Coronel Díaz Avenue is an avenue that marks the limit between the Palermo and Recoleta neighborhoods in

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, and extends northbound, parallel

Pueyrredón Avenue Pueyrredón may refer to: * ARA ''Pueyrredón'', a ''Garibaldi''-class armoured cruiser of the Argentine Navy * Chilean brigantine ''Águila'' (1796), the first ship of the Chilean Navy, renamed ''Pueyrredón'' *Club Pueyrredón, a rugby union club ...

. It starts on Soler Street and ends on Castex Street, passing along Las Heras Park and the nearby Alto Palermo Shopping Center. The avenue was so named in 1894 in honor of Col. Pedro José Díaz (1801 — 1857), who played an important role in the

Army of the Andes The Army of the Andes ( es, Ejército de los Andes) was a military force created by the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata (Argentina) and mustered by general José de San Martín in his campaign to free Chile from the Spanish Empire. In 181 ...

during the Argentine War of Independence of the 1810s, in the

Cisplatine War The Cisplatine War (), also known as the Argentine-Brazilian War () or, in Argentine and Uruguayan historiography, as the Brazil War (''Guerra del Brasil''), the War against the Empire of Brazil (''Guerra contra el Imperio del Brasil'') or t ...

of the 1820s, and on behalf of Governor Juan Manuel de Rosas, for whom he led the

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during the

Battle of Caseros The Battle of Caseros ( es, Batalla de Caseros) was fought near the town of El Palomar, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, on 3 February 1852, between the Army of Buenos Aires commanded by Juan Manuel de Rosas and the Grand Army (''Ejército ...

of 1852.Canido Borges, Jorge. ''Buenos Aires, esa desconocida; sus calles, plazas y monumentos''. Buenos Aires: Ed. Corregidor, 2003.

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