Great monuments in Buenos Aires: "Floralis Generica"

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The "Floralis Generica" is a metal sculpture at the United Nations Plaza, in the City of Buenos Aires, a gifts to the city by the Argentine architect Eduardo Catalano. The sculpture is located in the heart of a park of four acres of wooded ceilings, surrounded by paths that are close and distant offering different perspectives of the monument and placed on a mirror of water. It Represents a large flower made of stainless steel with an aluminum skeleton and reinforced concrete, looking toward the sky, spreading its six petals at him. It weighs eighteen tons and is 23 meters high. The flower opens every morning at 8 o clock and closes at sunset on a schedule that changes according to season. There are four nights in which remains open (the Sept. 21, on May 25 and 24 and Dec. 31).

The "Floralis Generica" is a metal sculpture at the United Nations Plaza, in the City of Buenos Aires, a gifts to the city by the Argentine architect Eduardo Catalano.

The sculpture is located in the heart of a park of four acres of wooded ceilings, surrounded by paths that are close and distant offering different perspectives of the monument and placed on a mirror of water.
It Represents a large flower made of stainless steel with an aluminum skeleton and reinforced concrete, looking toward the sky, spreading its six petals at him. It weighs eighteen tons and is 23 meters high.
The flower opens every morning at 8 o clock and closes at sunset on a schedule that changes according to season. There are four nights in which remains open (the Sept. 21, on May 25 and 24 and Dec. 31).