Buenos Aires Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Parks=== [[File:Buenos Aires Botanical Gardens, 15th. Jan. 2011 - Flickr - PhillipC (1).jpg|thumb|[[Buenos Aires Botanical Garden]]]] Buenos Aires has over 250 parks and green spaces, the largest concentration of which are on the city's eastern side in the neighborhoods of Puerto Madero, Recoleta, Palermo, and Belgrano. Some of the most important are: *[[Parque Tres de Febrero]] was designed by urbanist Jordán Czeslaw Wysocki and architect [[Julio Dormal]]. The park was inaugurated on 11 November 1875. The subsequent dramatic economic growth of Buenos Aires helped to lead to its transfer to the municipal domain in 1888, whereby [[French Argentine]] urbanist [[Carlos Thays]] was commissioned to expand and further beautify the park, between 1892 and 1912. Thays designed the [[Buenos Aires Zoo|Zoological Gardens]], the [[Buenos Aires Botanical Gardens|Botanical Gardens]], the adjoining Plaza Italia and the Rose Garden. *[[Buenos Aires Botanical Garden|Botanical Gardens]], designed by French architect and landscape designer [[Carlos Thays]], the garden was inaugurated on 7 September 1898. Thays and his family lived in an [[England|English]] style mansion, located within the gardens, between 1892 and 1898, when he served as director of parks and walks in the city. The mansion, built in 1881, is currently the main building of the complex. *[[Buenos Aires Japanese Gardens]] Is the largest of its type in the world, outside Japan. Completed in 1967, the gardens were inaugurated on the occasion of a State visit to Argentina by Crown Prince [[Akihito]] and Princess [[Empress Michiko|Michiko]] of Japan. *[[Plaza de Mayo]] Since being the scene of [[May Revolution]] of 1810 that led to Argentinian independence, the plaza has been a hub of political life in Argentina. *[[Plaza San Martín (Buenos Aires)|Plaza San Martín]] is a park located in the city's neighborhood of [[Retiro, Buenos Aires|Retiro]]. Situated at the northern end of pedestrianized [[Florida Street]], the park is bounded by [[Avenida del Libertador (Buenos Aires)|Libertador Ave.]] (N), Maipú St. (W), [[Santa Fe Avenue]] (S), and Leandro Alem Av. (E). Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page