A report on Buenos Aires and Neighbourhoods of Buenos Aires

Our Lady of Buen Aire in front of the National Migration Department

Juan de Garay founding Buenos Aires in 1580. The initial settlement, founded by Pedro de Mendoza, had been abandoned since 1542.

Aldus verthoont hem de stadt Buenos Ayrros geleegen in Rio de la Plata, painting by a Dutch sailor who anchored at the port around 1628.

Emeric Essex Vidal, General view of Buenos Ayres from the Plaza de Toros, 1820. In this area now lies the Plaza San Martín.

Impression of the Buenos Aires Cathedral by Carlos Pellegrini, 1829.

Construction of the Obelisk of Buenos Aires on the 9 de Julio Avenue, 1936.

Catalinas Norte is an important business complex composed of nineteen commercial office buildings and occupied by numerous leading Argentine companies, foreign subsidiaries, and diplomatic offices. It is located in the Retiro and San Nicolás neighborhoods.

Satellite view of the Greater Buenos Aires area, and the Río de la Plata.

Heavy rain and thunderstorm in Plaza San Martin. Thunderstorms are usual during the summer.

The Buenos Aires City Hall in the right corner of the entrance to the Avenida de Mayo

Metropolitan Police of Buenos Aires City

The Immigrants' Hotel, constructed in 1906, received and assisted the thousands of immigrants arriving to the city. The hotel is now a National Museum.

Villa 31, a villa miseria in Buenos Aires

The Metropolitan Cathedral is the main Catholic church in the city.

The Buenos Aires Stock Exchange, the main stock exchange and financial center of Argentina.

Headquarters of the National Bank of Argentina, the national bank and the largest in the country's banking sector.

Buenos Aires Bus, the city's tourist bus service. The official estimate is that the bus carries between 700 and 800 passengers per day, and has carried half a million passengers since its opening.

Monument to the Carta Magna and Four Regions of Argentina in the neighborhood of Palermo

The Centro Cultural Kirchner (Kirchner Cultural Center), located at the former Central Post Office, is the largest of Latin America.

Homage to Buenos Aires, a mural located at the Carlos Gardel station of the Buenos Aires Underground. It represents a typical scene from the city and several of its icons, such as singer Carlos Gardel, the Obelisco, the port, tango dancing and the Abasto market.

The interior of El Ateneo Grand Splendid, a celebrated bookstore located in the barrio of Recoleta.

Tango dancers during the World tango dance tournament.

A screening at Parque Centenario, as part of the 2011 edition of BAFICI

A fashion show at the Planetarium in 2013, as part of BAFWEEK.

View of Bolívar Street facing the Cabildo and Diagonal Norte, on Buenos Aires' historical center. The city's characteristic convergence of diverse architectural styles can be seen, including Spanish Colonial, Beaux-Arts and modernist architecture.

Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires, a public high school in Buenos Aires, and it is one of the most prestigious in Argentina and Latin America.

University of Buenos Aires' Law School in Recoleta

A Mitre Line Trenes Argentinos train in Retiro railway station

Map of the Greater Buenos Aires Commuter Rail Network

200 Series rolling stock at San José de Flores station, Buenos Aires Underground.

Buquebus high-speed ferries connect Buenos Aires to Uruguay

Campo Argentino de Polo, home of the Argentine Open Polo Championship, the most important global event of this discipline

La Bombonera during a night game of Copa Libertadores between Boca Juniors v. Colo Colo.

Buenos Aires, autonomous city and capital of Argentina, is composed of forty-eight neighborhoods (locally known as barrios).

- Neighbourhoods of Buenos Aires

The city limits were enlarged to include the towns of Belgrano and Flores; both are now neighborhoods of the city.

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Palermo, Buenos Aires

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Unofficial neighborhoods into which Palermo is commonly subdivided

The Japanese Gardens of the Palermo Woods

Plaza Italia, a focal point in Palermo Viejo.

Cobblestoned street with low houses in Palermo Soho

The San Martín Line's Palermo train station

Monument to the Carta Magna and Four Regions of Argentina ("Spanish Monument")

The Rose Garden Lake and Palermo Nuevo highrises

Horse-drawn buggies (mateos) near the Rose Garden

Parish of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Plaza Güemes

Palermo is a barrio or neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Recoleta, Buenos Aires

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Southwestward view of Recoleta in 2014, overlooking Floralis Genérica and the National Library.

Recoleta Plaza in 1867: the Recoleta Cemetery and the Church of Nuestra Señora del Pilar.

The Recoleta railway station in 1904. The rail line would be later deactivated and the station demolished.

Calle Junín, at the heart of the Recoleta neighborhood

Dr. Ricardo Gutiérrez Children’s Hospital.

View of the northern portion of Plaza Francia

"La Biela" Café-Bar on the corner of Quintana and Ortiz, is a place that represents the area well.

The Pizzurno Palace (Ministry of Education)

Faculty of Engineering (Las Heras Ave. branch)

Recoleta is a barrio or neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina, located in the northern part of the city, by the Río de la Plata.

Balvanera

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Eclectic architecture along Callao Avenue.

The Argentine Congress and Auguste Rodin's Thinker, one of the few surviving originals the sculptor made.

French Academy architecture lost among its modern surroundings, Corrientes and Pueyrredón Avenues.

Palacio de Aguas Corrientes, Córdoba Avenue.

Café de los Angelitos, long a meeting point for musical and literary talent.

Entre Ríos Avenue, the neighborhood's eastern limit.

Entrance to the Buenos Aires Underground Line H at Plaza Miserere.

Balvanera is a barrio or neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Belgrano, Buenos Aires

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Washerwomen in Bajo Belgrano, painting by Prilidiano Pueyrredón, 1865.

Many older single-family homes have been replaced by high-rise residential structures in the denser sections of Belgrano.

Highrise apartment buildings overlooking Barrancas de Belgrano.

Belgrano is a northern and leafy barrio or neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Abasto de Buenos Aires

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View of the Art Deco interior in the evening.

The Abasto Shopping is one of the biggest shopping mall centers in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Today, the surrounding area, though part of the Balvanera neighbourhood, is sometimes referred to as Abasto.

The Campo Argentino during
a polo match in 2014

Campo Argentino de Polo

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The Campo Argentino del Polo (Argentine Polo Ground), popularly known as The Cathedral of Polo, is a multi-purpose stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

The stadium, opened in 1928, holds up to 30,000 people and is located in the Palermo neighbourhood, on Del Libertador Avenue, close to Hipódromo Argentino.

San Telmo, Buenos Aires

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"El Solar de French," one of numerous colonial residences converted into lofts or galleries, since 1980

The Nuestra Señora de Belén Church at the heart of the San Telmo neighborhood

The Russian Orthodox Cathedral of the Holy Trinity

The Casa Mínima, built by freedmen following the 1812 abolition of slavery in Argentina

Former National Library of the Argentine Republic building on Mexico Street

University of Buenos Aires School of Engineering

San Telmo ("Saint Pedro González Telmo") is the oldest barrio (neighborhood) of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Buenos Aires Central Business District

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Near the corner of Florida street and the Diagonal Norte thoroughfare, featuring several styles of architecture.

A representative image of pedestrians at the Microcentro

The Avenida Leandro N. Alem in Retiro, featuring the Catalinas Norte business complex.

Aerial view of the city's historical centre, in the borough of Monserrat.

The Buenos Aires Central Business District is the main commercial centre of Buenos Aires, Argentina, though not an official city ward.

While the barrios of Puerto Madero and Retiro house important business complexes and modern high-rise architecture, the area traditionally known as Microcentro (Spanish: Microcenter) is located within San Nicolás and Monserrat, roughly coinciding with the area around the historic center of the Plaza de Mayo.