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La Piedra Movediza de Tandil. Moving stone of Tandil, one of the main attractions of the city, that toppled in 1912, here ca. 1890 / src: Wikimedia Commons
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La piedra movediza de Tandil, ca. 1890′s-1900′s / src: la nacion blog
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This immense stone is so evenly poised that the wind or the slightest touch of the hand set it in motion, but the storms of the centuries have failed to dislodge it.
CHAPTER IV. THE PRAIRIE AND ITS INHABITANTS
The Pampas, or prairie lauds of the Argentine, stretch to the south and west of Buenos Ayres,and cover some 800,000 square miles. On this vast level plain, watered by sluggish streams or shallow lakes, boundless as the ocean, seemingly limitless in extent, there is an exhilarating air and a rich herbage on which browse countless herds of cattle, horses, and flocks of sheep. The grass grows tall, and miles upon miles of rich scarlet, white, or yellow flowers mingle with or overtop it. Beds of thistles, in which the cattle completely hide themselves, stretch away for leagues and leagues, and present an almost unbroken sheet of purple flowers. So vast are these thistle-beds that a days ride through them only leaves the traveller with the same purple forest stretching away to the horizon. (…)
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George Whitfield Ray : Through five republics on horseback; being an account of many wanderings in South America. Sixteenth edition, 1920. Hosted at internet archive
George Whitfield Ray : Through five republics on horseback; being an account of many wanderings in South America. Thirteenth edition, 1915. Hosted at internet archive
The immense boulder was near the city of Tandil. The city’s name “Tan / dil” comes from the Mapuche words tan (“falling”), and lil (“rock”). It is probably a reference to the Piedra Movediza (“Moving Stone”), a large boulder which stood seemingly miraculously balanced on the edge of a rocky foothill. The Moving Stone toppled on February 29th, 1912, and split into two main pieces at the bottom of the hill.
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La ‘piedra movediza’ de Tandil, ca. 1890-1900′s. Unknown photographer / src: la sonrisa de berenice
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Pedro Momini :: Italian acrobat Santin Vanzella, from Raffetto Circus, balancing with
one hand poses for the photo on the top of the ‘Moving Stone’. The
acrobat chose to promote his show there while his companions did it
walking on cables lying between different buildings of the city of Tandil, Argentina.
The photograph records the final moment of Vanzella’s display doing handstands, first with both arms and finally is held for a few seconds
only with his right arm. This
is one of the most striking images of the ‘Piedra Movediza’ that was taken
by the photographer Pedro Momini, whose shadow appears in the bottom,
and was published in the magazine Caras y Caretas in the edition of May
5, 1900. / src: viral diario
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