Monumento a los caídos en Malvinas, War memorial in Plaza San Martín, Argentina

The Monumento a los caídos en Malvinas is a cenotaph in Plaza San Martín, Buenos Aires, designed by architect Ana Beatriz Penna and inaugurated in 1990. Its western section is a semicircular wall with 25 black marble plaques carved by Eduardo Omar Urich, bearing the names of the 649 fallen soldiers without military rank. Above the wall, a prism shows the silhouette of the Falkland Islands and a votive lamp. In front, a lower wall displays the provincial and national coats of arms.

The memorial was inaugurated in 1990, several years after the 1982 conflict ended, serving as a public space for national remembrance. Its construction marked an important moment when the country could formally honor those who died in the territorial dispute.

Every year on 2 April, the monument hosts Buenos Aires' main commemorations of the Day of the Veteran and the Fallen in the Falklands War. An escort from the Army, Navy or Air Force is always on duty, and the flag is raised at 8 am and lowered at 6 pm, with the guard changed every two hours in historical uniforms.

The memorial sits in a central location within Plaza San Martín and is easily accessible by foot from surrounding pathways. The plaza connects to nearby streets, making it simple to explore other historic sites in the neighborhood without needing additional transport.

The low wall in front of the semicircular marble wall carries the coats of arms of the Argentine provinces and the nation, not the flame: the votive lamp sits above a prism shaped as the islands' silhouette. The 649 names on the 25 black marble plaques were carved by sculptor Eduardo Omar Urich and give no military rank, so all the dead are remembered equally.