Fuente de las Nereidas (Lola Mora)

The Fuente de las Nereidas features a group of marble figures emerging from a swirling sea of stone. Lola Mora carved this fountain in Rome in nineteen oh three, shocking Buenos Aires society with its display of nude female forms. Local authorities fought to keep the piece hidden, eventually exiling it to the city's outskirts. It spent decades tucked away from public view before finding this current home near the river, finally centering the sculptor's bold, mythological vision in the heart of the city.