Sights in Rosario
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'Che' Guevara's First Home
The apartment building at Entre Ríos 480, designed by Alejandro Bustillo, was where Ernesto Guevara Lynch and Celia de la Serna lived in 1928 after the birth of their son, Ernesto Guevara de la Serna, popularly known as 'Che.' According to biographer Jon Anderson, young Ernesto's birth certificate was falsified (he was born more than a month before the official date of June 14), but this was certainly Che's first home, although briefly.
It's now a private flat, so you can't go inside, but fans of this revolutionary figure will still enjoy such trivia, and may want to also check out the Guevara family home in Córdoba, which is now a museum.
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Monumento Nacional a La Bandera
Manuel Belgrano, who designed the Argentine flag, rests in a crypt beneath the colossal 78m-high Monumento Nacional a La Bandera, a chillingly nationalistic construction in pitiless stone. The monument’s redeeming attributes are its location near the Paraná waterfront, with stirring views of the river and its islands from the tower, accessed by elevator (no disabled access). The museum contains the original flag embroidered by Catalina de Vidal.
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Balneario La Florida
The widest beach is at Balneario La Florida, with services including umbrellas, showers, clothing check and outdoor bars. The sidewalk stops at La Florida and picks up again at its northern edge at Costa Alta, where there are more beaches and a pier with boats to the islands.
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Complejo Astronómico Municipal
Those interested in more distant environments can visit the planetarium at the municipal observatory, which has shows (AR$5) at 5pm and 6pm Saturday and Sunday from May to September. At 8pm Wednesday through to Friday (clouds permitting), visitors can view the astral skies through its 2250mm refractor telescope and 4500mm reflecting telescope. On Thursdays and Fridays from noon to 2pm there’s a sunwatching session.
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Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Rosario (MACRO)
Housed in a brightly painted grain silo on the Río Paraná waterfront, this gallery is part of Rosario’s impressive riverbank renewal. It features temporary exhibitions, mostly by young local artists, of varying quality, housed in small galleries spread over eight floors. There’s a good view of the river islands from the mirador (viewpoint) at the top and an attractive cafe-bar, Davis, by the river.
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Costanera Norte
In summer, it's the Costanera Norte, about 5km north of downtown, that attracts the crowds, as this stretch, along with the islands, offers the best places to swim. The stretch along the busy Av Carrasco, north of Av Puccio, has the most to offer, including the Rambla Cataluña, a tree-lined riverfront with small sandy beaches, shoreline cafés, bars, volleyball nets and tanning sunbathers.
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Museo del Paraná y Las Islas
Thanks to the romantic, engaging murals of local painter Raúl Domínguez, this museum, on the 1st floor of the waterfront Estación Fluvial, is worthwhile. Life on the islands of the Paraná so enchanted Domínguez that he created this small museum, filling it with photographs, artifacts, historical documents and his own paintings.
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Museo Municipal de Bellas Artes
This museum is worth a visit for its brilliantly inventive juxtapositions of fine art – and there are a couple of exceptional European paintings here – with contemporary artworks from the MACRO collection. A St Andrew by Ribera, for example, is beautifully matched with a haunting photo portrait by Pierre Gonnord.
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Museo Histórico Provincial
The well-presented collection of this museum features plenty of postindependence exhibits plus excellent displays on indigenous cultures from all over Latin America. Particularly interesting is the collection of Baroque religious art from the southern Andes. Information is presented in Spanish only.
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Cathedral
Rosario’s cathedral is a slender construction with a high single nave and dome decorated with stained-glass panels depicting the life of the Virgin. It’s one of several attractive buildings around the Plaza 25 de Mayo, which is effectively the center of old Rosario.
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Rosario Cathedral
Near the flag monument, Rosario Cathedral is a slender construction with a high single nave and dome decorated with stained-glass panels depicting the life of the Virgin. It's one of several attractive buildings around this square, which is effectively the center of old Rosario.
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Estadio Parque Independencia
Estadio Parque Independencia is the base for Newell's Old Boys, a local soccer club with a long, proud history of producing great Argentine footballers.
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Centro Cultural Rivadavia
On Plaza Montenegro, this is a good place to find out what’s happening in town. Its galleries provide a showcase for the local arts community.
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Parque de España
Heading north of La Fluvial, you pass various cultural venues before reaching this park and its mausoleumlike edifice.
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Centro de Expresiones Contemporáneas
Recycled historical buildings now providing space for special exhibitions.
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