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Where is Argentina? First of all…
South America… Right there!
Argentine Climate The vast Argentine territory has a diversity of landscapes, where ice fields contrast with arid zones; mountains with valleys or plateaus; fluvial streams and lakes with large oceans, broad grassy plains with woods and forests.
Choose the best one! Warm Moderate Arid Cold Subtropical Dry Polar Cold!
Some pictures to enjoy And now…
Iguazú Falls
Argentina-Brasil-Paraguay corner
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Spegazzini Glacier
Glaciers
Mount Fitz Roy
Whales in the south
Aconcagua The highest peak in America 6959 mts.
North of Argentina
Buenos Aires
Argentine Flag Monument
Punmamarca, Jujuy
Termas de Río Hondo One of the best thermal cities in the world
Misiones
Buenos Aires province
Entre Ríos
Yavi
Caminito-Buenos Aires
Colón Theatre One of the best opera houses in the world
Av. 9 de Julio The widest av. in the world
Río de la Plata The widest river in the world
Rosario
Brave  Gaucho and his horse
Valle de la Luna – San Juan
Llama
A loom  (telar)
Amazing  Colours
Dinosaurs! 97 Million years  (Argentinosaurus huinculensis) The biggest dinosaur ever found
Argentine Inventions Remarkable…
Fingerprints Juan Vucetich -  1891
Heart Bypass René Favaloro -  1967
The Bus Ángel Di Césare y Alejandro Castelvi   - 1928
Blind Cane José Mario Fallótico -  1921
Ultrasonic Blind Cane National Technological University (UTN Avellaneda)
“ Traffic lights” for blind people Mario Dávila  - 1983
Argentine Dogo Antonio Norez Martínez -  1921 Amazing achievement of genetics, a calculated cross between seven hunting dogs
Soda Drago  - 1965
Helicopter Raúl Pateras de Pescara  - 1922 The first one to fly and to be controlled was fully developed and piloted in Argentina
Radio Stations Enrique Susini  – 1920
The Pen José Biró -  1944
Holophonic sound Hugo Zuccarelli  – 1980 First used by  Pink Floyd  (“The final cut”)
Blood Transfusion Luis Agote -  1914
Cartoons Quirino Cristiani  -1917 Disney tried to hire Cristiani, but he refused.
Auto-disposable syringe Carlos Arcusin
Argentine Nobel Prizes
Carlos SAAVEDRA LAMAS Nobel Peace Prize in 1936
Bernardo HOUSSAY Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine in 1947
Luis LELOIR Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1970
Adolfo PÉREZ ESQUIVEL Nobel Peace Prize in 1980
César MILSTEIN Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine in 1984
Argentine movies:  Best Foreign Film  Oscar®
La historia Oficial The official story - 1985
El secreto de sus ojos The secret in their eyes - 2010

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