Beccar is a town located north of the
Buenos Aires
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metropolitan area in the
Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is part of the ''
partido'' of
San Isidro in
Gran Buenos Aires
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. It is situated close to the historic town of
San Isidro and it is characterized by tree lined streets and plazas, red tiled roofed style chalets, high-rise apartment buildings that line the Avenida Centenario zone and by being close to the coast of
Rio de la Plata
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river and yacht clubs. Nearby there is a large
shanty town ''(Villa La Cava)''. Beccar is served by a 10-minute walk to scenic
Tren de la Costa light rail line at Punta Chica station and the commuter railway at Beccar station with easy access to
Buenos Aires
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city centre and the weekend retreat of the Village of
Tigre.
F.I.N.C.A. Béccar
In the town of Beccar, in the mid-1930s, a young German immigrant entrepreneur, Dr. Erich Zeyen, who together with an associate friend, Dr. Germán Wernicke, created a building firm, F.I.N.C.A. ''Sociedad Anónima Argentina de Ahorro'' (Joint Stock Company of Argentina). Soon the small company began to acquire importance and built their first
planned community
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, ''F.I.N.C.A. Béccar'' within the town.
www.guiapalomar.com/historia
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Notable residents
* Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, architect and 1980 Nobel Peace Prize
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recipient
* Jorge Guerrero Dantur, actor and singer
*Victoria Ocampo
Ramona Victoria Epifanía Rufina Ocampo (7 April 1890 – 27 January 1979) was an Argentine writer and intellectual. Best known as an advocate for others and as publisher of the literary magazine '' Sur'', she was also a writer and critic in he ...
, intellectual and writer, former owner of the Villa Ocampo residence
* Tomás Martínez, football player for Houston Dynamo FC
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in the MLS.
*Martina Stoessel
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See also
*Ciudad Jardín Lomas del Palomar
Ciudad Jardín Lomas del Palomar is a planned community, part of the '' partido'' of Tres de Febrero in Greater Buenos Aires and adjacent to the city of El Palomar. It is served by two railway lines, the San Martín Line and the Urquiza Line, w ...
References
External links
History of de Béccar
Information about Béccar ~ San Isidro
News site for San Isidro Partido
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Populated places in Buenos Aires Province
San Isidro Partido
Planned communities
Cities in Argentina