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| The Avenue of May |
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Walk for a beautiful and active
surrounded avenue of beautiful buildings that
reflect modalities of century principles.
It can be made preferably on foot and in short of week, avoiding the intense
traffic and the annoying noises. Sweet shops and restaurants in the avenue. |
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The opening of the Av. of May began in 1889 to quick rhythm and the first tract
surrendered - to the public in 1894. It is due to Torcuato of Alvear, the first
intendant from Buenos Aires, and it was projected by Juan Buschiazzo. Their purpose
was to unite the Square of May and the Square of the Congress in a monumental
perspective that shows, as two poles of attraction, to the main institutions
of the Nation. Their construction coincided with a period of great economic prosperity.
It took 15 years in being concluded, being the first avenue of Buenos Aires with
having formed entirely by high buildings, built for the most part as departments
to rent.
It coincides with the time in that you arrived to the country, together with
the immigrants, the modern ones technical constructive, the iron, the elevators,
the electric light and until the underground train that travels her for below,
the first one in Buenos Aires and South America, begun in 1911 had inaugurated
in 1913.
The avenue conserves for blocks whole great coherence of style, what grants him
a very special climate. The Museum of the City defines it as French for conception,
Spanish for adoption and Buenos Aires for concretion.
Historical Area was declared in 1979, pore before many of its buildings suffered
modifications in its original images.
As adhesion to the Fifth Centennial of the Conquest of America, a program of
preservation of the Avenue was developed through a signed agreement with Spain.
In their itinerary it gathered a great concentration of hotels, coffees, sweet
shops and headquarters of the writings of the main newspapers of the moment.
With an intense trade, a development nucleus that attracted big investments was
also.
In 1915, it was placed in the avenue the first luminous sign of publicity that
settled in Buenos Aires.
It was a firm success and, one year later, had already 20 signs along the ten
blocks that go from Plaza de Mayo to the square of the Congress.
The Walk begins in Plaza de Mayo. The
Casa de la Cultura(former newspaper The Press) is to the Municipal
Palacio's side
, in Av of May 560, it is the Passage
Roverano,
don't stop to observe in the corner the station
of underground
Peru for their time atmosphere.
In the northeast corner with Peru, is a building
in style Liberty, where it stands out the prevalence
of the aventanamiento it has more than enough
to the wall, the design of their lines, the curved
corners next to the dome and the one finishes
off stepped. In the low plant it is the Bar London
City, traditional of Buenos Aires and elected
place for Julio Cortázar for scenes of
their novel The Prizes.
To the left in the N° 676 are the restaurant Pedemonte, been founded in 1890,
originally in Rivadavia at the 600 whose decoration stayed intact when it moved
it, one decade ago, to its current location. |
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| Squares of the Av of May 600 |
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They begin
to the styles that will go appearing
along the walk turns. Looking up they will be
been able to appreciate the facades, among French
to Italian, with important particulars like allegorical
figures, sculptures, macetones, balustrades,
fine forge works in the rails of the balconies
and windows with artistic designs with iron guards.
They can also be discovered loggias, big openings
framed by true sculpture works and different
types of reliefs.
On the odd sidewalk it is the Passage Urquiza Anchorena, with arcades and carved
wooden doors; it has exit to the street Rivadavia. In the first floor it
stands out the delicate forge work in the windows and rail, as well as the one
finishes off with their central tower.
In Av. of May 702/752 and like beginning of a series of old hotels of the Avenue,
the building Drabble was erected. in the same block on the hand of in front Av.
of May 769/777 are the palace Vera.
On the even sidewalk, conformed with total continuity, it stands out in the
N° 772 a construction of strong French lines. In the central body, the brackets
sustain balconies of the 1er floor, the big Corinthian columns, the symmetrical
ventilation towers, the one finishes off with the tower with the plane front
decoration and the roofs in mansarda.
To their side, a work of the Arq. Schindler, with salient bodies in facade and
corner. To their side, a work of the Arq. Schindler, with salient bodies in facade
and corner. In Av. of May 825 / 829 is the cafe Tortoni.
Crossing inside of the coffee, to leave to Rivadavia, you can arrive to the square
Roberto Arlt that occupies the locus in quo an old welfare work building was;
a board recordatoria testifies that there it lived and the Dr. Lisandro of
the Tower died in 1939. With drunk sticks, green hills and the square dries off
it conforms a place for the rest and infantile games, where the sculptures -
one of those which belongs to Victor Leaves - and the works on the mediators
in stone next to the structure of metal planes, believe a very welcoming urban
environment. A mural is prize Benson & Hedges, work of Enrique Aguirre Zabala
of the year 1984. From the square it is sighted to the bottom the church San
Miguel Archangel, in corner of Mitre and Suipacha. AI front of her is the Palacio
San Miguel, old store San Miguel, works of the Arq. J J García Núñez
and today living room of parties and conventions.
Returning to the Avenue of May, the N° 875 stand out for the perfection of
the decoration particulars. The access is through a very worked portal and of
lateral curved glasses; it has an it finishes off in several levels of the
central tower.
In the crossing of the Avenues of May and 9 of Julio are a source and three statues:
the most important is that of the Cuisse. |
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| Squares of the 900 |
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In the even
sidewalk it combines a nurtured group of French
facades to Italian with interesting volumetría
games and showy you finish off.
Arriving to Av. 9 Of Julio, in the south corner of Bernardo of Irigoyen is the
enormous large house Gregorini. In the crossing of the Avenues of May and 9 of
Julio are a source and three statues: the most important is that of the Cuisse. |
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| Source and
Statues |
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Two sculptures
of feminine figures that you/they represent The
Wisdom and the Virtue is in the plazoleta Missions.
On the street Lima is the Ornamental Monumental
Source of French origin, acquired in 1850 The
monument to Don Cuisse, inaugurated by the queen
Sofía from Spain in 1980, it commemorates
the 400 years of the second foundation of the
city. The white base of the Cuisse represents
the plain manchega. His author, the Andalusian
Aurelio Dyes, and a team of more than 100 people
they worked for his making during six months
in the city of Montevideo. A similar work is
in Washington.
A block to the left for Av. 9 of Julio is the Spanish
Club . |
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| Squares of the 1100 in the N° 1130 |
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It meets a
building with closed balconies, forming cloths
of double height and sustained by strong decorated
brackets; it is work of the Arq. Schindler. Later
on, in the corner, stands out the monumentalidad
of a building of French lines.
In corner with it Jumps, odd sidewalk, is the old Hotel Paris, where they are
distinguished the caryatids that sustain the balcony of the ochava.
For the Avenue of May, half block ahead, to the left it is the Hotel
Castelar. |
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| Squares of the 1200 |
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In the odd sidewalk, there you
can appreciate a work of French lines with their
you finish off, toast and domes. In the even
sidewalk the is the Theater
Avenida.
It crosses the Avenue toward the sidewalk of in front and in half of the
block is the coffee The 36 Billiards, to half block for the same sidewalk
is the Hotel Chile. |
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| Squares of the 1300 |
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Next to the previous one, they
are the most attractive blocks in the avenue.
In front of the hotel Chile is the old
Hotel Majestic today headquarters of the AFIP, on the
same sidewalk it is the building of the former
newspaper
Critica.
In half of block, on the faced sidewalk, it is the imposing and monumental Palacio
Barolo.
In the following block, crossing San José, on the same sidewalk, it is
La inmobiliaria. This sector
begins in the Square
Lorea, located among the Av.
de Mayo, Rivadavia and the street Luis Saenz Peña.
When crossing it Avenue de Mayo, down the street President Luis Sáenz
Peña, you consents to the Square
Mariano Moreno and to their statue.
One of the oldest theaters in the city is on the street Rivadavia, at the moment
reformed the theater Liceo. |
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Continuing
Parana down the street in to the corner of Parana
and Bartolmé Mitre is The church
de la Piedad.
One walks for the same street in address to the
street Rivadavia, until finding in their central
sector The Thinker's statue
Passing next to the monolith of the kilometer
0, crosses the street Viceroy then Cevallos
to consent to the Square
of the Congress.
In the square of the Congress, in the near sector
to the corner of Hipólito Yrigoyen and
Viceroy CevaIlos the statue of Balbín
is. In the square stands out the Monument
to the two Congresses.
For the avenue Rivadavia crosses the avenue Entre
Ríos it gives birth to arrive to one of
the corners of building of the National
Congress.
On the Av. Rivadavia and Av. Callao is the Sweet
shop el Molino. |
Viajoporargentina - Información turística sobre la República Argentina
© 2003- Prohibida su reproducción total o parcial. Derechos de Autor 527292 Ley 11723 |
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