Pasteur - AMIA is a station on Line B of the Buenos Aires Underground. It was opened on 17 October 1930 as part of the inaugural section of the line between Federico Lacroze and

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. It is located in the

Balvanera Balvanera is a barrio or neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Origin of name and alternative names The official name, Balvanera, is the name of the ''parroquia'' (parish) centered around the church of ''Nuestra Señora de Balvanera'', erected ...

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, at the intersection of

Avenida Corrientes Avenida Corrientes () is one of the principal thoroughfares of the Argentine capital of Buenos Aires. The street is intimately tied to the tango and the porteño sense of identity. Like the parallel avenues Santa Fe, Córdoba, and San Juan, it ...

and Calle Pasteur, and named after the latter. In 2015, murals and monuments commemorating the 1994

AMIA bombing The AMIA bombing occurred on 18 July 1994 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and targeted the Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina (AMIA; ), a Jewish Community Centre. Executed as a suicidal attack, a bomb-laden van was driven into the AMIA buildi ...

(which took place nearby) were set up in the station, while proposals were put forward to change the name of the station to ''Pasteur - AMIA''. This was approved in July 2015, and the station was renamed.La Legislatura aprobó la ley que agrega “AMIA” a la estación Pasteur
- EnElSubte, 17 July 2015.

Gallery

File:Azulejos originales en Estación Pasteur.JPG, The original masonry still remains behind the paint File:Subte - Pasteur.jpg, The station as it was in 2008 before refurbishment File:PasteurSubte2.jpg, Memorial to the 1994

File:Estación Pasteur - AMIA (julio 2015) 13.jpg, New signage

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Buenos Aires Underground stations Balvanera Railway stations opened in 1930 1930 establishments in Argentina {{BuenosAires-underground-stub