San José de Balcarce (shortened to Balcarce) is a city in

Buenos Aires Province Buenos Aires, officially the Buenos Aires Province, is the largest and most populous Provinces of Argentina, Argentine province. It takes its name from the city of Buenos Aires, the capital of the country, which used to be part of the province an ...

(

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) about west of

Mar del Plata Mar del Plata is a city on the coast of the Argentine Sea, Atlantic Ocean, in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the seat of General Pueyrredón Partido, General Pueyrredón district. Mar del Plata is the second largest city in Buenos Aires ...

with a population of approx 44,064 (2010 census). It is the head town of the Balcarce Partido (District of Balcarce). The

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is ARBCA. The city is famous as the birthplace of

Formula One Formula One (F1) is the highest class of worldwide racing for open-wheel single-seater formula Auto racing, racing cars sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The FIA Formula One World Championship has been one ...

legend

Juan Manuel Fangio Juan Manuel Fangio (, ; 24 June 1911 – 17 July 1995) was an Argentine racing driver, who competed in Formula One from to . Nicknamed "el Chueco" and "el Maestro", Fangio won five Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles and—at the ti ...

and today houses the ''

Museo Juan Manuel Fangio The ''Museo Juan Manuel Fangio'' (Juan Manuel Fangio Museum), is a museum of motor racing cars, dedicated to Formula One driver Juan Manuel Fangio and located in Balcarce, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. The museum The museum opened in 1986 ...

'' ("Juan Manuel Fangio" Museum) and the '' Autódromo Juan Manuel Fangio'', a motorsports circuit. The town hall, cemetery portal and

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were all designed by the architect Francisco Salamone, and contain elements of

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style. Built in the late 1930s, these buildings were some of the first examples of modern architecture in rural Argentina.

''Museo del Automovilismo "Juan Manuel Fangio"''

Located just a few blocks from where Fangio was born, the museum houses a collection of cars, trophies, photographs and other memorabilia.

Climate

References

External links

Balcarce local government Official site

Museo del Automovilismo "Juan Manuel Fangio" Official site
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