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An interesting option for an extra day in Puerto Iguazu, in Argentina after visiting the magnificent Iguazu Falls (recommended to see the falls from both sides of Argentina and Brazil side). San Ignacio Mini, only a few hours from Puerto Iguazú hotel is definitely worth a look while you are in the region. The ruins are well what had founded a mission in 1632 by the Jesuits, who was in Spain during the Spanish colonial period.

The Jesuits are one of the Society of Jesus and are the largest religious order of Catholic men. Were held, and evangelists worldwide apostolic service. Especially in education, not construction and improvement of schools, colleges, universities, seminaries and theological faculties, intellectual and cultural activities and mission work, pensions, hospitals, etc. The company has been founded by St. Ignatius Loyola, was wounded in battle and lived a religious experience, where he wrote his Spiritual Exercises, to be closer to Christ.

Missions in Latin America, as claimed eg San Ignacio, and not always effective by governments preferred the most brutal colonial enterprise. In fact, the Jesuits were often the only thing that the natives are reduced to slavery. The Jesuits founded the city known as São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. They were very influential in society, especially among the indigenous population.

In the mid 18th century, European monarchs began to feel threatened by political maneuvering and economic exploitation of the Society of Jesus, there was no trade dispute in Portugal, France and the Two Sicilies. Some Jesuits were expelled from South America. By far, the crackdown was the result of divergent views on the political and economic confrontation with religious differences. Regardless of the Jesuit mission of San Ignacio in 1768 and the mission was almost entirely destroyed in 1817 and missions in the region.

Today, this well preserved and restored, making room for a great day trip to Puerto Iguazu. It is a spectacular way of combining a trip to one of the most impressive natural wonders of the world, with ruins of a website and artificiality of expression of cultural and religious history.

A robust travel plan should include a visit to Argentina in Buenos Aires, the cultural and political capital and a dynamic city full of beautiful architecture and wonderful expression of humanity and culture of Argentina. Buenos Aires is the gateway to Argentina and, by far, access to international air than any other city in the country. Buenos Aires offers a variety of historical sites, museums, bike tours and trips in the delta of the Parana and Uruguay. It proposes to spend at least a few days in this vibrant city. From Buenos Aires you can with a national airport of Iguazu. Here you will find you also want to give enough time. To see the falls from Brazil and Argentina, will be two days. Then one day, the third is scheduled after the spectacular ruins of San Ignacio to visit.

Palermo forests, officially called Park Three of February, form a green area of 25 has in the district of Palermo, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Located between the avenues Casares and Avenida Libertador, highlighted by their groves, lakes and rosedales, whose design participated the architect Carlos Thays.

A significant amount of people travels through the forests day by day, either on foot or bicycle, and the influx is increased markedly over the weekend. It also can be made boating by the three artificial lakes that exist in the area.

One of the parks more known is the so-called “The Rose Garden” which has a white bridge that once crossed this can see the rosales that dan name to the park. In this park is develop many leisure activities the day of the student (the September 21) as well as in the other parks that make up the area Park Three of February.

In this part of the city is the Planetarium, whose building is very particular, since it is an area sustained by three arches. In the projections that are carried out in its internal affairs, you can observe the planets and stars of the galaxy.

The Park Three February was officially opened on 11 November 1875. This event with the presence of the President of the Republic, Nicolas Avellaneda, who planted a “magnolia american primeval forest” which still. Its name coincides with the date on which commemorates the fall of Roses in the Battle of Home. In its early this park was bounded on the east by the current street Ugarteche, and the west by the Arroyo Maldonado.

Sarmiento, who had much appreciation for the vegetation, planted a new tree whose name was unknown and that proved to be the jacaranda, whose flowers beautify today the streets of our city.

Colonel Jordan Czeslaw Wysocki.

This period was to Sarmiento of paramount importance, since it was unable to see his work completed. The projected works by Colonel Jordan Czeslaw Wysocki were among others, in the reparquización and a forestation of the streets of Las Palmas, (today Agenda Sarmiento), or as the call their enemies “brooms of Sarmiento”.

A bit of history…

In the year 1836 Juan Manuel de Rosas buy several areas of so-called then, bathed in Palermo. During his government, Palermo of San Benito is, at the same time residence of the Governor and Headquarters of the Government of the Province of Buenos Aires.

The February 3 of the year 1852, Roses was defeated in the battle of Home. By the Provincial Decree No. 1474 of 16 February that same year, stipulates that money all properties belonging to Don Juan Manuel de Rosas existing in the territory of the province of Buenos Aires are of belonging public expropriating in this way the land of Palermo in where it is now called the park.

The Law No 364 of the Province of Buenos Aires, determines that from October 6 1862, the spaces of the seats will be in common use for the population, prohibiting then the construction of the market or other buildings, as well as the disposition of these sites.

In 1874 it punishes the National Law No 658 of 1874, by which creates the Park and assigned a specific budget. It was the deputy for Buenos Aires, Vincent Fidel Lopez, who proposed the name of “Three of February” for the park of Palermo, in remembrance of the battle landlords. The provincial law from July 13 of the same year establishes that “…is intended the ground called in Palermo, with all the stocks that belong to the establishment of the Park Three of February, of which spoke the National Law of June 27 last.”

Once in operation this implementation unit, Sarmiento created the Commission Assistant to the Park Three February with the aim to collaborate with the consolidation of the new green space. It extends the limits to the north of the Arroyo Maldonado, who was the initial limit set by the National Congress and the Legislature of the province. Later it happen various acquisitions to expand the campus until the current limits.

On 11 November 1875, the President Nicolás Avellaneda inaugurates the park. From that time is put into effect a regulation that establishes the restrictions for their use.

It was in the year 1888 that National Government, transferred to the Municipality of the City of Buenos Aires, the Park Three February committing to take charge of the costs of its maintenance. In 1891 the landscape french Carlos Thays assumes as Director of Public walks, leaving in charge of the management of the Park. From this date were happening a series of measures, all of them directly to the enhancement of the tour.

In 1900 was inaugurated the monument to Sarmiento, work whose conduct was in charge of the artist Auguste Rodin. The excavations of the current Lake Regattas began in 1906.

On the occasion of the Centenary of the Revolution in May in the year 1910, with the presence of the Infanta Isabel de Borbon to visit Buenos Aires, placed the cornerstone of the Monument of the Spaniards. The same was inaugurated in 1927.

In 1914 were completed works in the Rose Garden in the Park, which together with the bridge of hellenic architecture, the pier, the templete and the pergola, are the work of landscape Benito Carrasco.

In order to repopulate and increase the fauna poultry in the paseo de Palermo that in those days was in extinction, the authorities of the city resolved releasing some approximately 3,000 birds of different varieties. It was the year 1941.

The Municipal Velodrome is inaugurated in 1951 on the occasion of the Pan American Games. In them participated large amount of foreign athletes were gathered for the first time in our city.

Finally, in 1958 was deployed at the intersection of the Avenues Sarmiento and Figueroa Alcorta, the monument to Justo José de Urquiza; in 1966 was inaugurated the Planetarium Municipal Galileo Galilei and in the year 1981 is gave the Monument to Martin Miguel de Güemes, in the Pampa and Figueroa Alcorta in which every year thousands of saltine do homage to him with a vigil in the light of the moon.