Constitución, Buenos Aires

Coordinates: 34°38′S 58°23′W / 34.633°S 58.383°W / -34.633; -58.383
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Constitución is a

barrio or neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina
, approximately two kilometers south of downtown.

The borough is centered on

9 de Julio
, San Juan and Caseros Avenues, as well as the 25 de Mayo toll road.

The neighborhood is home to the

Argentine University of Enterprise and the University of Buenos Aires Faculty of Social Sciences
.

History

Constitución station

The area, on the outskirts of Buenos Aires in colonial times, was granted a parish in 1769 and incorporated into the city in 1777. Home to an important mission of

Argentine Constitution
in 1856 and the neighborhood, long centered on the market, soon acquired the name.

Work began in 1864 on the

Anglican Reverend Barton Lodge in 1844 became the British Hospital in 1887 (still the borough's largest). The neighborhood was subsequently home to Hipólito Yrigoyen, a co-founder of the centrist Radical Civic Union
in 1891 who tirelessly campaigned for and, in 1912, won the right to universal (male) suffrage in Argentina and the secret ballot. Elected president in 1916, his Constitución home was ransacked during a coup against him in 1930.

The mayor appointed in 1976 by Argentina's last dictatorship, Osvaldo Cacciatore, had plans drawn up for eight freeways within the city proper, three of which were finished. The two busiest, the 25 de Mayo and 9 de Julio Freeways, meet at a junction north of Constitución station. The structures, though a great benefit to commuters, led to the exodus of much of the neighborhood's middle class.

Ninth of July Expressway
Constitución Square
Rationalist architecture near the station
Independencia Avenue

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