Plaza de la República (''Republic Square'') is a city square in

Buenos Aires Buenos Aires, controlled by the government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southwest of the Río de la Plata. Buenos Aires is classified as an Alpha− glob ...

, capital of

Argentina Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourt ...

. It is located in the San Nicolás quarter, at the intersection of the city's three main arteries: Ninth of July Avenue,

Corrientes Avenue Avenida Corrientes () is one of the principal thoroughfares of the Argentine capital of Buenos Aires. Over a central stretch it is popularly known as "The Street that Never Sleeps" (''"La calle que nunca duerme"'') widely considered Buenos Aires ...

, and ''Diagonal Norte''. It derives its name and associations from a church once sited on the square, San Nicolás de Bari (demolished in the 1930s for the creation of 9 July Avenue), where the country's national flag was hoisted for the first time. The plaza is the site of the

Obelisk of Buenos Aires The Obelisco de Buenos Aires (Obelisk of Buenos Aires) is a List of National Historic Monuments of Argentina, national historic monument and Landmarks in Buenos Aires, icon of Buenos Aires. Located in the Plaza de la República (Buenos Aires), Pla ...

, designed by Alberto Prebisch and inaugurated in 1937. The plaza, originally a circular esplanade paved in stone, was enlarged to its current dimensions in 1962. Its present layout was established in 1971, when Corrientes Avenue was rerouted through the plaza and around the obelisk to ease car traffic into the city's financial district.

Metro

Three lines of the

Buenos Aires Metro The Buenos Aires Underground (), locally known as Subte (), is a rapid transit system that serves the area of the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The first section of this network (Plaza de Mayo–Plaza Miserere) opened in 1913, making it the ...

have connecting stations underneath the plaza, and are accessible from either side of the Ninth of July Avenue. These are: * "Carlos Pellegrini" station on the Line * "9 de Julio" station on the Line * "Diagonal Norte" station on the Line Together they offer an easy route around most of the important places in the capital.

References

República Tourist attractions in Buenos Aires {{BuenosAires-geo-stub