Catedral is a terminal station of the
Line D of the
Buenos Aires Underground. From here, passengers may transfer to the
Perú station on
Line A and the
Bolívar station on
Line E.
Overview
It is located at the intersection of
Roque Sáenz Peña Avenue and
Florida Street, which gave the original name of the station. Its current name comes from the
Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral, located in the vicinity of the station. This station had the name ''Florida'', as recorded on maps of the network of 1955.
The station was inaugurated on 3 June 1937 as part of the inaugural section of Line D, between Catedral and
Tribunales.
In 1997 it was declared a national historic monument.
Decreto 437/97
(Spanish) Retrieved 8 November 2010
The station was used as a set in the 1996 Argentine science fiction film Moebius.
Gallery
File:Buenos Aires-Florida y Diagonal Norte-Subte Catedral.jpg, Station entrance
File:Buenos Aires - Subte - Catedral.jpg, Detail of the majolica
Nearby
* Plaza de Mayo
The Plaza de Mayo (, ; ) is a city square and the main foundational site of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It was formed in 1884 after the demolition of the Recova building, unifying the city's Plaza Mayor and Plaza de Armas, by that time known as ''Pl ...
* Florida Street
* Buenos Aires Cabildo
* Avenida de Mayo
References
External links
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Buenos Aires Underground stations
Railway stations in Argentina opened in 1937
National Historic Monuments of Argentina