Stop 21 - Paseo Pellegrini

It is located in the heart of the city, in one of the city’s main arteries. It’s a meeting point, a place where friends, couples, and families all get together. The avenue keeps attracting visitors with a varied offer of restaurants, bars, breweries, pizza restaurants and grills for all publics. It also includes artistic, cultural and entertainment activities.

This Avenue features The Olympic Promenade, a tribute that the city pays to all the local representatives in the Olympiads since 1924 and up to now. Walk that covers 8 blocks on both sides of Pellegrini Avenue, from Moreno St. to Sarmiento St. Different plaques play tribute to the athletes including the name, the discipline, date and place where the competition took place. Oympic Athletes. The city has 174 Olympic athletes. 136 participated in Olympic Games, 29 in Paralympic Games and 9 in the Youth Olympic Games. The first Argentinian participation in the Olympic Games was in Paris 1924. Four athletes of the city were part of the official delegation.

The discipline to which Rosario contributed the most is oar: 43 athletes. Since 1988, field hockey was gaining space. The women’s team took part in six of the last seven editions of the games. Luciana Aymar, several time selected as Best Player, was one of the athletes. As regards soccer, Rosario contributed with 26 football players, some of them obtained the Silver Medal in Amsterdam 1928 and the Gold Medal in Athens and Beijing with Lionel Messi and Javier Mascherano.