Puerto de la Música
The Puerto de la Música (Spanish, "Port of Music") is a planned cultural complex which was to be built in Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina, beside the Paraná River. the plan is on hold for the foreseeable future. The project The Puerto de la Música was projected by Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer, famous for the design of the major public buildings of Brasília in the mid-1950s. Its plan includes a concert hall, an exhibition center and a music school, with the stated goal of becoming "a massive, open and inclusive cultural space". The land destined for the complex has an area of 65,000 m², while the total area of the planned buildings is 20,900 m². The theater would have room for 2,500 attendants, and 30,000 should be able to watch from outside. Presented to the public in 2008 by governor and former Rosario mayor Hermes Binner, the Puerto was originally planned to open in 2010, the year of the bicentennial of Argentina's emancipation from Spain. By 2010 the project, with a total budget estimated around 300 million pesos (about 75 million USD at the time), had not advanced. A foundation was created to publicize the project and request private donations. The