Caballito, Buenos Aires

Coordinates: 34°37′S 58°27′W / 34.617°S 58.450°W / -34.617; -58.450
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Caballito
Neighborhood of Buenos Aires
Residential area of Caballito
Residential area of Caballito
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Caballito (pronounced

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 area's cultural points of interest are the Church of Caacupé, belonging to an order of Irish nuns although receiving its name to a sculpture dedicated to the Virgin of Caacupé, the Faculty of Philosophy and Literature of the University of Buenos Aires
.

Other places of interest are the Cid Campeador monument, located at the corner of

Pueyrredón Avenue
, A. Gallardo Avenue and Díaz Vélez Avenue; and the Red Building, located at the corner of Aranguren St. and Hidalgo St.

Area residents have relatively few large green spaces at their enjoyment; the two most important, however, are Parque Rivadavia, on

Bernardino Rivadavia Natural Sciences Museum (Buenos Aires' most important), Marie Curie Hospital, the Leloir Research Institute and the local observatory. In 2006, the park underwent extensive refurbishment, as well as the installation of a swan lake in replacement of the two existing smaller ones.[citation needed
]

Transport

Neighbourhood commuters are served by

Buenos Aires Heritage Tramway, which runs through the neighbourhood.[3]

Similarly, there is the Sarmiento Line, a commuter rail service which takes passengers westward to Greater Buenos Aires or eastward to Once railway station and closer to the city centre.

Gallery

  • Durand Hospital (c.1920)
    Durand Hospital (c.1920)
  • Intersection of Rivadavia and Jose Maria Moreno (1947)
    Intersection of Rivadavia and Jose Maria Moreno (1947)
  • Monument to Simón Bolívar, Parque Rivadavia
    Monument to Simón Bolívar, Parque Rivadavia
  • Nuestra Señora de Caacupé church
    Nuestra Señora de Caacupé church
  • Regulars at the Parque Centenario lake
    Regulars at the Parque Centenario lake
  • Residential area of Caballito
    Residential area of Caballito
  • Bernardino Rivadavia Natural Sciences Museum
    Bernardino Rivadavia Natural Sciences Museum

References

  1. ^ "The emblems of the 48 barrios of Buenos Aires were presented" (Spanish) by ámbito.com 29 August 2011
  2. ^ "Censo Nacional de Población, Hogares y Viviendas 2022" (PDF). Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  3. ^ El Taller Polvorín, centro de la historia del Subte – EnElSubte, 30 November 2013.

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