 View of the civic center | |
  The Children's Republic Location in Buenos Aires Province | |
| Location | Gonnet, La Plata, Argentina |
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| Coordinates | 34°53′10.5″S 58°1′7″W / 34.886250°S 58.01861°W |
| Opened | November 26, 1951 |
| Owner | Municipality of La Plata [1] |
| Area | 0.52 km2 (0.20 sq mi) |
| Website | republica.laplata.gob.ar |
The Children's Republic (Spanish: República de los Niños), is a theme park located in La Plata, Argentina. With a surface of 53 hectares (130 acres), and 35 scale buildings, it is regarded as the first theme park in the Americas. [2] The Republic represents a city (proportionally sized for children) with all its institutions: parliament, government house, the courthouse, church, port, theater, airport, restaurants, hotels, etc.[3]
It was built by the "Investor Institute of the Province of Buenos Aires" on 53 hectares of land where the Swift Golf Club had its course. It was inaugurated on November 26, 1951, by President Juan Domingo Perón.[3] Its architectural similarity to Disneyland allowed the emergence of an urban myth, which affirms that Walt Disney was inspired in this park to found several years later the one located in California.[4]
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cede1was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ El primer parque educativo y recreativo de Latinoamérica on El Día, 12 Nov 2021
- ^ a b República de los Niños at Fundación Valorar
- ^ Misterios de la Ciudad de La Plata by Nicolás Colombo, Ediciones de Autor (2016) – ISBN 978-987-42-0135-5