It offers a tour to its crypt tinted with legends, a modern glass elevator that allows going up to the tower's vantage point to have a bird view of the city, and a subterranean museum with a cafeteria. The main entrance is on 14th St, between 51st and 53rd St.

Plaza Moreno
The foundation cornerstone of the city was laid in this plaza, located in the Altos de Tolosa, on November of 1882. It marks the geometrical centre of the City of La Plata, and both the Cathedral and the Municipal Palace can be pleasantly watched from its central aisle.

Islas Malvinas Cultural Centre
It is a 1600 m2 compound that rises over the structure of the former 7th Infantry Regiment Officers Casino. It has a patio for shows in the open air, exhibition rooms, a small movie theatre and an auditorium; it also offers a theme bar with a variety of cultural services: cyber café, bookshop, music shop and cultural video club. 20th St, corner with 50th St.

Zoo Park
It is the largest public zoo in Argentina, and one of the most famous of Latin America. The park has an abundant flora that provides a natural setting to the fauna collection. It consists of 1200 specimens belonging to 280 native and exotic species. The current purpose of the park is the reproduction of the animals that need to be reinserted in their natural habitat. It opens Tuesdays through Sundays from 9:00 to 18:00 hours.

Municipal Palace
This building, of German renaissance style, was built in the year 1886 over a 14400 m2 surface, including the gardens, stands out for its sober haughtiness. Cultural activities take place in its installations. 12th St, between 51st and 53rd Sts.

House of Government
The official office of the Governor of the Province of Buenos Aires is sited here, together with the Ministry of Government and other not less important governmental dependencies. 6th St, between 51st and 53rd Sts.

Astronomic Observatory
It is placed in Paseo del Bosque, near the city centre, and was born almost with the city. It was the first centre in Latin America dedicated to the study of astronomy. It has four observation domes and a basement that houses a seismographer and modern clocks that have permitted the transformation of the Time Service of the Observatory.

Curutchet House
A pilgrimage centre for thousands of architecture students in the world, the Curutchet House is the only residence designed by Le Corbusier, top French representative of modern architecture, built on the American Continent. Besides its singularity and beauty, the value of the Curutchet House resides in the fact that the master designer overturned on it all the architectural principles which made him famous. Nowadays it is the seat of the School of Architects of the province and is open to visitors.

New Argentine Theatre
It was rebuilt after a fire destroyed its main building in 1977, becoming one of the most impressive house theatres in South America. Its lyric hall of Italian style with three levels of boxes houses 2200 spectators, and it has a prose theatre, a small movie theatre, an exhibition room, a cafeteria and workshops suitable for scenery production, as well as props and costumes. Its importance is only comparable to that of the Colon Theatre in Buenos Aires, and very famous artists have paraded along its stage, such as Maria Barrientos, Tita Ruffo, Richard Strauss, Arthur Rubenstein, Ana Pavlova and Alexander Brailowsky.

Museum of Natural Sciences
It is one of the main places of interest in La Plata, and considered the 5th in importance in the world due to its collection of samples and its scientific activity. Close to 400000 visitors cross its doors attracted by a series of large mammal fossils unique in the world. Not less popular are the dinosaurs, which always capture the children's attention.

The arranged tour along the rooms of this building of neoclassical style allows following the sequence of evolution of life in earth in a progressive manner, concluding with man and its different cultures. It keeps collections of palaeontology, archaeology, ethnography, entomology, mineralogy and botanic; it also holds a library and a specialised archive.

Other Museums

Almafuerte Museum: the personal belongings of author Pedro B. Palacios (Almafuerte) can be appreciated amongst its collections, which can be visited on 530, 66th St.

Beato Angelico Art Museum: its art collections include etchings, drawings, ceramics, sculptures. 47th St and 73rd Diagonal.

Museum of the Cathedral: it shows objects of religious nature and is situated in a subterranean vault, with a collection of imagery, and elements of ornamentation. It also shows remains of the construction of the Cathedral of La Plata. 14th St, between 51st and 53rd Sts.

Doctor Emilio Azzarini Museum: here you can appreciate a great collection of wind, stringed and percussion instruments from all over the world, scores from different periods and the personal documents of Doctor Emilio Azzarini. 582, 45th St.

ACTIVITIES

Sports

The Aero Club of La Plata (a private entity) is located on the road to Punta Lara, on 74th Diagonal, and it offers parachuting and hang-gliding lessons and facilities. Together with this, you have The Lagoon, where you can practice aquatic skiing and windsurfing, having hence a good time in many different way.