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was commissioned to give the plaza its approximate current form (among numerous other designs he left
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in Paris was enlisted; structurally inadequate, the pavilion was demolished in 1932, however. Plaza San Martín and its surroundings acquired their current physiognomy in 1936, when
Charles Thays' son, Carlos León Thays, designed the esplanade surrounding the monument and when the 33-story
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and the slave quarters were shuttered. Following his decisive military victories, Gen. San Martín was forced into exile in 1824 for political reasons; but a reappraisal of his place in history led to his becoming nearly
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was commissioned in 1862 to create an equestrian statue of the hero of the Wars for
Independence and the square was renamed in his honor in 1878, upon the hundredth anniversary of his birth.
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building), the plaza has remained timeless. Its western section was separated to make way for a rerouting of Maipú Street in 1972; but
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and allowed him to establish his main barracks at the plaza. An 1813 resolution abolished the slave trade in the
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in
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Monument to José de San Martín, the plaza namesake.
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