Torre De Los Ingleses
Torre Monumental (Spanish language, Spanish for "Monumental Tower"), formerly known as Torre de los Ingleses ("Tower of the English"), is a clock tower located in the Barrios and Communes of Buenos Aires, ''barrio'' (district) of Retiro, Buenos Aires, Retiro in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is situated in the Plaza Fuerza Aérea Argentina (formerly ''Plaza Británica'') by Avenida San Martín (Buenos Aires), Avenida San Martín and Avenida del Libertador (Buenos Aires), Avenida del Libertador. It was a gift from the local United Kingdom, British community to the city in commemoration of the Argentina Centennial, centennial of the May Revolution of 1810. After the Falklands War in 1982, the tower's original name was dropped, though some still call it ''Torre de los Ingleses''. History On September 18, 1909 the Argentine National Congress passed Law N° 6368, consisting of an offer by the British residents of Buenos Aires to erect a monumental column to commemorate the Argentina Cente ...
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Retiro, Buenos Aires
Retiro is a ''barrio'' or neighborhood in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Located in the northeast end of the city, Retiro is bordered on the south by the Puerto Madero and San Nicolás, and on the west by the Recoleta. History Towards the end of the 17th century and the beginning of the 18th was installed in the area, an asiento of slaves belonging to the Compagnie de Guinée and South Sea Company, that operated until 1739. In 1800 began the construction of Plaza de Toros del Retiro, a stadium of bullfighting built by the architect Francisco Cañete, that worked until 1819. In the Plaza de Toros took place the battles between the troops of Santiago de Liniers and the British army, occurred during the English invasions of 1806 and 1807. In 1821 was installed the first dissident cemetery of Buenos Aires, located in the vicinity of Iglesia Nuestra Señora del Socorro. This cemetery was place were buried the people who professed the Protestant religion, mostly English. The dissident c ...
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