Saavedra, Buenos Aires

Coordinates: 34°33′S 58°29′W / 34.550°S 58.483°W / -34.550; -58.483
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Saavedra
Neighborhood of Buenos Aires
San Isidro Boulevard
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Saavedra is a

Nuñez and Villa Urquiza. Its northern border is Avenida General Paz. Among the main features of the neighbourhood is the Parque Saavedra (English: Saavedra Park), which has large picnic areas and sports facilities. During weekends, many wealthy inhabitants of Buenos Aires pass through Saavedra en route to their larger estates and country clubs. The barrio was named after Cornelio Saavedra
, president of the First Governing Board, during the May Revolution of 1810.

The neighbourhood's most famous son is

tango singer Roberto Goyeneche. Also, it was the cradle of Club Atlético Platense sports club. The main characters of Adolfo Bioy Casares
's novel El Sueño de los Héroes (English: Dream of Heroes) live in Saavedra.

The interchange between the Autopista Panamericana and Avenida General Paz is at Saavedra's northern end. Points south were the site of extensive demolition during the late 1970s tenure of military-appointed Mayor Osvaldo Cacciatore, who planned a network of new expressways including one through Saavedra, one of the city's most residential barrios. Never built, the demolished stretch was converted into Avenida Roberto Goyeneche.[1] Saavedra is also home to an important Philips manufacturing facility and shopping center "Dot Baires", opened in 2009,[2] which is the city's largest.[3][4] Its facilities include 10 movie theaters of Hoyts chain, occupying a surface area of 6,500 m2 and with a total of 2,500 seats.

Gallery

  • Saavedra Park
    Saavedra Park
  • Historical Museum of Buenos Aires Cornelio Saavedra
    Historical Museum of Buenos Aires Cornelio Saavedra
  • Holy Family Parish Church
    Holy Family Parish Church
  • Dot Baires Shopping
    Dot Baires Shopping
  • Train station Luis María Saavedra
    Train station Luis María Saavedra
  • Coto Supermarket
  • Intecons tower
    Intecons tower
  • Vicuña Makenna Park
    Vicuña Makenna Park
  • Panamericana Plaza
    Panamericana Plaza
  • Saavedra Park (c. 1890)
    Saavedra Park (c. 1890)

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34°33′S 58°29′W / 34.550°S 58.483°W / -34.550; -58.483