Those interested in the city of Mendoza from above can do so from the viewpoint of the seventh floor of the municipality, on July 9, 500 It was reopened last week with new details to make it more attractive and also carries a tribute the name of a key architect in the local urban history: Gerardo Américo Andia. On the terrace of the municipal building is a viewpoint that if it was well open to visitors, offering more appealing than the sight height and 360 ° of the city and the first hills of the foothills. To make it more striking, there were attempts to add one Restaurants, but failed and, while not always as they could access the guides were not available or communal headquarters was closed. El Mirador is important within the local offer to visitors and promoted that appears in all the guidebooks as an inescapable part of the city. This is because in all the major cities of the world, these sites are the starting point for tourists who prefer to have an overview before crossing it by detalle.La deck repairs needed as there were leaks. With the works that were made was closed for eight months and took advantage reopen with a new profile that points to improve it as a tourist attraction, said Mariana Juri, Undersecretary of Tourism, Culture and Economic Development community. She noted that we thought it appropriate to take this reopening to put the name of Andia, a landmark architect Mendoza during the 1950s and 1960s and who died this year. So we respond to the demand from various sectors who asked us to pay tribute and did not want to do it with a simple plate or dilate in tiempo.En result, the Mirador Terrace Gerardo Américo Andia has many details that differ from the proposal that existed prior closing. For case in the hall there is just off the elevator there is a room for exhibitions, the first of which just shows sketches and drawings made by the architect and the district approached their descendants. Later, it will lead to local artists. At the same time, there is a library with books about Mendoza and the wine, which initially will be available only in place but are planning to install a stand for sale. The gardens, which previously had seasonal flowers, now only possess specimens of native flora. There is a section just for cacti and other, in which the creosote bush and tussock coexist with other species, each marked with his little sign. The display used to look at the distance to the west now have an interpreter beneath which was done by a geographer. This is a panoramic photo of the isolated hills which are marked with different data and information needs of the visitors.
