Meet the Republic of the Children, the Argentine theme park that inspired Walt Disney.
Is this Disneyland?
No, it’s the Republic of the Children in the city of Gonnet, Argentina, some 60 kilometers from Buenos Aires. It’s the first theme park in the American continents.
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Nobody gives you so much for so little!
The Republic of the Children is open every day and its admittance fee is only 20 Argentine pesos (barely $2.40). Parking is 10 pesos ($1.20).
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The project to build a theme park where children could learn about democratic institutions started in 1949 and pushed by Domingo Mercante, who was governor of the Buenos Aires province at the time.
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This park opened four years before Disneyland opened in the U.S.
Building started in 1949, and it opened in 1951, with a meeting headlined by Juan Domingo Perón.
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