Resistencia, the city of Sculptures

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Resistencia is the capital of the province of Chaco, located at the north-eastern Argentina. Resistancia´s weather is subtropical with no dry season, with temperatures ranging between 21 and 33 degrees Celsius in summer, while winter is mild and benign, with a minimum of 10 and maximum of 22 º C. Rainfall is abundant and are present throughout the year. Resistencia is known as the "City of Sculptures" beacause it has more than a hundred figures outdoors. It combines excellent architectural structure of the early twentieth century with the exuberant nature, unique in the region. From Resistencia, you can go on amusing tours or excursions like fishing in Paraná River, visiting San Fernando de Río Negro, Abipone, Indians Settlement, Villa Paranacito Resort and various museums. Some of the places you can visit in Resistencia are: * Plaza 25 de Mayo: Located in the heart of the city, covers an area of four squares, it is truly a natural botanical adorned with monuments, statues and large-scale sculptures. * Iglesia Catedral: Inaugurated in 1898 and rebuilt in 1978, this church does not have a personal style but if you keep forms, proportions, volume, lines and harmonies of the set. Its foreheads are adorned by two sculptures in Carrara marble, called "Virgin Mary" and "San Fernando" * Barrio Toba de Resistencia (Indian Settlement): Located in the Lot 215, on the grounds of the former railway from the street 12 to Route 11, now living among adults and children about 2000 Toba aborigens. They have a craft cooperative where they work in clay with straw and reeds , Typical of the place. * Parque 2 de Febrero: located in the place that where occupied by the first Italian families arrived on February 2, 1878. A very nice Park situated on the banks of the Rio Negro. * Reducción de Abipones San Fernando del Río Negro: A monolith that recalls the founding of this reduction, the first white population of the area that disappeared with the expulsion of the Jesuits of America.

Resistencia is the capital of the province of Chaco, located at the north-eastern Argentina. Resistancia´s weather is subtropical with no dry season, with temperatures ranging between 21 and 33 degrees Celsius in summer, while winter is mild and benign, with a minimum of 10 and maximum of 22 º C. Rainfall is abundant and are present throughout the year.

Resistencia is known as the "City of Sculptures" beacause it has more than a hundred figures outdoors. It combines excellent architectural structure of the early twentieth century with the exuberant nature, unique in the region.

From Resistencia, you can go on amusing tours or excursions like fishing in Paraná River, visiting San Fernando de Río Negro, Abipone, Indians Settlement, Villa Paranacito Resort and various museums.

Some of the places you can visit in Resistencia are:

* Plaza 25 de Mayo: Located in the heart of the city, covers an area of four squares, it is truly a natural botanical adorned with monuments, statues and large-scale sculptures.

* Iglesia Catedral: Inaugurated in 1898 and rebuilt in 1978, this church does not have a personal style but if you keep forms, proportions, volume, lines and harmonies of the set. Its foreheads are adorned by two sculptures in Carrara marble, called "Virgin Mary" and "San Fernando"

* Barrio Toba de Resistencia (Indian Settlement): Located in the Lot 215, on the grounds of the former railway from the street 12 to Route 11, now living among adults and children about 2000 Toba aborigens. They have a craft cooperative where they work in clay with straw and reeds , Typical of the place.

* Parque 2 de Febrero: located in the place that where occupied by the first Italian families arrived on February 2, 1878. A very nice Park situated on the banks of the Rio Negro.

* Reducción de Abipones San Fernando del Río Negro: A monolith that recalls the founding of this reduction, the first white population of the area that disappeared with the expulsion of the Jesuits of America.