In the neighborhood there Gonnet an area of \u200b\u200b53 acres where the park known as the Children's Republic . It was created to teach children how is the functioning of the institutions of a democratic republics ca , mimicking on a smaller scale than normal in many of the buildings where institutions function, and Legislature, Palace of Justice, Government House, Palace of Culture, Chapel, Fire and Police Headquarters, Army, Customs, etc. was ide ed by architects
Lima, Cuenca and Gallo, who were inspired by the tales of Andersen ( El Patito Feo "," The Little Mermaid "), the Grimm brothers (" White, "" Cinderella ") and legends told by Tennyson and Mallory to plan and build all the buildings of medieval styles, European and Islamic.
Construction began in 1949 and her wrinkled wo some 1,600 workers for two years, until the inauguration which was conducted by General Juan Domingo Peron on 26 November 1951. It is here where there was the myth that came to our days: is said that by that time reached the site of an artist Gonnet American named Walt Disney, who was famous at the time by drawing Mickey Mouse . It is said that
Disney (who had visited the country in decades da 1940), was present at the inauguration of the Republic of Children and this place platense inspired him to build in California Disneyland Park , three years later. Some even claim that he met with President Perón, who thought this cultural change in an amusement park (which was not accepted by Peron and the idea was not to be had for the park).
The myth that Disney was inspired by the Children Republic creating Disneyland and was in La Plata in 1951, continued uneventfully until 2008. It was in December of that year which announced the possibility that the Disney company to collaborate on the restoration of the park in Gonnet. According to a note by the newspaper said Day, the mayor met with Earl Bruera Wayne (U.S. Ambassador to Argentina) and it was there that spoke of the existence of a video in which images can be visited by Walt Disney to La Plata , which is thought to include in the Republic of Children a place that bears witness to the visit of the artist. Finally none of this could done, so Disney's visit to the city will remain one of the myths of La Plata.
Video: Walt Disney visiting Argentina in 1941 .
Photos:
1. Children's Republic, located in the neighborhood of Gonnet La Plata.
2. Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse.
3. Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland.
4. President Perón inaugurated the Republic of Children with Governor Carlos Domingo Mercante and Aloe.
5. Disney gaucho dress during his visit to Argentina in 1941.
Sources:
"The Republic of Children, a ride with the right balance, "Journal Day, 6/7/2004
" legend Magic: the city that inspired Walt Disney, "Journal Day, 2/8/2004
" The Republic of children. Stories & Legends ", Journal Times, 12/3/2011
" The Commune Disney manages investments in the Republic ", Diario El Dia, 29/12/2008
" Government House, Buenos Aires, Carlos Antonio Jorge Salvucci
Website of the Republic of Children
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