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Caballito Station 1878
Caballito (; Spanish for "little horse") is a ''barrio'' (neighborhood) of the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires. It is the only ''barrio'' in the administrative division ''Comuna'' 6. It is located in the geographical centre of the city, limited by the following streets and avenues: Rio de Janeiro, Av. Rivadavia, Av. La Plata, Av. Directorio, Curapaligüe, Av. Donato Álvarez, Av. Juan B. Justo, Av. San Martín, and Av. Ángel Gallardo. The name is said to come from the horse-shaped (Spanish ''caballo'') weather vane from a local ''pulpería'' (gauchos' bar); ''Caballito'' meaning "Little horse". Places of interest In Caballito there are numerous points of interest; the "English District" with British style "Fin de Siècle" architecture, the Ferro Carril Oeste football Club (or "Verdolaga"), the "Historical Tramway museum of Buenos Aires", the old "Mercado del Progreso" (Market of Progress) a neighborhood favorite since 1890, the Italian Club and the Portuguese Club. Among the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barrios And Communes Of Buenos Aires
The city of Buenos Aires is formally divided in 48 ''barrios'' (neighborhoods), grouped into 15 ''comunas'' (communes), which are defined as "units of decentralized political and administrative management governed by designated residents". The city proper (excluding the suburbs and exurbs that form Greater Buenos Aires), had 2,891,082 inhabitants as of 2010. Overview Sanitary regions The borders of the sanitary regions are aligned with the borders of the communes. * Region 1: C1, C3, C4 * Region 2: C7, C8, C9 * Region 3: C5, C6, C10, C11, C15 * Region 4: C2, C12, C13, C14 References External links Map of Buenos Aires' neighborhoods and communes {{Portal, Argentina Geography of Buenos Aires ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Buenos Aires
The University of Buenos Aires (, UBA) is a public university, public research university in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is the second-oldest university in the country, and the largest university of the country by enrollment. Established in 1821, the UBA has educated 17 President of Argentina, Argentine presidents, produced four of the country's five Nobel Prize laureates, and is responsible for approximately 40% of the country's research output. The university's academic strength and regional leadership make it attractive to many international students, especially at the postgraduate level. Just over 4 percent of undergraduates are foreigners, while 15 percent of postgraduate students come from abroad. The Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Buenos Aires, Faculty of Economic Sciences has the highest rate of international postgraduate students at 30 percent, in line with its reputation as a "top business school with significant international influence." The University o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greater Buenos Aires
Greater Buenos Aires (, GBA), also known as the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area (, AMBA), refers to the urban agglomeration comprising the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires Buenos Aires, controlled by the government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southwest of the Río de la Plata. Buenos Aires is classified as an Alpha− glob ... and the adjacent 24 ''partidos of Buenos Aires, partidos'' (districts) in the Buenos Aires Province, Province of Buenos Aires. Thus, it does not constitute a single administrative unit. The conurbation spreads south, west and north of Buenos Aires city. To the east, the Río de la Plata, River Plate serves as a natural boundary. Urban sprawl, especially between 1945 and 1980, created a vast metropolitan area of over 3,800 km² (1,500 mi²) – or 19 times the area of Buenos Aires proper. The 24 suburban ''partidos'' (counties) grew more than sixfold in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarmiento Line
The Sarmiento line is a broad gauge commuter rail service in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, run by the state-owned Trenes Argentinos since 11 September 2013. The line is part of Domingo Sarmiento Railway, running trains departing from Once de Septiembre station in the Balvanera neighborhood of Buenos Aires to the cities of Moreno, Lobos, and Mercedes in Buenos Aires Province. The 167-km long line has 40 stations. As of 2018, a total of 101,453 services had been run, with 85,946,312 passengers carried.Informe estadístico 2018 - Sarmiento on Argentina.gob.ar History [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Brugeoise Cars (Buenos Aires Underground)
''La Brugeoise cars'' were Buenos Aires Underground (''Subte'') Line A (Buenos Aires Underground), Line A rolling stock since its inauguration in 1913 till 2013 when replaced by CITIC-CNR, new Chinese stock. They were built by the Belgian Rolling stock, railway rolling stock manufacturer La Brugeoise et Nivelles between 1911 and 1919 for the Anglo-Argentine Tramways Company's (''Compañía de Tranvías Anglo-Argentina'' (CTAA) in Spanish) first underground line. They were originally designed to run both as Rapid transit, metro and tramway cars, but they were refurbished in 1927 for underground use only. They became the oldest underground rolling stock in commercial service in the world as well as a tourist attraction and part of Buenos Aires cultural heritage. Technical information The La Brugeoise trains were designed to run using either 550 VDC (as surface tramways did until the system was closed in 1962) or 1,100 VDC in the tunnels. Traction was controlled through a 9-p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polvorín Workshop
The Polvorín Workshop (Spanish: Taller Polvorín) is a rolling stock storage and maintenance workshop in Buenos Aires that primarily serves Line A (Buenos Aires Underground), Line A of the Buenos Aires Underground. It also serves as the main storage and restoration area for the Trams in Buenos Aires#Heritage Tramway, Association of Friends of the Tramway (AAT), who run a heritage tramway in the neighborhood of Caballito, Buenos Aires, Caballito, near to where the workshop is located. History The workshop was built in 1914 by the Anglo-Argentine Tramways Company (AATC) to repair and house its underground tram network, which later became Line A (Buenos Aires Underground), Line A of the Underground. At the same time, it also served the much of Trams in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires' then vast tram network, albeit only the lines operated by AATC. In 1980, the workshop became the headquarters of the AAT, who house and restore their growing collection of antique trams there. In 2008, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Line A (Buenos Aires Underground)
Line A is the oldest line of the Buenos Aires Underground. Opened to the public on 1 December 1913, it was the first underground line in South America, the Southern Hemisphere and the Spanish-speaking world. It made Buenos Aires the 13th city in the world to have an underground transport service. The line stretches from Plaza de Mayo and San Pedrito and runs under the full length of the Avenida de Mayo and part of the Avenida Rivadavia, and is used by 258,000 people per day. On the first day of public service (18 December 1913), it carried 220,000 passengers.Subterráneos de Buenos Aires (Official Page) History of Line A – Retrieved 2010-11-04 Line A used the |
Bernardino Rivadavia Natural Sciences Museum
The Bernardino Rivadavia Natural Sciences Argentine Museum () is a public museum located in the Caballito neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. History The museum owes its existence to a proposal made by Bernardino Rivadavia before the First Triumvirate of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata in 1812. The ongoing struggle for Independence from the Spanish colonial period stalled Rivadavia's project, however, until 1823, when he promoted construction of a building for the museum as a member of Governor Martín Rodríguez's cabinet.Historia del macn on Museum website The original museum opened in 1826 and was housed in a loft inside the Santo Domingo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Thays
Carlos Thays (August 20, 1849 – January 31, 1934)Biography of Thays, buenosaires.gov.ar was a French-Argentine , and a student of French landscape architect Édouard André.History of El Jardín Botánico, buenosaires.gov.ar Biography Born Jules Charles Thays in |
Avenida Rivadavia
Avenida Rivadavia is one of the principal thoroughfares in Buenos Aires, Argentina, extending from San Nicolás, Buenos Aires, downtown Buenos Aires to the western suburb of Merlo, Buenos Aires, Merlo. It is considered the third longest avenue (landscape), avenue in the world after Yonge Street (Toronto) and Western Avenue (Chicago), Western Avenue (Chicago). History Upon the designation of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata by the Spanish Empire in 1776, the "Road of the Kingdom of Heaven" leading into Buenos Aires from the east was designated a ''El Camino Real (other), Camino Real'', a "Royal Road" fit for a Viceroy, and afforded improvements and some security. This Royal Road of the West, by 1782, traveled to Mendoza, Argentina, Mendoza, a city over to the west (roughly along the modern National Route 7 (Argentina), National Highway 7). Dubbed Federation Road by the paramount Governor Juan Manuel de Rosas in 1836, it was renamed in honor of former President Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 in Tigre Partido within Greater Buenos Aires * General Pueyrredón Partido, administrative subdivision on the Atlantic coast of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina * Honorio Pueyrredón (1876–1945), an Argentine lawyer, university professor, diplomatic and politician *Juan Martín de Pueyrredón (1776–1850), an Argentine general and politician of the early 19th century * Juan Martín de Pueyrredón Museum, Buenos Aires, near Acassuso, in the partido of San Isidro, in Buenos Aires, Argentina *Prilidiano Pueyrredón Prilidiano Pueyrredón (January 24, 1823 – November 3, 1870) was an Argentine painter, architect and engineer. One of the country's first prominent painters, he was known for his costumbrist sensibility and prefer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
