Lomas de Zamora
Lomas de Zamora | ||
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Lomas de Zamora is a city in the
City of Buenos Aires and within the metropolitan area of Greater Buenos Aires. It is the capital of Lomas de Zamora Partido
and has a population of 111,897.
Overview
The city of Lomas de Zamora owes its name to Juan de Zamora, a Creole of
Sevillian roots, owner of the lands in 1736.[1] Towards the end of 1860 a large number of people of British origin settled in the area. These English, Scottish and Irish had arrived as employees of Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway.[2]
The English educational institution, St. Alban's College was established in the area about 1920.[3]
Lomas de Zamora is located in a region that originally supported livestock, grain, fruit, and poultry farms. Present industries include meat packing, grain, and fruit processing, saw milling, and the manufacture of dairy products, chemicals, paper, rubber products, plastics, and leather goods.
The city is the site of the traditional
art deco
city hall was inaugurated in 1938.
The city's local
National B Division
; the team's home matches usually brings thousands of fans.
Vice President of Argentina in 1989, Governor of Buenos Aires Province in 1991, and was appointed interim President of Argentina
, serving in 2002-03; he was among the candidates for the presidency in 2011.
Lomas de Zamora experienced one of the most significant
real estate booms in the Greater Buenos Aires area in the years following the 2001 crisis in Argentina. This trend has been most evident along Colombres Street (south of downtown), creating an upscale district popularly known as Las Lomitas. Nearly 200 new residential high-rises had thus been completed by 2011.[4] A four-star, 26-story Howard Johnson's hotel was slated to open in 2013, becoming the first of its kind in the southern belt of the Greater Buenos Aires area,[5] but after several years of delay the project has been abandoned in 2015 when investor Finarg went broke. In October 2018 two local business men were detained for alleged irregularities in the planning of the hotel.[6]
Gallery
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Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace -
Hipólito Yrigoyen Avenue -
Victorio Grigera Square -
Antonio Mentruyt Library -
Municipal building -
Cine Teatro Español of Lomas de Zamora -
Lomas de Zamora station, c. 1925. -
Plaza Victorio Grigera in 1885 -
Train Station, c.1900
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References
- ^ "Pasado y presente de Lomas de Zamora, Provincia de Buenos Aires". Juan Luis Stoppini, Julio Centenari. 1975.
- ^ "Anales del Instituto de Arte Americano e Investigaciones Estéticas". Argentina. 1962.
- ^ "The Directory of the European Council of International Schools". European Council of International Schools. 1982.
- ^ "Boom inmobiliario y un agujero negro en Lomas". La Tecla. Archived from the original on 2012-12-03.
- ^ "Construyen el primer hotel de categoría del sur del Gran Buenos Aires". Agencia Universitaria de Noticias y Opinión. Archived from the original on 2012-06-29.
- ^ "Escándalo en Lomas: detuvieron a dos empresarios por irregularidades con el Howard Johnson". El Diario del Sur.
External links
- Municipal information: Municipal Affairs Federal Institute (IFAM), Municipal Affairs Secretariat, Ministry of Interior, Argentina. (in Spanish)
- Municipality of Lomas de Zamora - Official website.
- Official Club Atlético Los Andes webpage
- Lomas Athletic Club Website
- Commercial Guide of Lomas de Zamora
- Lomas de Zamora Catholic Action. - Official site of diffusion.
- Learn English in Lomas de Zamora
- English and Portuguese in Lomas de Zamora - ENGLISH HOUSE School of English
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