Escuela del Parque (Caballito Neighbourhood)

Our school, Escuela del Parque, is located in Buenos Aires, Caballito Neighbourhood. Caballito is geographically situated in the centre of Buenos Aires. In its neighbourhood you can visit a lot of places of interest.

You can find Parque Rivadavia , which has a huge shop of numismatic articles. There is a street market where you can find books of many different topics: kids, men and women alike come to this street to buy books.

In Caballito there is a shopping mall, whose name is Shopping Caballito. There you can find a lot of clothes and toy shops.

In Caballito you find a lot of coffee shops. The cafés have television sets and play pens. Caballito has the longest street of the world, and its name is Rivadavia. Also is Cebra, the most important toy store.

The best-known bar is “Locos por el Futbol”, which is a café where you can watch football matches and eat choripans. ( a combination of bread and hot sausage)
Our most important futbol club, Ferrocarril Oeste, is an important part of our neighbourhood history, not only because of sports, but also as a place where people uses to socialize, organizing events, popular rock concerts, political meetings and so.

The other important place is Village Cinema, which has 5 floors and a restaurant. Last but not least, you can find one of the biggest shopping malls in Argentina, The Abasto, where you can find cinemas, a unique Children´s Museum and fun attractions.

Caballito Neighbourhood, a bit of history

Diego Belaunzarán Colombo, Ariel Berardino y Francisco Blanco


In the year 1804 at the corner of Rivadavia and Emilio Mitre, there was opened a local store belonging to the neighbour Nicolás Vila, in his roof there was the only and typical weather vane with the silhouette of a rocking horse. The neigborhood owes its name to this vane.



This was an area of beautiful country houses, some of them for permanent housing and others used for weekends. It was a calm zone, with a lot of green. One of these famous country houses, from 1928, belonged to Ambrosio Plácido Lezica, today called Park Rivadavia.

Recoleta Cultural Life

Dear friends of Jujuy:

Recoleta has several cultural centres comprising two museums, several art galleries, and an important Arts & Crafts Fair. This is how Nora Hochbaum, director of the Recoleta Cultural Centre, describes it. Haute couture stores, international fashion boutiques, restaurants and bars of outstanding level add to the rich cultural and social life in this neighbourhood.
In Recoleta you can find one of the most famous cemeteries in Argentina. History and art come together in the aisles of the Recoleta Cemetery. Amongst the most relevant personalities buried here are Eva Peron, Adolfo Bioy Casares and Facundo Quiroga.



Some blocks away from the cemetery is The National Library, the most important library in Argentina and one of the most important ones in America. It has within its collection one of the best-known bibliographical sources in Latin America. The current building was inaugurated in 1992. The library had three different previous locations, including the Cabildo and a luxurious building in San Telmo where Jorge Luis Borges was its director. The present building was designed by Clorindo Testa, is the renowned architect.

Palais de Glace is a French style palace that now works as an exhibition space. In its beginnings it was an ice-skating rink; later it became an elegant ballroom to dance tango.

The Museum of Fine Arts was created in 1896 and it is one of the most important museums in Latin America. The centre hosts international masterpieces by Goya, El Greco, Tintoretto, Van Gogh, Picasso, Kandinsky and Miro as well as Argentine art pieces from the 20th century, such as those of Ernesto de la Carcova, Candido Lopez and Prilidiano Pueyrredon.

Palermo Hollywood, Soho and Old

Palermo Neighbourhood. Gonzalo, Manuel and Matías.



Galileo Galilei Planetarium, Palermo Lakes and The Rosedal.

“La Rural”:

In Palermo Hollywood you can visit “La Rural”. For 120 years this center has been the most important place to host national and international mega exhibitions in Buenos Aires.
On the other hand, Palermo Hollywood is 45.000 square metres and has 4 conference rooms.

“Botanic Garden”:

In Palermo Hollywood you can visit the “Botanic Garden”. It was inaugurated in 1898. It is considered one of the best places in B.A. Its surface covers 8 blocks and its vegetation features over 5,000 different types of plants, from different provinces in the country. The garden is decorated with a vast variety of fountains and bridges.


Palermo Soho. Julio Cortázar Square:

Palermo Soho.

Julio Cortázar Square is the heart of Palermo Soho.
This part of Palermo neighborhood today is called “Soho” because it is the place chosen by artists and craftsmen; the atmosphere here is bohemian and modern, in a way it tries to be like New York Soho. The square has a small space for kids’ attractions. Every Saturday and Sunday, it becomes the setting for a group of 40 plastic artists who exhibit and sell their craft. You can find clothes designers and handicraft sellers. The “small square”, as it is known within the area, is located at the center of an endless number of shops, fairs, ateliers, galleries, bars and restaurants. Cortázar Square. Jorge Luis Borges street at number 1600 (at the crossroads of Honduras)

Shops: an area bordered by the streets Costa Rica, Godoy Cruz, Malabia and Gorriti.

Puerto Madero

Nicolás Dubiansky, Milton Katz






Millions of foreigners arrived in Argentina at the beginning of the 20th century. Many spent their first days in this hotel.

Puerto Madero, facing the river.

Hundreds of poems and songs have been dedicated to the River Plate, considered the widest in the world.

Uruguay Corvette
Part of the history of Argentina is anchored at this dike 4 of Puerto Madero. Here is where the first class of the Naval School graduated.

The neighborhood of the Woman.
Puerto Madero has the distinctive feature of being a neighborhood in which the streets are named after outstanding women. The main street is called Alicia Moreau de Justo, one of the first women to participate actively in the political life in Argentina.

The Bridge of the Woman



Puerto Madero is the privileged area of the city dedicated to its most feminine profile. The Bridge of the Woman links the eastern and western parts of Dike 3 with a distinctive touch.

Frigate Sarmiento, the Great School Ship.
The Frigate Sarmiento is one of the most traditional of the Argentine Army. This vessel has traveled over one million miles.

The pleasures of taste.
Puerto Madero offers as one of its main attractions a generous gastronomic display which can be found along its four dikes.

Confiteria Munich
The Munich Café and brewery had its peak in the mid-1920s when “porteños” sought proximity to the river. With the elegance of its design, it is one of the most singular buildings of all Buenos Aires.

Old South Riverside Resort, the golden years of the neighborhood.
During the 1930s the River Plate waters offered porteños the opportunity to cool down and have a nice time. People living in the city came here to have a swim in the river, a custom described by several newsreels of the time. Outdoor stages were also built, in which many comedians took their first steps. One of them was the wonderful actor Jose Marrone. One of his stories can be enjoyed .

Natural Reserve, the hidden paradise.
This park is a true oasis minutes away from downtown Buenos Aires. Here you can observe more than 260 birds species. And hear the nature sounds. The Siriri, Churrinche, Chiflones and other indigenous birds to dicover in the Reserve sound
Fountain of the Nereids, female beauty.
Sculptress Lola Mora paid tribute to feminine beauty with this fountain. At the time, the play was considered as controversial as the sculptress.

Costanera Sur Amphitheater.
This amphitheater is one of the ports of entry to the Costanera Sur, the South Coastal Promenade. Here a great comedian, Nini Marshall, was honored. The voice of Candida, one of her most endearing characters, can be listened to as a tribute. Local musician Gustavo Cerati also performed on this stage. Some of his music can be heard as well.

Monserrat

Neighbourhood: Monserrat

Lucila Piasek y Ramiro Kiel

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4. Former National Library
Located in Mexico 564

Information:

1. The neighborhood of Monserrat was named after this church, as was customary in Buenos Aires in the early years. This is how historian Felipe Pigna explains it.

2. This block was named “Manzana de la Luces” (Block of the Light) because in the 19th century, the institutions located here were considered to enlighten the city with education, culture and scientific knowledge. A large network of underground tunnels that connected these buildings with different strategic points of the city originated from here.

3. The Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires (National High School of Buenos Aires), the most prestigious in the country, dates back to the 18th century. Writer Miguel Cane, former student of the institution, found his inspiration to write Juvenilia during his years here. Another man of thought who remembers his time spent at this school is journalist and writer Martin Caparros.
4. The National Library was located in this building until 1993. Jorge Luis Borges was its director and at this the time he began to lose his sight. The writer describes the magic there is in libraries

Ferrocarril Oeste

(From the book "Mordillo Football", Copyright Guillermo Mordillo)

A green spaceship with a sign written on one side wich says "C.F.C.O." (Club Ferro Carril Oeste).


Strange horrible aliens are expected to get off it... But not: the only strange thing is that football players get off it, But they aren´t "verdolagas"!