Beccar is a town located north of the

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metropolitan area in the Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is part of the '' partido'' of San Isidro in

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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

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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

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

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, ''F.I.N.C.A. Béccar'' within the town.www.guiapalomar.com/historia
Tributo al Dr. Erich Zeyen , accessdate=10 January 2008

Notable residents

* Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, architect and 1980

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recipient * Jorge Guerrero Dantur, actor and singer *

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, intellectual and writer, former owner of the Villa Ocampo residence * Tomás Martínez, football player for

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in the MLS. *

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References

External links

History of de Béccar

Information about Béccar ~ San Isidro

News site for San Isidro Partido
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F.I.N.C.A. Béccar

Notable residents

See also

References

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