La Plata is a planned city in Argentina, created upon the urban planning paradigm of the late 19th century. It was designed in a very strict grid-pattern form, with many avenues and diagonals resulting in a quite satisfying geometric symmetry when seen from above. The city was founded in 1880, after the city of Buenos Aires was declared the federal capital of Argentina. The … [Read more...] about La Plata: A City of Geometric Symmetry