Third February Park

The Third February Park, also known as the Palermo Forests, is a 400-hectare urban park in Buenos Aires, Palermo. After the overthrow in 1852 of the city governor Juan Manuel de Rosas, his vast lands in the city became public, and in 1862 the local government allocated most of these lands for the city park. Robots began in 1874 and the park was officially opened on November 11, 1875.

The park is named after the date of the overthrow of Governor Juan Manuel de Rosas - February 3, 1852. Surprisingly, the park is laid out following the strict rules of urban development, because urbanist Jordan Xeslow Vizoki and architect Julio Dormal worked on the project.

Between 1892 and 1912, Argentine urbanist Carlos Tais was commissioned to expand the park and decorate it. He then designed the Zoological Garden, the Botanical Garden and the Rosary. In 1951, the Municipal Velodrome appeared in the park and in 1966 the Galileo Galilei Planetarium. The planetarium is a very popular place of industrial practice for schoolchildren of the city. Planets and other astronomical phenomena are projected inside the dome. In 1967, the largest Japanese garden outside Japan was opened in the park.

Many people walk in the park every day, both on foot and by bicycle. There are also three artificial lakes in the park where you can ride a boat. At one of the lakes, the Garden of Poets is home to bronze statues of famous poets including Jorge Luis Borges, Luigi Pirandello and William Shakespeare.