Rosario Facts for Kids

Location of Rosario City in Argentina.

Rosario is a city in the center-east of Argentina, about 300 km (190 mi) NW from Buenos Aires. It is the main city of Santa Fe Province. As of 2008 Rosario metropolitan area has a population of around 1,300,000 inhabitants, making it Argentina's 3rd largest city. The city is on the well-known Argentine river of the Parana.

It's called Rosario because of 'Virgen del Rosario', which image remains at the cathedral, at the same place where the original chapel was.

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Map of the city of Rosario c. 1877
Rosario port area in 1888
Rosario's old Customs Office, on Belgrano Avenue
National Flag Memorial, downtown Rosario
Bolsa de Comercio Rosario: The Rosario Stock Exchange
Wood chips carrier Racer on the Paraná River, just coming under the Rosario-Victoria Bridge
El Círculo Theatre
Planetarium of Rosario
Museum of Contemporary Art of Rosario
Municipal Museum of Rosario
Cine Monumental
Argentine Flag Memorial
The Propylaeum (column gallery) of the National Argentine Flag Memorial
The Flag Memorial at night
Rosario seen from the Flag Memorial
Club Español de Rosario, club of the Spanish community in Rosario
Villa Hortensia, the seat of the North District
Seat of the Center District, at the former Rosario Central railway station
Night view of the luxury Dolfines Guaraní Towers, May 2010
Front entrance and clock tower of the Mariano Moreno Bus Terminal in Rosario
Trolleybus in the city centre
The city had a tramway network until 1963.
Nuevo Central Argentino (NCA) freight railway yards
Rosario Sur Station, refurbished to run inter-city services on the General Mitre Railway
Rosario Norte
The Center Municipal District (former Rosario Central station)
Tram tracks are still visible in parts of the city
The Rosario-Victoria Bridge
Rosario International Airport
The Port of Rosario, c.1910
Teachers' School, on Córdoba Avenue
National University of Rosario Law School
Lionel Messi, born in Rosario in 1987
Participants carry the national colors on Flag Day (June 20).
Rosario metropolitan area in the Province of Santa Fe
Climate chart
Rosario offices of Telecom Argentina
Headquarters of La Capital newspaper
Mercado Sud (c.1903)
Palace of Justice (c.1905)
Hotel Savoy (c.1910)
San Martín Square (c.1920s)
Hipólito Yrigoyen on a train during an electoral campaign (1926)
Inauguration of the National Flag Memorial (1957)
Libertad Lamarque
Che Guevara
Ángel Di María
Lionel Messi
Luciana Aymar
Marcelo Bielsa
Valeria Mazza
Juan Imhoff
Felipe Martinez Carbonell

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