Field of Glory, National historical monument and war memorial in San Lorenzo, Argentina.
The Campo de la Gloria is a historic park in San Lorenzo, Santa Fe, facing the Convento de San Carlos. Steps lead to nine concrete prisms naming the fallen grenadiers' places of origin — France, Uruguay, Chile and the provinces of Corrientes, Santiago del Estero, La Rioja, Córdoba, San Luis and Buenos Aires — each with an activated grenade. Sixteen smaller flagpoles with lance-like tips surround them, and two stylized concrete wings bear a fragment of the battle report.
The park was declared a National Historic Monument by law No. 12,648 on 2 October 1940. It faces the Convento de San Carlos, where the Battle of San Lorenzo took place on 3 February 1813, the only combat fought by José de San Martín on Argentine soil, commanding the Regimiento de Granaderos a Caballo. The battle was not a turning point in the independence struggle.
The nine concrete prisms name the fallen grenadiers' places of origin: France, Uruguay, Chile and the Argentine provinces of Corrientes, Santiago del Estero, La Rioja, Córdoba, San Luis and Buenos Aires. Each pillar carries the soldier's name and an activated grenade, the regiment's symbol, and sixteen lance-tipped flagpoles honour the sixteen dead. A votive flame burns as Argentina's permanent tribute.
Access is via stepped terraces leading up to the nine concrete prisms, so the approach involves stairs rather than level paths. The park faces the Convento de San Carlos, and the memorial elements are grouped along a single axis crossed by the two concrete wings. Look for the votive flame and the battle-report inscription on the wings' front faces.
The two stylised concrete wings crossing the park recall the two flanks between which San Martín surprised the royalist troops; a fragment of his battle report is inscribed on their front face. The votive flame beside them honours the fallen, and the sixteen small flagpoles, tipped like lances, stand for the sixteen grenadiers killed.
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