Roma in Città metropolitana di Roma Capitale, Latium, Rome, Italy — Central Italy (Tyrrhenian Coast)

Il Municipio di Buenos Aires

Il Municipio di Buenos Airies Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, August 2, 2025

1. Il Municipio di Buenos Airies Marker

Inscription. Il municipio di Buenos Aires rinnovando il paulmento stradale col legno delle foreste Argentine volle pietosamente circondare di religioso silenzio le tombe venerate dei due primi re d'Italia

Il Commune di Roma riconoscente de' sentimenti fraterni pose questa memoria
Febbraio MCMVI

[English translation of Italian text:]
The municipality of Buenos Aires, while renovating the road surface with wood from the Argentine forests, piously wished to surround the venerated tombs of the first two kings of Italy with religious silence.

The Municipality of Rome, grateful for the fraternal sentiments, placed this memorial.
February 1906

Erected 1906 by the Municipality of Rome.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Government & Politics • Religion & Religious Structures • Roads & Vehicles. A significant historical year for this entry is 1906.

Location. 41° 53.961′ N, 12° 28.619′ E. Marker is in Roma, Lazio (Latium, Rome), in Città metropolitana di Roma Capitale. It is on Piazza della Rotonda. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: Piazza della Rotonda 67, Roma, Lazio 00186, Italy. Touch for directions.

Regionally, it is in Europe,

the European Union,

the Schengen Area,

a coastal Mediterranean country,

and the Western World.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Byzantine Empire

and specifically also the Roman Empire.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Rione III Colonna / Colonna District III (here, next to this marker); The Trevi-Pantheon Route

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(a few steps from this marker); Hotel del Sole (a few steps from this marker); Pietro Mascagni (a few steps from this marker); Lodovico Ariosto (within shouting distance of this marker); Piazza della Rotonda (within shouting distance of this marker); Hotel Pantheon (within shouting distance of this marker); Pantheon (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Roma.

Regarding Il Municipio di Buenos Aires. Details of the event being described on this plaque, apparently about the Argentines' construction of a street here near Rome's iconic Pantheon, could not be determined. The two Italian kings who are referenced on this marker and buried at the Pantheon are Victor Emmanuel II, who died in 1878, and Umberto I, who died in 1900.

Also see . . . Crossing the Atlantic: Italians in Argentina and the Making of a National Culture, 1880–1930. This doctoral dissertation by Lauren A. Kaplan of CUNY looks at Italian immigration to Argentina at the turn of the 20th century.

Excerpt: "Between 1880-1930, Argentina took in
Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, August 2, 2025

2. Buenos Aires marker in Piazza della Rotonda
The marker is visible on the building on the far left. The Pantheon is on the right.
millions of Italian immigrants, contributing to the largest voluntary diaspora in modern history. This dissertation examines how Argentina’s open immigration policy dovetailed with the formation of a national artistic style, generating new perspectives on how immigrants, particularly Italians, proactively shaped Argentine culture while also becoming enmeshed in an intricate geo-political relationship that spanned generations and regimes."

(Submitted on September 7, 2025, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois.)

Credits. This page was last revised on September 7, 2025. It was originally submitted on September 7, 2025, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois. This page has been viewed 109 times since then and 27 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 7, 2025, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois.