Plaza de la República (Buenos Aires)

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Plaza de la República (Republic Square) is a city square in

. It derives its name and associations from a church once sited on the square, San Nicolás de Bari (demolished in the 1930s for the creation of 9 July Avenue), where the country's national flag was hoisted for the first time.

The plaza is the site of the

Its present layout was established in 1971, when Corrientes Avenue was rerouted through the plaza and around the obelisk to ease car traffic into the city's financial district.

Metro

Three lines of the

Buenos Aires Metro

have connecting stations underneath the plaza, and are accessible from either side of the Ninth of July Avenue. These are:

• "Carlos Pellegrini" station on the
  Line
• "9 de Julio" station on the
  Line
• "Diagonal Norte" station on the
  Line

Together they offer an easy route around most of the important places in the capital.

References

34°36′13″S 58°22′53″W / 34.6037°S 58.3815°W / -34.6037; -58.3815