| Area West Neighborhood of Flores |
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Walk for one of the traditional
neighborhoods of the city.
It can be carried out on foot in the term of 1 hour, in the place there are places
of commercial and of food |
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At the beginning
of the XVII century it arrived in Buenos Aires
coming from the Peru, don Mateo Leal de Ayala
who acquired an extensive property of 500 sticks
in this area belonging to the one for then compound
number Pago de la Matanza.
In 1790, after several proprietors, don Juan Diego Flores was the owner of most
of the primitive property. It was their heir, Don Ramón Francisco Flores
who together with their manager and friend Antonio Millán, crystallized
the birth of the town whose names you had already generalized being designated
him as Flores' lands. In 1806 their proprietors donated an apple for the church,
being reserved other properties for the square and other public dependences.
The remaining lands were fractioned in apples of sixteen lots, beginning the
sales in 1808.
The name of the town had already been officialized in 1806 when being created
the rectory of San José of Flores whose town was born to both sides of
the Real Road (at the moment avenue Rivadavia), obligatory journey for those
who traveled toward the west. Four years later the party of San José of
Flores will arise .
In the church of the place they were carried out the funeral of Manuel Dorrego
and in the square of the town they were shot, in platoons, to the opponents of
Rosas.
As for Flores' square it fits to point out that it always occupied the place
that was reserved in the primitive plane, being used in having reiterated opportunities
to make condemned people's executions for the justice to the death penalty. Their
first name was "14 of Julio", then it was denominated "San José" and
finally received the name of "General Pueyrredón" that it conserves
so far, although it is not able to displace the popular denomination of Square
Flores. This square was a fallow land until in the time of Rosas the first gardens
were built and numerous trees were planted, until acquiring the aspect of walk
public that still maintains.
The neighborhood had from its beginnings its own cemetery, which should be transferred
later on to be in a central area and finally in 1871 the current one was inaugurated.
It was very famous for their enormous fifths, generally used in summery season,
but mainly for the personality of their occupants, therefore, the same Juan Manuel
of Roses had his field establishment near Flores, he was also assiduous visitor
of the fifth of the Terrero, partner, godfather and sometimes, his judicial manager.
The fifth of Terrero was located in that that at the moment is the avenue Rivadavia
6440. They were made big parties and political meetings there. It is in the hall
door of that fifth where Manuelita Roses discharged to its Maximum, when this
left to the battle of Landlords, as its father's assistant, occasion in that
gave him its handkerchief, embroidered by herself and that today it is conserved
in the National Historical Museum
Until the Gral. Urquiza installed in the neighborhood its house fifth after Landlords,
to which Palacio called San José. It was located among the street of the
Federation (today Av. Rivadavia) and Carabobo. In that house it was where Urquiza,
promulgated the Fundamental Law and it ordered it to print.
In 1857 the first railroad line was inaugurated that Lavalle went from the current
Square until The Floresta.
There it was sworn and it communicated to the whole country. In that same place
the Pact of National Unit was signed in November of 1859, in which the county
is reinstated from Buenos Aires to the Confederation.
The construction of the current church began in 1879, time for which the old
building construído during the government of Roses was in dangerous state.
The new temple was inaugurated February 18 1883.
In 1887, Flores and their party they were annexed next to Belgrano to the limits
of the Federal Capital. From that moment the town one of the most important neighborhoods
in Buenos Aires became, being constituted with the step of the years in the social
and commercial nucleus of the whole Buenos Aires west. |
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| Gallery San José of Flores |
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| This
located in Av. Rivadavia 6836 and it was inaugurated
in the year 1956. It deserves to not only be
visited by their elegant ones local commercial,
but also for the imposing murals of their central
dome painted by Carlos Castagnino, Enrique
Policastro, Demetrio Urruchúa,
exponents of the social realism in the Argentina. |
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| School Number 2 OF XII "Florencio
Varela" |
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| In the street Caracas 10 are a
school which was founded as School of Girls in
1826. After occupying several places, it was
located in the corner of Rivadavia and Caracas. El
current building it was inaugurated in 1911 and
it represents one of the typical constructions
that reflects the splendor of the technical ladrillera. |
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| School-museum Number 1 OF XII "General
J. J. of Urquiza" |
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| This ubicada en
Yerbal 2370 and it was created in the year 1818
by the Town council like Public School of Campaign
for Males. settled in diverse local of the neighborhood
until being resided definitively in this building
that dates of the year 1907. It is the only and
older of the schools created by the Town council
that stays in operation in Buenos Aires. From
1963 albergua in their breast a magnificent Museum
of Fine arts with more than 300 works among drawings,
paintings, sculptures and engravings of Quinquela
Martin, Soldi. Perlotti, Vergottini and others. |
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| School Number
19 OF XII "Leandro N. Alem" |
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| In Fray Cayetano
95 are encentra the school Leandro N. Alem it
is a building of ends of the busy XIX century
toward 1893 for the School of the young ladies'
Girls Chapot. It is the Architect's work Christophersen.
In 1922 it began to work as School of Males and
the year following fué baptized with their
current name. |
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| Square J. M. of Pueyrredón |
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| In the center of Flowers is la Plaza
J. M. of Pueyrredón and this formed in
the apple donated by the family founder of the
town, it served as stop of carts, place of rest
of troops, celebration of native parties and
place of delicuentes execution. Known popularly
as Square Flores, it denominated it to him "14
of Julio" in 1855 and "San José" in
1870, to receive their current name in 1894.
In her they stand out the eminent person's statue,
it works of the sculptor Rafael Hernández,
and the mast 25 meters high inaugurated in 1937
that has friezes of the sculptor's brass Luis
Perlotti. |
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| Basilica of San José of
Flores |
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| The temple fué lifted by
the building teachers Andrés Siminazzi
and Tomás Alegrini on a project of the
Italian architects Benito Panunzi and Emilio
Lombardi. Their inauguration dates of February
18 1883. High Fué to the category of Basilica
for resolution of the Pope Tweets XII, April
28 1912. |
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| Passages Salala, Espejo and Pescadores |
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| Originated in the division of the
apple of the Church that sold their parcels with
the purpose of obtaining funds for the construction
of the current temple. Some old housings that
have been conserved give him certain particular
characteristics that make them ideal for the
meeting of artisans, antique dealers and popular
artists that are given appointment there the
weekends. |
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| House of Alejandro Rosa |
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| It was built toward 1880 inside
the style italianizante that the peninsular teachers
of that time brought. Originally it possessed
a mirador and balustrades in the terrace. Fué enabled
by the numismatist and collector Alejandro Rosa
between 1891 and 1913. |
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| Large house Marcó of the
Pont |
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| Built by the merchant Antonino Marcó of the Pont toward 1871 on another
house preexistente. Of Italian architecture, it possesses 15 atmospheres, vestibule,
attic, patio and gallery to the front. There they used to meet in kind gatherings
José Marcó of the Pont (son of Antonino), Enrique Peña,
Alejandro Rosa, Aurelio Prado and Rojas, Ángel Carranza, Bartolomé Mitre
and others that gestated the current National Academy of History. In the revolution
of 1880 it served as temporary hospital of blood. It was declared "National
Historical Monument" in 1976 to instances of the Meeting of Historical Studies
of San José of Flores and restored in 1998. |
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| The Station Flores - Mural of the
Gray Ángel |
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| In 1857 the first domestic strong
line was inaugurated: the western Railroad. Flores'
first station was located to the height of the
street Sparrow hawk, being transferred to its
current place in 1864. The mural that is observed
in the platform north fué painted by Carlos
Terribili and collaborators and it is inspired
by Alejandro's text Dolina. This is located in
the roads of the FF.CC between Artigas and Condarco |
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| Palacio Las Lilas- Esc. of Educ.
Téc. Nro.6 "Fernando Fader" |
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| In the Passage
La Porteña 54 is this large house of superb style
tudor built by Roberto Agar it is another of
the exponents of Flores' big mansions of in the
past. Between 1917 and 1923 fué headquarters
of Flores' legendary Club and in May of 1927
moved the School Professional Nº there 5
of Ornamental and Applied Arts, predecesora of
the current one. |
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| Bank of the Nation Argentina |
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| In Av. Rivadavia
at the 7000 is finds the Bank of the Nation Argentina.
It works of the Arq. Carlos Nordman built in
several stages starting from 1909. Their french
style granted a new physiognomy to the neighborhood
that starting from then it was decked out with
the beauty of its architectural lines. |
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