Manuel Belgrano equestrian monument, Equestrian monument in Plaza de Mayo, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

The Manuel Belgrano equestrian monument is a bronze statue on a polished pink granite pedestal in Plaza de Mayo. Belgrano, holding the Argentine flag as if administering an oath, sits on a horse that critics note resembles a small native pony rather than the criollo breed he rode. The pedestal stands on a sloping marble esplanade leading to a tall flagpole.

Inaugurated in 1873, this monument was created by French sculptor Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse and Argentine artist Manuel de Santa Coloma, funded through public subscription by the Argentine people.

The monument was funded by public subscription, a "gratitude of the people" that Bartolomé Mitre praised at the 1873 inauguration. Two bronze plaques on the pedestal mark later uses: one from the General San Martín Student Patriotic Association (1912), and one behind, facing the Pirámide, placed by the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo in 1994 in memory of Azucena Villaflor de Vincenti.

Located directly in front of the Casa Rosada in Plaza de Mayo, the monument is wheelchair accessible and serves as a central reference point for visitors exploring Buenos Aires' historic center.

The horse was sculpted by Manuel de Santa Coloma, the first Argentine-born sculptor to create a public monument, though he never visited Argentina and modeled a horse unlike the criollo breed Belgrano rode. The statue originally faced the Cabildo, but in 1885 it was rotated north so the horse would not turn its tail to the Casa Rosada.