The Floralis Generica is a metallic sculpture located in the Plaza de las Naciones Unidas, Avenida Figueroa Alcorta, of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, donated to that city by the Argentine architect Eduardo Catalano 1917-2010. The structure was inaugurated on April 13, 2002 with materials provided by the aircraft company Lockheed Martin Aircraft Argentina.nnThe sculpture is located in the center of a park of four hectares of wooded boundaries, surrounded by paths that come and go offering different perspectives of the monument and located over a water mirror, which apart from fulfilling its aesthetic function, protects it . It represents a large flower made of stainless steel, with a skeleton of aluminum and reinforced concrete, which looks towards the sky, extending towards it its six petals. It weighs 18 tons and is 23 meters high. Years ago, the construction of the Altar de la Patria was planned.nnAt the time, the sculptor Eduardo Omar Urich was asked to take charge of the engraving on Marble as the monument`s insignia.nnThis sculpture was reopened on June 10, 2015

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