Ovidio Lagos Avenue (in Spanish, ''Avenida Ovidio Lagos'') is a street in
Rosario
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,
Santa Fe Province
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,
Argentina
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. It is a
one-way avenue that runs north–south through the center of the city, from the coastal Avenida del Valle by the
Paraná River
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to the southern limit of the urbanized area.
Ovidio Lagos is the main street in
Barrio Pichincha, a former
red-light district
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. To the south, it forms one of the limits of Rosario's largest urban park,
Parque de la Independencia. 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 (1825–1891), founder and director of ''
La Capital'' (the oldest still-published newspaper in Argentina).
References
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''Accesos a Rosario''
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''Calles de Rosario''
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Streets in Rosario, Santa Fe