Parque Avellaneda is a neighbourhood located in the Southwest of
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South ...
. It is named after
Nicolás Avellaneda
Nicolás Remigio Aurelio Avellaneda Silva (3 October 1837 – 24 November 1885) was an Argentine politician and journalist, and President of Argentina from 1874 to 1880. Avellaneda's main projects while in office were banking and education ...
, former
President of Argentina and originated in a 1755 deed given to the Brotherhood of Holy Charity of Jesus Christ. The Olivera family became the area's largest landowners in 1828 and their sale of the majority of their estate to the city of Buenos Aires resulted in the creation of
Avellaneda Park (the ''barrio's'' namesake) in 1914.
File:Parque Avellaneda, complejo de casas con parques en el barrio (septiembre 2008).jpg, Townhouses in the area
See also
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Avellaneda Park Historic Train
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Avellaneda Park
External links
Barriada.com site
Neighbourhoods of Buenos Aires
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