The Patio de la Madera, is a "Convention and Exposition Centre" complex located in Rosario

Rosario

Rosario is the largest city in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It is located northwest of Buenos Aires, on the western shore of the Paraná River and has 1,159,004 residents as of the ....

, , occupying two blocks opposite the Mariano Moreno Bus Terminal, near the geographic center of the city. The formal name is almost never used; the shorter form Centro de Convenciones Patio de la Madera is preferred even in official communications.

The main buildings provide room for conventions, lectures and conferences, artistic exhibitions and shows, etc., with an auditorium for 1,800 people and six smaller facilities with capacities between 120 and 370 people. There are 4,000 m² of covered area for exhibitions (plus another 1,000 semi-covered and 7,200 outdoors).

The complex also includes two nightclub

Nightclub

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s, an amphitheater, a park

Park

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 area with modern sculpture

Sculpture

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s and a small artificial lake, two international cuisine restaurant

Restaurant

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s, a fast food

Fast food

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 restaurant, and parking

Parking

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 space for 250 vehicles.

The site of the Patio de la Madera was a former train station

Train station

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, a terminal of the Ferrocarril General Manuel Belgrano

Ferrocarril General Manuel Belgrano

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 railway company that was abandoned when, in 1987, the cargo facilities were shut down and the rails were removed. The site was gradually recovered by the municipal government, starting during the administration of Mayor Horacio Usandizaga

Horacio Usandizaga

Horacio Daniel Usandizaga , also known informally as El Vasco, is an Argentine politician.Usandizaga studied to become a lawyer and entered political activity as a member of the Radical Civic Union in 1961. He was first a councillor and then Mayor of Rosario from 11 December 1983 to 10 December 1987...

. By the early 2000s it was already a well-known center for national and international cultural activities.