Olivos (other)
Olivos may refer to: * Olivos, Argentina, a city located on the Rio de la Plata region of South America * Los Olivos District, a district of the Lima Province in Peru * Los Olivos, California, an unincorporated place in Santa Barbara County, California * Quinta de Olivos, a residential house of the president of Argentina * Olivos metro station, a Mexico City Metro station See also * Olivo Olivo is both a Spanish, Italian, and French surname and a masculine given name, and it referred to someone who grew olives. Notable people with the name include: Surname: *America Olivo (born 1978), American actress and singer *Brock Olivo (bor ...

Olivos, Argentina
Olivos is a neighborhood in Vicente López Partido, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is bordered to the south by Vicente López neighborhood and Florida; to the east by the River Plate; to the north by La Lucila and Martínez, and to the west by Munro. Olivos is the municipal seat of Vicente López Partido, and it is also seat of the Argentina presidencial residence. History A well-known stop along the Buenos Aires- Córdoba trade route for much of the 18th century, one of the area's first landowners, Domingo de Acassuso, began cultivating olive trees around 1720 and the spot was officially named ''Olivos'' ("Olive Trees") on 19 February 1770. Much of the area was later purchased by Viceroy Antonio de Olaguer y Feliú and by a German immigrant, Hernán Wineberg, who sold a large tract in 1860 for the construction of the Ferrocarril Central Argentino through the area. The 1863 inaugural of the local railway station, one of Argentina's first, began attracting homeowners ...
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Los Olivos District
Los Olivos is a district of the Lima Province in Peru. Is a District of the Cono Norte area in the city of Lima. History In the Viceroyalty and early years of the republic, it was part of the great territory of Carabayllo. In the mid-16th century, when the encomienda system failed, the Lima Cabildo granted land to Nicolás de Ribera in the Chillón Valley and to Francisco de Ampuero in Chuquitanta. By the 17th century, near these properties, the haciendas of El Naranjal, Pro, Infantas and Aznapuquio were established. The first efforts to create a new district date back to 1970, when a group of neighbors from El Trébol and Sol de Oro Urbanization came together to form the “Rosa de América” Management Committee. On February 4, 1977 a new committee with greater scope was created. The district was officially established on April 6, 1989, when it separated from San Martín de Porres. The main reason for the separation was the abandonment of these residential developme ...
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Los Olivos, California
Los Olivos (; Spanish for "the olive trees") is an unincorporated community in the Santa Ynez Valley of Santa Barbara County, California, United States. Tourism is popular in this rural area which is an agricultural region with an emphasis on wine grapes. For statistical purposes, the United States Census Bureau has defined Los Olivos as a census-designated place (CDP). The population was 1,132 at the 2010 census. The ZIP Code is 93441, and the community is within the area code 805. History Sometime around 1880, on a bluff overlooking Alamo Pintado Creek, just north of the town of Ballard, a two-story house was built, with a wide, covered front porch and neatly symmetrical arched windows in the center gable, situated on prime farmland. It became the property of twenty-two-year-old Alden March Boyd, of Albany, New York, when he paid $8,000 for "157 acres, more or less, together with the dwelling house," in 1885. He planted five thousand olive trees, and called it Rancho De Los Ol ...
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Quinta De Olivos
The Quinta presidencial de Olivos, also known as Quinta de Olivos, is an architectural landmark in the north side Buenos Aires suburb of Olivos and the official residence of the President of Argentina. It is one of the President's official residences. Overview Development Shortly after the second foundation of Buenos Aires by Captain Juan de Garay in 1580 (the first one was in 1536 by Pedro de Mendoza), among the first 400 land lots apportioned was that of a 180-hectare (450 acre) parcel 20 kilometers (13 mi) north of the city. The land, situated on a bluff overlooking the Río de la Plata, was awarded to Rodrigo de Ibarola, a lieutenant of Garay's. A prime section of the property was purchased in 1774 by Manuel de Basavilbaso, the Postmaster General of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata. His daughter, Justa Rufina, married Miguel de Azcuénaga, a military officer who would later take part in the May Revolution of 1810 (prologue to the Argentine War of Independence). ...
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Olivos Metro Station
Olivos metro station is a station of the Mexico City Metro in the ''colonias'' (neighborhoods) of Ampliación Los Olivos and Granjas San Jerónimo, in Tláhuac, Mexico City. It is an elevated station with two side platforms, served by Line 12 (the Golden Line), between Tezonco and Nopalera stations. The station's pictogram features an olive branch, as it references the area's reputation for olive oil production during the Colonial period. The station was opened on 30 October 2012, on the first day of service between Tláhuac and Mixcoac metro stations. The facilities are accessible for people with disabilities as there are elevators, tactile pavings and braille signage plates and there is a bicycle parking station. In 2019, the station had an average daily ridership of 17,846 passengers, making it the seventh busiest station on the line. The station was closed for 20 months due to structural faults found in the line in 2014. In May 2021, a portio ...
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