Elisa
The new icon of Buenos Aires
The Puente de la Mujer has become a real icon of Buenos Aires. It's in Puerto Madero, the trendiest district of the city, and was designed by the Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava. It's a pedestrian bridge, and it opens gracefully to allow ships to pass through. Puerto Madero is a very interesting neighbourhood, and I like to stand on the centre of the Puente de la Mujer to appreciate the view. You can see twenty restaurants on one of the docks, and the buildings surrounding the bridge are truly stunning.
There are colouful cranes, not here for work, but rather just to enhance the appearance of the modern port.
The frigate Sarmiento, the first ship of the Navy School of Argentina, now a public museum, is anchored just past the bridge. The bridge, Calatrava's first project in Latin America, depicts a couple dancing tango. It is said that the man's silhouette is straight and the woman is leaning. Located on one side, in the center or across on the opposite side of the bridge, I confess that I could not identify the dancers. In this neighbourhood, all the streets are named after famous, influential women, and this bridge, linking Puerto Madero with the rest of Buenos Aires, is a remarkable work of contemporary architecture.
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