Monserrat, Buenos Aires

Coordinates: 34°36′45″S 58°23′00″W / 34.61250°S 58.38333°W / -34.61250; -58.38333
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Monserrat
Cabildo, South Diagonal and Casa Rosada
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Monserrat

Ministry of Defense
), among others.

Buenos Aires City Legislature. The Monserrat area houses much of the city's (and Argentina's) governmental structure.
Congress
Pasaje La Rural (Rodolfo Rivarola)

Avenida de Mayo runs through the Monserrat district, connecting Plaza de Mayo and the Plaza de los Dos Congresos (Congressional Plaza).

A block, or two, south of the Plaza de Mayo, the older section of Monserrat begins. This is Buenos Aires' oldest neighborhood and even today, very little of the cityscape there is less than a hundred years old (except along

San Telmo
district, to the south.

History

The Monserrat area traces its origins to the foundation of Buenos Aires itself, when, in 1580, Spanish

May Pyramid was placed in what later became the Plaza de Mayo
.

Little changed over the next seventy years, Monserrat's muddy shore and typically colonial grid of cobblestone streets came under a rapid modernization following Argentina's sudden economic development after 1875. Land reclamation and the creation of docks parallel to the area led to the construction of Paseo Colón (still a major thoroughfare) along Monserrat's eastern edge. The area's two adjoining squares became the

Buenos Aires Metro
's first stations, in 1913.

The area's led central location and its presence therein of much of Argentina's governmental structure led to monumental construction over the next twenty years, notable among which are the

Spaniard
community have long associated Monserrat with local Spanish tradition, helping make it attractive to tourism for cultural reasons, as well as those of ambiance.

Among its historic buildings is the house where Viceroy Santiago Liniers lived. This historical site is known by the name of Casa de Liniers, and is located on the street Venezuela 469.[4] Another of the historical sites is the Iglesia Presbiteriana San Andrés, a Presbyterian church located on Belgrano Avenue.[5]

Gallery

Notes

  1. ^ Pronounced [munsəˈrat] in standard eastern Catalan
  2. ^ Montserrat[a] is the original Catalan name, but both spellings are used today.

References

  1. ^ "The emblems of the 48 barrios of Buenos Aires were presented" (Spanish) by ámbito.com August 29, 2011
  2. ^ "Map of Monserrat – City Government of Buenos Aires".
  3. ^ "Montserrat". Buenos Aires Ciudad - Gobierno de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-04-12.
  4. ^ Venezuela 469 (Casa del Virrey Liniers). Centro de Arqueología Urbana. 22 April 2014.
  5. ISBN 9789876279697
    .

External links

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