A report on Buenos Aires Eco-Park (formerly Zoo)

The entrance of the zoo in the corner of Avenida Sarmiento and Avenida del Libertador, circa 1890s
Former Zoo logo, used until 2016
The "Palace of the Elephants", inspired by a Hindu temple architecture, as seen in 1904
El Eco by Lola Mora
Arc on Las Heras Avenue
Swan Lake
Bridge
Byzantine ruins brought from Trieste
Palace of the Elephants
Fuente Anchorena
A couple at the zoo in 1911
Giraffe
Bears House
Sculpture by André-César Vermare
Parrots pavilion

45 acre park in the Palermo district of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

- Buenos Aires Eco-Park (formerly Zoo)
The entrance of the zoo in the corner of Avenida Sarmiento and Avenida del Libertador, circa 1890s

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Palermo, Buenos Aires

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Barrio or neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Barrio or neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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")
Buenos Aires Botanical Gardens
The Argentine Automobile Club
India and Cerviño Streets
Japanese Gardens
The Rose Garden Lake and Palermo Nuevo highrises
The Parish of St. Adela
The Museum of Latin American Art
Club de Pescadores (Fishermen's Club)
Cortázar Square
Horse-drawn buggies (mateos) near the Rose Garden
Galilei Planetarium
CONICET Research Center
Parish of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Plaza Güemes
Olleros Boulevard

The area grew rapidly during the last third of the 19th century, particularly during the presidency of Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, who was responsible for the creation of the Buenos Aires Zoological Gardens and the Parque Tres de Febrero in 1874, and Plaza Italia and the Palermo Race Track in 1876, all on the grounds of what had been Rosas' pleasure villa.

Buenos Aires

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Capital and primate city of Argentina.

Capital and primate city of Argentina.

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.
View of the Avenida de Mayo in 1915
Construction of the Obelisk of Buenos Aires on the 9 de Julio Avenue, 1936.
9 de Julio Avenue, 1986.
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.
Buenos Aires Botanical Garden
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.
Buenos Aires Museum of Modern Art.
MALBA
The interior of El Ateneo Grand Splendid, a celebrated bookstore located in the barrio of Recoleta.
Tango dancers during the World tango dance tournament.
The Buenos Aires Philharmonic.
Gaumont Cinema opened in 1912.
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.
Teatro Colón.
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
July 9 Avenue
Aeroparque Jorge Newbery
A Mitre Line Trenes Argentinos train in Retiro railway station
Map of the Greater Buenos Aires Commuter Rail Network
EcoBici.
200 Series rolling stock at San José de Flores station, Buenos Aires Underground.
Buenos Aires Underground map
Metrobus, Paseo del Bajo.
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.
Luna Park

Parque Tres de Febrero was designed by urbanist Jordán Czeslaw Wysocki and architect Julio Dormal. The park was inaugurated on 11 November 1875. The subsequent dramatic economic growth of Buenos Aires helped to lead to its transfer to the municipal domain in 1888, whereby French Argentine urbanist Carlos Thays was commissioned to expand and further beautify the park, between 1892 and 1912. Thays designed the Zoological Gardens, the Botanical Gardens, the adjoining Plaza Italia and the Rose Garden.

View of the park's Rose Garden Lake.

Parque Tres de Febrero

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Urban park of approximately 400 hectares (about 989 acres) located in the neighborhood of Palermo in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Urban park of approximately 400 hectares (about 989 acres) located in the neighborhood of Palermo in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

View of the park's Rose Garden Lake.
The rose garden.
The City Planetarium.
Zoo entrance.
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Thays designed the Zoological Gardens, the Botanical Gardens, the adjoining Plaza Italia and the Rose Garden.

Eduardo Holmberg

Eduardo Ladislao Holmberg

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Argentine natural historian and novelist, one of the leading figures in Argentine biology.

Argentine natural historian and novelist, one of the leading figures in Argentine biology.

Eduardo Holmberg

As director of the Buenos Aires Zoological Garden he greatly developed its scientific aspect, publishing booklets and providing printed media for a learned appreciation of its contents.

Sandra (orangutan)

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Sandra (born February 14, 1986, in Rostock Zoo in East Germany) is an orangutan, currently living in the Center for Great Apes in Florida after being moved from the Buenos Aires Zoo in 2019.