Plaza de Mayo is a station on Line A of the

Buenos Aires Underground The Buenos Aires Underground ( es, Subterráneo de Buenos Aires, links=no), 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–Pla ...

. This station belonged to the first section of line opened on 1 December 1913, linking the station with the station of

Plaza Miserere Plaza de Miserere is one of the main plazas (squares) of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is located alongside the Once de Septiembre Station of the Ferrocarril Domingo Faustino Sarmiento (Sarmiento railroad) in the heart of the Balvanera neighborhood ...

Overview

It lies at the intersection of

Hipólito Yrigoyen Juan Hipólito del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús Yrigoyen (; 12 July 1852 – 3 July 1933) was an Argentine politician of the Radical Civic Union and two-time President of Argentina, who served his first term from 1916 to 1922 and his second ...

and Defensa, in the neighborhood of

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. It's a busy station because it is the head of the line A and is in the historic centre of Buenos Aires. Nearby are some of the most important public buildings in the country such as the

Casa Rosada The ''Casa Rosada'' (, eng, Pink House) is the office of the president of Argentina. The palatial mansion is known officially as ''Casa de Gobierno'' ("House of Government" or "Government House"). Normally, the president lives at the Quinta de ...

, the Ministry of Economy, the Metropolitan Cathedral and the Buenos Aires City Hall. There is also the

Plaza de Mayo The Plaza de Mayo (; en, May Square) is a city square and main foundational site of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It was formed in 1884 after the demolition of the Recova building, unifying the city's Plaza Mayor and Plaza de Armas, by that time kn ...

, tourist and protest centre where the

Pirámide de Mayo The Pirámide de Mayo (; en, May Pyramid), located at the hub of the Plaza de Mayo, is the oldest national monument in the City of Buenos Aires. Its construction was ordered in 1811 by the Primera Junta to celebrate the first anniversary of the ...

is located. A few hundred metres is located the Puerto Madero district, another of the city's tourist zones. The station was named in honor of

, the most important square of the city. The Plaza was in colonial times the main square (''Plaza Mayor'') around which the city was formed, always being the center of popular demand. In 1997 the station was declared a national historic monument.Decreto 437/97
(Spanish) Retrieved 2010-10-29

Gallery

File:La Brugeoise car at Plaza de Mayo.jpg, A La Brugeoise train File:Subte metro on A line at Plaza de Mayo station in Buenos Aires, Argentina (15753975528).png, A new CSR train File:Pza Mayo (3).JPG, Murals File:Metro entrance Plaza de Mayo.JPG, Station entrance

Nearby

Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral The Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral ( es, Catedral Metropolitana de Buenos Aires) is the main Catholic church in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is located in the city center, overlooking Plaza de Mayo, on the corner of San Martín and Rivadavi ...

Buenos Aires Cabildo The Cabildo of Buenos Aires ( es, Cabildo de Buenos Aires) is the public building in Buenos Aires that was used as seat of the town council during the colonial era and the government house of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata. Today the bu ...

Florida Street Florida Street ( es, Calle Florida) is a popular shopping street in Downtown Buenos Aires, Argentina. A pedestrian street since 1971, some stretches have been pedestrianized since 1913. The pedestrian section as such starts at the intersection ...

* Puerto Madero

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{{Buenos Aires Underground Stations Buenos Aires Underground stations Railway stations opened in 1913 1913 establishments in Argentina National Historic Monuments of Argentina