Spaniards Monument, Buenos Aires

Monumento a La Carta Magna y Las Cuarto Regiones Argentinas is a large marble and bronze statue popularly known as the Spaniards Monument. It is located at the intersection of two large boulevards in Buenos Aires, the Avenida del Libertador and Avenida Sarmiento.

The Spanish monument was donated by the Spanish to the Argentines in 1910 to commemorate the hundred year anniversary of the May Revolution. A design competition was held and the winner was the Spanish sculptor, Agustin Querol. Querol and his successor Cipriano Flogueras died soon after work on the monument began. The Prince of the Asturias, the Spanish ship that was carrying the bronze and marble for the statue sank of the coast of Brazil in 1916. Finally, in 1927, the statue was completed and the Count of Amalfi gave the symbolic delivery on behalf of the Spanish King to the then President of Argentina.

The Spaniards Monument is 24.5 meters high and is made of brass and Carrara marble. It consists of the statue of liberty on a towering pedestal. It has a large frieze at the base and stands on a pool with fountains. The Bronze figures surrounding the statue are dedicated to the Argentine constitution and the four regions of the country.