Ovidio Lagos Avenue (in Spanish, ''Avenida Ovidio Lagos'') is a street in

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 ci ...

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 ...

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, th ...

. It is a one-way

avenue Avenue or Avenues may refer to: Roads * Avenue (landscape), traditionally a straight path or road with a line of trees, in the shifted sense a tree line itself, or some of boulevards (also without trees) * Avenue Road, Bangalore * Avenue Road, ...

that runs north–south through the center of the city, from the coastal Avenida del Valle by the

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 Br ...

to the southern limit of the urbanized area. Ovidio Lagos is the main street in

Barrio Pichincha Pichincha is a ''barrio'' (small district or neighbourhood) in the city of Rosario, . It is located on the north-east part of the central area of the city, and its limits are Ovidio Lagos Avenue (former La Plata Avenue), Francia Avenue (former Timb ...

, a former

red-light district A red-light district or pleasure district is a part of an urban area where a concentration of prostitution and sex-oriented businesses, such as sex shops, strip clubs, and adult theaters, are found. In most cases, red-light districts are particu ...

. To the south, it forms one of the limits of Rosario's largest urban park,

Parque de la Independencia The ''Parque de la Independencia'' (Independence Park) is a large public park in Rosario, . It is located near the geographical center of the city, its limits defined by Moreno Street and three important avenues: Pellegrini Avenue, Ovidio ...

. It exits Rosario turning into Provincial Route 18 (before National Route 178). The avenue was formerly named La Plata. It was renamed in 1916 to in honour of politician and journalist

Ovidio Lagos Ovidio Lagos (31 August 1825 – 13 August 1891) was an Argentine journalist, businessman and politician. Lagos was born in Buenos Aires in a country torn apart by internal strife. Federalists, who supported the view of Argentina as a confedera ...

(1825–1891), founder and director of ''

La Capital , type = Daily newspaper , format =Tabloid , founder = Ovidio LagosEudoro Carrasco , foundation = 15 November 1867 , owners = Grupo América , publisher = Orlando Vignatti , editor = Editorial Diario LA CAPITAL S.A. , circulation ...

'' (the oldest still-published newspaper in Argentina).

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