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Colectivo 60
The Colectivo 60 (the number 60 bus route) commenced operations in 1931 and runs from Constitución station, in the centre of the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina to the Tigre Club in the '' partido'' of Tigre. The service is operated by Nudo S.A., Azul S.A.T.A. and M.O.T.S.A. and the identifying colour of the buses is yellow, with red and black details. Known locally as ''El Sesenta'' ("The Sixty"), the service is sometimes dubbed ''El Internacional'' (The International) because it passes through (or close to) many landmarks of the city and of the northern suburbs, including: * Boca Juniors Stadium * Constitución railway station * Avenida de Mayo * Liceo Theater * Argentine National Congress * Confitería El Molino tea room and the Savoy hotel and ballroom * Callao y Corrientes commercial district * Palace of Justice ("Tribunales") * Obras Sanitarias building, Córdoba y Ayacucho * University of Buenos Aires complex: : Faculty of Medicine : Faculty of Dentistry : Faculty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tigre, Buenos Aires
Tigre (, ''Tiger'') is a city in the Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, situated in the north of Greater Buenos Aires, north of Buenos Aires city. Tigre lies on the Paraná Delta and is a tourist and weekend destination, reachable by bus and train services, including the scenic Tren de la Costa. It is the main city and administrative centre of the Tigre Partido. History The area's name derives from the "tigers" or jaguars that were hunted there, on occasions, in its early years. The area was first settled by Europeans who came to farm the land. The city sits on an island created by several small streams and rivers and was founded in 1820, after floods had destroyed other settlements in the area, then known as the ''Partido de las Conchas''. The port developed to serve the delta and to bring fruit and wood from the delta and ports upstream on the Paraná river. Tigre is still an important timber processing port. Transportation Road Tigre is connected to the capital by a spur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Obras Sanitarias De La Nación
Sanitary Works of the Nation ( es, Obras Sanitarias de la Nación, abbreviated OSN) was a state-owned company of Argentina dedicated to supplying the public with running water and sewer services. Established in 1912, the company's operation area included mostly the Buenos Aires Province area. The company had different denominations and was privatized during the presidency of Carlos Menem with influence from the French group Suez, the Spanish company Aguas de Barcelona, and other private groups like Banco Galicia. History Background In 1824 the government of Buenos Aires, under the administration of Bernardino Rivadavia, took out an international loan from Baring Brothers to build the port of Buenos Aires and the construction of a potable water system in the city. Nevertheless, those works were never carried out. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buenos Aires Zoo
The Buenos Aires Eco Park ( es, Ecoparque de Buenos Aires) is an park in the Palermo district of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The former zoo, opened in 1888, contained 89 species of mammals, 49 species of reptiles and 175 species of birds, with a total of over 2,500 animals. The institution's goals are to conserve species, produce research and to educate the public. In June 2016 the city formed a bias about the zoo's cruelty. They had to close the 140-year-old zoo and relocate most of the animals to nature reserves, including Temaikèn. The zoo property will be converted into an ''ecopark''. The zoo closed in 2016, reopening as an ecopark in 2018. Its more than 40 historic buildings (that had been declared historical heritage) were refurbished, including the arc at the main entrance, the parrots pavilion, the byzantine ruins, the ''Confitería del Aguila'', and the herons bridge, among others. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plaza Las Heras
A town square (or square, plaza, public square, city square, urban square, or ''piazza'') is an open public space, commonly found in the heart of a traditional town but not necessarily a true geometric square, used for community gatherings. Related concepts are the civic center, the market square and the village green. Most squares are hardscapes suitable for open markets, concerts, political rallies, and other events that require firm ground. Being centrally located, town squares are usually surrounded by small shops such as bakeries, meat markets, cheese stores, and clothing stores. At their center is often a well, monument, statue or other feature. Those with fountains are sometimes called fountain squares. By country Australia The city centre of Adelaide and the adjacent suburb of North Adelaide, in South Australia, were planned by Colonel William Light in 1837. The city streets were laid out in a grid plan, with the city centre including a central public square, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Recoleta, Buenos Aires
Recoleta is a ''barrio'' or neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina, located in the northern part of the city, by the Río de la Plata. The area is perhaps best known to be the home of the distinguished Recoleta Cemetery. It is a traditional upper-class and conservative neighborhood with some of the priciest real estate in the city, known for Paris-style townhouses, lavish former palaces and posh boutiques. The neighborhood is served by Line D and Line H of the Buenos Aires Underground, as well as by many bus lines in Avenida Santa Fe. Geographical location The Recoleta neighborhood is composed of the area limited by Montevideo and Uruguay Streets, Córdoba Avenue, Mario Bravo and Coronel Díaz Streets, Las Heras Avenue, Tagle Street, the F.G.B.M railway, Jerónimo Salguero Street, and by the Río de La Plata or River Plate. Neighboring communities are Retiro to the southeast, San Nicolás, Balvanera and Almagro to the south, and Palermo to the northwest, and the Rive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Recoleta Cemetery
La Recoleta Cemetery ( es, Cementerio de la Recoleta) is a cemetery located in the Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Recoleta Barrios and Communes of Buenos Aires, neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It contains the graves of notable people, including Eva Perón, President of Argentina, presidents of Argentina, Nobel Prize winners, the founder of the Argentine Navy, and military commanders like Julio Argentino Roca. In 2011, the BBC hailed it as one of the world's best cemeteries, and in 2013, CNN listed it among the 10 most beautiful cemeteries in the world. History Franciscan Recollect monks () arrived in this area, then the outskirts of Buenos Aires, in the early eighteenth century. The cemetery is built around the Recollect Convent () and a church, Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar, Buenos Aires, Our Lady of Pilar ('), built in 1732. The order was disbanded in 1822, and the garden of the convent was converted into the first public cemetery in Buenos Aires. Inaugurated on 17 Nov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uruguay
Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering the Río de la Plata to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast. It is part of the Southern Cone region of South America. Uruguay covers an area of approximately and has a population of an estimated 3.4 million, of whom around 2 million live in the metropolitan area of its capital and largest city, Montevideo. The area that became Uruguay was first inhabited by groups of hunter–gatherers 13,000 years ago. The predominant tribe at the moment of the arrival of Europeans was the Charrúa people, when the Portuguese first established Colónia do Sacramento in 1680; Uruguay was colonized by Europeans late relative to neighboring countries. The Spanish founded Montevideo as a military stronghold in the early 18th century bec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hospital De Clínicas "José De San Martín"
The Hospital de Clínicas "José de San Martín" is a teaching hospital located in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It belongs to the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) Faculty of Medical Sciences, currently the best ranked university in that country. History The original building of the hospital was designed by the engineer Mauricio Schwartz and was concluded by 1879. Nevertheless, in 1880 during the conflict for the Federalization of Buenos Aires, it was used as barracks for marksmen and hospital for the wounded in the battles of Puente Alsina, Corrales and Barracas. The Province of Buenos Aires, defeated by the National Army, gave control of the hospital to the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Buenos Aires and, on August 31, 1880, the National Government ratified that decision. Built accordingly to the models of its time, the design was inspired by the Friedrichshain Hospital in Berlin and the lazaretto in Karlsruhe. Ever since 1927, due to the old hospital deterioration and ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faculty Of Engineering, University Of Buenos Aires
The Faculty of Engineering (''Facultad de Ingeniería''; FIUBA) is a faculty of the University of Buenos Aires (UBA), the largest university in Argentina. It offers graduate courses on various fields of engineering, including civil engineering, computer science and engineering, mechanical engineering, electronic engineering, naval engineering, among others. It also offers graduate courses on system analysis, as well as post-graduate degrees on the magister, doctoral and post-doctoral levels. It was founded in 1952, as a split from the Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences. As of 2011, it counted with 8,698 graduate students, making it the eighth-largest constituent faculty at the university. The faculty has its main seat on Av. Paseo Colón 850, in a Neoclassical building in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of San Telmo. It also counts with an annex building on Av. Las Heras, in Recoleta, and a special annex for the chemical engineering and food engineering departments at Ciud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faculty Of Social Sciences, University Of Buenos Aires
The Faculty of Social Sciences (''Facultad de Ciencias Sociales''; FSoc), commonly and informally known as Sociales, is the social sciences faculty of the University of Buenos Aires (UBA), the largest university in Argentina. It was founded in 1988, and offers degrees on social work, sociology, labor relations, communication and political science, in addition to a number of post-graduate degrees. The Faculty also counts with two research institutes: the Instituto de Investigaciones Gino Germani (IIGG) and the Instituto de Estudios de América Latina y el Caribe (IEALC), in addition to several research centers and observatories. Among the Faculty's regular publications are the ''Ciencias Sociales'', ''Sociedad'', and ''Sociales en Debate'' journals. As of 2011, it was the fifth-largest faculty in the university by number of students. It is housed in two separate buildings, one located on Marcelo T. de Alvear street, in the Recoleta barrio, and another on Santiago del Estero stree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faculty Of Pharmacy And Biochemistry, University Of Buenos Aires
The Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry ( es, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica; FFyB) is a faculty of the University of Buenos Aires (UBA), the largest university in Argentina. It was founded as an autonomous faculty in 1957, when it was split from the Faculty of Medical Sciences. As of 2011, FFyB counted with 4,970 enrolled graduate students, making it the fourth-smallest faculty at UBA. The faculty offers graduate courses on biochemistry, pharmacy, and food science, as well as a number of undergraduate technician degrees, specializations, magister degrees and doctoral degrees. The faculty has its seat on Junín 954, in the central Buenos Aires neighborhood of Recoleta. It is near other UBA faculties and facilities, such as the Faculty of Medicine, the Faculty of Dentistry, the Faculty of Economic Sciences, and the Hospital de Clínicas, among others. Degrees ;Graduate *Licenciatura on Biochemistry *Licenciatura on Pharmacy *Licenciatura on Food science and technology ; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faculty Of Economic Sciences, University Of Buenos Aires
The Faculty of Economic Sciences ( es, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas; FCE), also simply known as Económicas, is a faculty of the University of Buenos Aires (UBA), the largest university in Argentina. Established in 1913 as the Instituto de Altos Estudios Comerciales, it is now the largest faculty within UBA, with over 36,000 grad students. The Faculty of Economic Sciences has the highest rate of international postgraduate students at 30 percent, in line with its reputation as a "top business school with significant international influence." The faculty has its seat on a Neoclassical building on Avenida Córdoba, one of the main thoroughfares of Buenos Aires. The building was designed by Francisco Tamburini in 1908, and originally also housed the Faculty of Medicine. The building faces Plaza Bernardo Houssay, opposite of which is the new seat of the Faculty of Medicine, the Hospital de Clínicas, and a number of other UBA dependencies. History The Faculty of Economic Sciences ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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