Three landmarks in Buenos Aires were illuminated in the colors of the Armenian flag to mark the 35th anniversary of Armenia’s independence, the Armenian Embassy in Argentina said.
The Galileo Galilei Planetarium in Palermo, the Torre Espacial in Parque de la Ciudad in Villa Soldati, and the Puente de la Mujer in Puerto Madero all carried red, blue and orange.
The Puente de la Mujer was the first work in Latin America by the Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava. Opened in 2001, the pedestrian bridge runs 160 meters with a 39-meter mast, and swings aside to let ships pass. Calatrava designed it as a couple dancing tango, the white mast representing the man and the curved deck the woman.
The lighting is part of a program run by the city’s Ministry of Public Space, which illuminates Buenos Aires’s monuments through September for the national days of other countries. The Planetarium also carried the Armenian colors for the 29th anniversary in 2020.
Armenia declared independence from the Soviet Union following a referendum held on September 21, 1991.
More landmarks will carry the tricolor tonight. Warsaw’s ?l?sko-D?browski Bridge lights up at 7 p.m. local time and Niagara Falls at 10 p.m., while the Armenian flag flies outside Ottawa City Hall and the Ottawa Sign holds red, blue and orange through the day.
