Memory Park, Memorial park on Rio de la Plata in Belgrano, Argentina
Memory Park is a 14-hectare memorial park on the Río de la Plata at Avenida Costanera Norte 6745, beside the University City of Buenos Aires. It was designed by the Baudizzone-Lestard-Varas studio. Its Monument to the Victims of State Terrorism is a ramp-path cut into the lawn toward the river, lined with four concrete steles holding some 30,000 Patagonian porphyry plaques engraved with victims' names, ages and cases of pregnant women. A black sculpture of three stylized figures stands on a low dark base.
The site was created in 1998 through Law No. 46 to remember people who disappeared during the Argentine military dictatorship from 1976 to 1983. The establishment of this park marked the official start of public recognition of state crimes during that period.
The name itself points to the task of keeping the memory of those who vanished alive, while visitors walk among the sculptures and along the monument wall. On grassy areas and open spaces people meet quietly, some leave flowers or pause before the engraved names of their relatives.
The park lies on Avenida Costanera Norte 6745, beside the Ciudad Universitaria of the UBA and about 300 metres north of Aeroparque, facing the Río de la Plata. The monument takes the form of a ramp-path cut into the lawn toward the river, and the name plates are set low enough for a short person to touch by hand. The grounds are reached on foot or by car along the Costanera; the open lawn and outdoor sculptures are seen while walking the site.
The park sits roughly 300 meters from the former military airport from which many prisoners were taken on so-called death flights over the Río de la Plata. This close distance makes the place a direct witness to the events that unfolded here.
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