Parque Florentino Ameghino, Park in Parque Patricios, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Parque Florentino Ameghino is a large park in the Parque Patricios neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It has wide grassy areas, old trees, curved walking paths, a children's playground with dinosaur-themed structures, a dog run, and a central plaza.

In the late 1800s, this land served as a burial ground for victims of yellow fever and cholera outbreaks that swept through Buenos Aires. It was later converted into a public park and has been gradually improved over the decades.

Many visitors come to sit under the old trees and drink mate, the traditional Argentine herbal drink, in groups. This daily habit gives the park its role as a neighborhood meeting point in Parque Patricios.

The 46,622-square-metre park is bounded by Avenida Caseros, opposite the old Caseros prison facade, with Hospital Muñiz facing Uspallata street. Its gently undulating ground is densely planted with trees and crossed by small paths with benches. The central monument to the yellow fever victims stands at the park's geographic centre.

The yellow fever monument at the park's geographic centre was made by Uruguayan sculptor Juan Manuel Ferrari; its sides list the names of doctors, pharmacists and hygiene commission staff who died in the 1871 epidemic, and it reproduces in marble Juan Manuel Blanes's painting of the outbreak. When the park was remodelled in 1940, coffins and human remains from the former cemetery were found, and some tombs are thought to lie beneath the surface.