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San Martín Street (Rosario)
San Martín Street is an important street in Rosario, Santa Fe Province, Argentina. It runs north–south through the center of the city, from the coastal avenue by the Paraná River to the southern limit of the urbanized area (a total of 6.5 km). It was originally named Calle del Puerto ("Port Street"); the name was changed in 1887 to honour Independence War hero General José de San Martín. San Martín St. starts near the river at Belgrano Avenue and climbs towards the downtown area. At the intersection with Santa Fe St. it is normally closed to traffic, and it becomes a highly commercial pedestrian-only street one block to the south, upon meeting Córdoba St. (also pedestrian-only at this point). It passes by the former Customs Office, the New Bank of Santa Fe and the Municipal Bank, several important hotels, the Monumental film theater, and the Bernardino Rivadavia Culture Center at Plaza Montenegro. The street returns to normal traffic four blocks later, at the interse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosario
Rosario () is the largest city in the central provinces of Argentina, Argentine province of Santa Fe Province, Santa Fe. The city is located northwest of Buenos Aires, on the west bank of the Paraná River. Rosario is the third-most populous city in the country, and is also the most populous city in Argentina that is not a capital (provincial or national). With a growing and important metropolitan area, Greater Rosario has an estimated population of 1,750,000 . One of its main attractions includes the neoclassical architecture, neoclassical, Art Nouveau, and Art Deco architecture that has been retained over the centuries in hundreds of residences, houses and public buildings. Rosario is the head city of the Rosario Department and is located at the heart of the major industrial corridor in Argentina. The city is a major rail transport, railroad terminal and the shipping center for north-eastern Argentina. Ships reach the city via the Paraná River, which allows the existence of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Fe Province
The Province of Santa Fe ( es, Provincia de Santa Fe, ) is a Provinces of Argentina, province of Argentina, located in the center-east of the country. Neighboring provinces are from the north clockwise Chaco Province, Chaco (divided by the 28th parallel south), Corrientes Province, Corrientes, Entre Ríos Province, Entre Ríos, Buenos Aires Province, Buenos Aires, Córdoba Province, Argentina, Córdoba, and Santiago del Estero Province, Santiago del Estero. Together with Córdoba and Entre Ríos, the province is part of the economico-political association known as the Center Region (Argentina), Center Region. Santa Fe's most important cities are Rosario (population 1,193,605), the capital Santa Fe, Argentina, Santa Fe (369,000), Rafaela (100,000), Reconquista, Santa Fe, Reconquista (99,000) Villa Gobernador Gálvez (74,000), Venado Tuerto (69,000), and Santo Tomé, Santa Fe, Santo Tomé (58,000). The adult literacy rate in the province is 96.3%. History The aboriginal tribes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourth-largest country in the Americas, and the eighth-largest country in the world. It shares the bulk of the Southern Cone with Chile to the west, and is also bordered by Bolivia and Paraguay to the north, Brazil to the northeast, Uruguay and the South Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Drake Passage to the south. Argentina is a federal state subdivided into twenty-three provinces, and one autonomous city, which is the federal capital and largest city of the nation, Buenos Aires. The provinces and the capital have their own constitutions, but exist under a federal system. Argentina claims sovereignty over the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, and a part of Antarctica. The earliest recorded human prese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paraná River
The Paraná River ( es, Río Paraná, links=no , pt, Rio Paraná, gn, Ysyry Parana) is a river in south-central South America, running through Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina for some ."Parana River". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 2012. Web. 26 May. 2012 . "Rio de la Plata". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 2012. Web. 26 May. 2012 Among South American rivers, it is second in length only to the Amazon River. It merges with the Paraguay River and then farther downstream with the Uruguay River to form the Río de la Plata and empties into the Atlantic Ocean. The first European to go up the Paraná River was the Venetian explorer Sebastian Cabot, in 1526, while working for Spain. A drought hit the river in 2021, causing a 77-year low. Etymology In eastern South America there is "an immense number of river names containing the element ''para-'' or ''parana-''", f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José De San Martín
José Francisco de San Martín y Matorras (25 February 177817 August 1850), known simply as José de San Martín () or '' the Liberator of Argentina, Chile and Peru'', was an Argentine general and the primary leader of the southern and central parts of South America's successful struggle for independence from the Spanish Empire who served as the Protector of Peru. Born in Yapeyú, Corrientes, in modern-day Argentina, he left the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata at the early age of seven to study in Málaga, Spain. In 1808, after taking part in the Peninsular War against France, San Martín contacted South American supporters of independence from Spain in London. In 1812, he set sail for Buenos Aires and offered his services to the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata, present-day Argentina. After the Battle of San Lorenzo and time commanding the Army of the North during 1814, he organized a plan to defeat the Spanish forces that menaced the United Provinces from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Córdoba Street (Rosario)
Córdoba Street is one of the most important streets in Rosario, Santa Fe Province, Argentina. It runs east–west through the center of the city, from the coastal avenue by the Paraná River to the western limit of the urbanized area. Córdoba St. starts near the river at Belgrano Avenue, by the National Flag Memorial, and climbs towards the core downtown area. It passes through the historical center of the city, marked by the legislative house ( Palacio Vassallo), the Cathedral, the Central Post Office, the town hall (Palacio de los Leones), and Plaza 25 de Mayo. The street then becomes pedestrian-only for seven blocks, between Laprida St. and Paraguay St. This is the heart of the banking sector and hosts many other businesses, such as stores (the local branches of Falabella and C&A), tourism agencies, shopping galleries, etc. The next eight blocks, from Paraguay St. to Oroño Boulevard, form the Paseo del Siglo (Tour of the Century), where many historical buildings have be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Bank Of Santa Fe
The New Bank of Santa Fe (Spanish: ''Nuevo Banco de Santa Fe'', NBSF) is the most important financial entity in the Santa Fe Province, Argentina and has the largest territorial coverage that reaches 96 percent of the district's inhabitants. It is a commercial bank with national and regional capital (finance). It has the central house located in the capital city of the province and its administrative headquarters in Rosario, Argentina. History Founded in 1874 and under the management of the Petersen Group since 2003, the Bank is an essential tool for the foreign trade operations of companies in the region. It participates in trade missions and owns a wide range of international payment and collection instruments. Together with Bank of San Juan, the New Bank of Entre Ríos and Bank Santa Cruz, it forms the Bank San Juan Group, which is among the 10 main entities of the Argentine Financial System. Each of these banks are financial agents of their respective provinces of origin, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipal Bank Of Rosario
The Municipal Bank of Rosario (Spanish: ''Banco Municipal de Rosario'', BMR) is a bank in Rosario, province of Santa Fe, Argentina. Its central offices are located in the downtown area, on San Martín St., and there are several additional offices throughout the city. It is focused in small and medium enterprises and other organizations, especially through microcredits, and may be considered an "ethical bank" The Municipal Bank was founded in 1896 to support the financial needs of the citizens and small businesses in the highly productive region of southern Santa Fe Province, centered in Rosario. At the time, the city had around 92,000 inhabitants and was already Port of Rosario, the most important port on the Paraná River. The idea of creating a municipal financial institution was expressed in 1893 by mayor Floduardo Grandoli, citing the proliferation of "centers of usury" that exploited those in need of credit, especially the poor (something not addressed by the profile of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Route A008 (Argentina)
National Route A008 is a beltway highway for the city of Rosario, Argentina. Built for traffic to avoid the congested city center, it allows drivers to bypass the city going around it in a much shorter time. In its length, it intersects with National Route 9, National Route 3, National Route 34, National Route 11 and National Route 174. The official numbering system denotes this road as "A008" but this denomination is mostly unknown by the locals as it is still called "''Avenida de Circunvalación 25 de Mayo''" ("''25 of May Beltway Avenue''") commemorating the May Revolution of 1810. Some sections are named after different personalities by local decree. For example: * the section from the east end on 27 Boulevard to the crossing of Ayacucho Street (old exit to the Rosario-Buenos Aires Road, now access to Provincial Route 21), is called ''"National Route A008 Tte. General Juan Carlos Sánchez"'' by decree #232 of 14 May 1981. * the section between Eva Perón María ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saladillo Stream
The Saladillo Stream (Spanish, Arroyo Saladillo or Río Saladillo) is a small tributary of the Paraná River, that discharges into it between the cities of Rosario and Villa Gobernador Gálvez, in the . It serves as the political border between these two towns of the Greater Rosario area, and is one of the two important affluents of the Paraná in the area, together with the Ludueña Stream in the north. Although in Spanish the Saladillo is called an ''arroyo'', it is not an arroyo in the English sense of a dry or intermittent stream. The Spanish word ''arroyo'' means "stream" or "brook", but the Saladillo is a sizable river with a drainage basin encompassing . Río Saladillo is a variant name in Spanish. Its water services an important area in the southern part of Santa Fe province—both economically for agriculture, and demographically, since its last few kilometres flow through inside a densely populated area (Rosario has over a million residents). The port of Villa Gobernador ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Villa Gobernador Gálvez
Villa Gobernador Gálvez is a city in the provinces of Argentina, province of Santa Fe Province, Santa Fe, Argentina, located on the western ravine of the Paraná River, within the metropolitan area of Greater Rosario. It had 74,509 inhabitants per the . It is separated from Rosario, to the north, by the Saladillo Stream. It is the fourth most populated city in the province and the second in the metropolitan area. The city was founded by an Italy, Italian immigration in Argentina, immigrant, engineer Enrico Mosconi, on 25 February 1888 (he was the father of military engineer General Enrique Mosconi, first director of the Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales, YPF state oil company). Dr. José Gálvez (governor), José Gálvez, governor of Santa Fe since 1886, hired Mosconi to trace the railway system that would link this province to Mendoza Province, Mendoza. For this purpose Mosconi acquired land, and upon authorization by the governor, set up a village, populated mostly by other immi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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