Belgrano is a northern ''
barrio
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'' or neighborhood of
Buenos Aires
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,
Argentina
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. It is made up of
middle
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and
upper class
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people. Belgrano has three distinct areas: the main one that is made up of apartment buildings, Belgrano "R" which is a leafy suburb area with
English architecture
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, and Buenos Aires'
Chinatown
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.
Location
The barrio of
Palermo
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is to the southeast;
Núñez is to the northwest;
Coghlan,
Villa Urquiza
Villa Urquiza is a barrio or neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is located between the barrios of Villa Pueyrredón, Belgrano, Villa Ortúzar, Coghlan, Saavedra and Agronomía. Its limits are the streets and avenues Constituyentes, ...
,
Villa Ortúzar and
Colegiales
Colegiales is a ''barrio'' or district in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is located between ''Alvarez Thomas av.'', ''Forest av.'', ''De los Incas av.'', ''Virrey del Pino st.'', ''Cabildo av.'', ''Jorge Newbery st.'', ''Crámer st.'' and ''Dorrego ...
are to the southwest.
History

Belgrano was named after
Manuel Belgrano
Manuel José Joaquín del Corazón de Jesús Belgrano (3 June 1770 – 20 June 1820), usually referred to as Manuel Belgrano (), was an Argentina, Argentine public servant, economist, lawyer, politician, journalist, and military leader. He to ...
, a politician and military leader who created the national
flag of Argentina
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.
In 1820, at Belgrano's death,
Buenos Aires
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' legislature introduced a law to name the next town to be founded after him. This happened in 1855, when the Buenos Aires government, fearful that relatives of
Juan Manuel de Rosas
Juan Manuel José Domingo Ortiz de Rozas y López de Osornio (30 March 1793 – 14 March 1877), nicknamed "Restorer of the Laws", was an Argentine politician and army officer who ruled Buenos Aires Province and briefly the Argentine Confedera ...
would dispute the governmental decision to expropriate Rosas' lands, laid down a new town on part of it and named it Belgrano. The town was declared a city shortly thereafter, due to its booming growth, and in 1880 it became the nation's capital for a few weeks, because of the dispute between the national government and Buenos Aires province for the status of the city of Buenos Aires. It was in Belgrano that the law declaring Buenos Aires as Argentina's federal capital was issued.

In 1887, the federal district was enlarged by the annexation of the towns (partidos) of Belgrano and
Flores
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.
Subsections

Belgrano is an upper-middle-class neighborhood that can be roughly divided into Belgrano R, Belgrano C, central Belgrano, and Lower Belgrano (Bajo Belgrano). The heart of the barrio pulses with life on its main thoroughfare, Avenida Cabildo, which runs Northwest to Southeast; the
subway (subte)
Line D follows its route.
Avenida Cabildo carries heavy automobile traffic, and features corner cafés, grocery stores, movie theaters, specialty shops, clothing boutiques, bookstores, and other retail venues. Thanks to its wide sidewalks, pedestrians are especially numerous on weekend afternoons as Porteños (residents of Buenos Aires) from various areas of the city come to shop.
Most of the neighborhood's densest housing is located in the vicinity of Cabildo. High-rise luxury apartment buildings are clustered on the leafy streets surrounding the
Universidad de Belgrano, a private liberal-arts university.

West of Crámer avenue, "Belgrano R" is chiefly residential and lower-density in nature, characterized by calm streets lined with large, mature shade trees. Most buildings in this section are detached single-family homes that follow North American architectural styles; some residences have sizable backyards with swimming pools. This section is favored by wealthy Argentines and expatriate businesspeople, and also by the embassies of Egypt, Japan, Republic of Korea, Tunisia, United Arab Emitates, among others. Some expensive private, bilingual schools are located in the area.
"
Belgrano C" is also home to Buenos Aires's small
Chinatown
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. The district is crowded with restaurants and specialty grocery stores catering to
Asian-Argentines and to the general public.
Transportation
Other than Cabildo, avenues Libertador, Luis Maria Campos, Crámer, Ricardo Balbín (formerly known as del Tejar), and Figueroa Alcorta run parallel to the riverbank, while Federico Lacroze, Juramento, Monroe and Congreso run from the riverbank to the Southwest direction. Belgrano is served by the Buenos Aires metro
line D, many bus lines (notably
Colectivo 60
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), and two commuter rail lines. Approximately 1.5 km to the west of Belgrano lies
Avenida General Paz
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, a major limited-access
freeway
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that defines the city limits of Buenos Aires proper. Beyond this avenue lie the suburbs of Vicente Lopez, Florida and Olivos.
Notable attractions
The lush park Barrancas de Belgrano was designed by the famous French-Argentine landscape/park architect
, who designed many open spaces throughout Buenos Aires. Several blocks north of the
Belgrano University, Barrancas de Belgrano spans several city blocks and is overlooked by highrise upper-middle class apartment buildings.
On Manuel Belgrano square, a local artisan fair is held regularly, and becomes especially vibrant on weekends. It features a small bust of
Manuel Belgrano
Manuel José Joaquín del Corazón de Jesús Belgrano (3 June 1770 – 20 June 1820), usually referred to as Manuel Belgrano (), was an Argentina, Argentine public servant, economist, lawyer, politician, journalist, and military leader. He to ...
on its middle spot.
In the edge of the ''plaza'' lies the ''
Inmaculada Concepción'' church, called "La Redonda" (''the round one'') by locals because of its circular plan. Many weddings are celebrated in this church in the afternoon hours. Two museums are also across Juramento and Cuba streets: ''Larreta'' and ''Sarmiento'', respectively. Larreta museum focus on Spanish art. It is located on the former private residence of writer
Enrique Larreta, designed by architect
Ernesto Bunge on 1882. It features a well kept Andalusian garden.
Historical Museum Sarmiento exhibits some objects belonging to former presidents
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento (15 February 1811 – 11 September 1888) was President of Argentina from 1868 to 1874. He was a member of a group of intellectuals, known as the '' Generation of 1837'', who had a great influence on 19th-century Argent ...
and
Nicolás Avellaneda
Nicolás Remigio Aurelio Avellaneda Silva (3 October 1837 – 24 November 1885) was an Argentine politician and journalist, and President of Argentina from 1874 to 1880. Avellaneda's main projects while in office were banking and education ...
. It is located in what used to be Belgrano townhall, where the national congress held its sessions while Belgrano was the capital of the Argentine republic. Nearby, going down to Lower Belgrano (Bajo Belgrano), appears the Barrancas de Belgrano, three squares along together, older Rio de la Plata River natural terraces. Two blocks away, in Lower Bergrano there is the Estadio de
Excursionistas, the local football team. Although neighboring
Nuñez is widely known as the home of
River Plate, its landmark stadium
River Plate Stadium—also home of the
Argentina national football team
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—is located within the boundaries of Belgrano.
Image gallery
File:Museo Histórico Sarmiento.jpg, Domingo Sarmiento Historical Museum
File:Pabellon Barracas.JPG, Gazebo at Barrancas Park
File:CasaYrurtia012.jpg, The Rogelio Yrurtia museum
File:Museo de Arte Español Enrique Larreta esquina.jpg, Larreta museum
File:BA-BarrioChino.JPG, Entrance to Chinatown
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File:La Redonda2.jpg, Inmaculada Concepción parish
References
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Belgrano, Buenos Aires