Italpark

Coordinates: 34°35′8″S 58°23′10″W / 34.58556°S 58.38611°W / -34.58556; -58.38611
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Italpark
Italpark Logo.
LocationBuenos Aires, Argentina
Opened1960 (1960)
Closed1990 (1990)
OwnerZanon family
Italpark attraction, year 1979.

The Italpark was a theme park in Argentina, which was located where currently is the Parque Thays (del Libertador corner Callao avenues) in the Recoleta neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. It became a landmark of Buenos Aires in its 30 years of existence.

History[edit]

View of Parque Thays, where the Italpark used to be

Crisis and demise[edit]

On 29 July 1990, one of the wagons of the ride Matter Horn broke, and in the incident a 15-year-old girl named Roxana Celia Alaimo died, and her friend Karina Benítez was severely wounded.

Four months later, the city mayor Carlos Grosso ordered the definitive closure of Italpark. [1]

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34°35′8″S 58°23′10″W / 34.58556°S 58.38611°W / -34.58556; -58.38611