Plaza General San Martín
La Plaza General San Martín in Buenos Aires.
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Who was General San Martín?
José Francisco de San Martín y Matorras (1778–1850), known simply as José de San Martín (or “the Liberator of Argentina, Chile and Peru”) was an Argentine general who led the successful struggle against the Spanish Empire. He was born in Yapeyú, Corrientes, in modern-day Argentina, and studied in Málaga, Spain.
Plaza General San Martín is small. It has a tiny police station on stilts on the southern end; the Circulo Militar is across the street. It’s the Retiro neighborhood’s main green space. The statue has bullring. It was inaugurated in 1862, and declared a National Historic Site in 1942.
