moreno, a huge and perfectly maintained square, is the geographical center of the city. The city’s two most important sites are located at opposite ends of this plaza. The first of these is the neo-Gothic La Plata Cathedral, one of South America’s largest houses of worship. Construction began in 1885 but the enormous cathedral wasn’t consecrated until 1932. On the opposite side is the impressive German Renaissance style, Palacio Municipal (City Hall). These opposing sites portray what people and the government most cared about at the time of the city’s development: religion and politics.
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