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Caballito (; Spanish for "little horse") is a ''
barrio ''Barrio'' () is a Spanish language, Spanish word that means "Quarter (urban subdivision), quarter" or "neighborhood". In the modern Spanish language, it is generally defined as each area of a city delimited by functional (e.g. residential, comm ...
'' (neighborhood) of the
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capital,
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. It is the only ''barrio'' in the administrative division ''Comuna'' 6. It is located in the geographical centre of the city, limited by the following streets and avenues: Rio de Janeiro, Av. Rivadavia, Av. La Plata, Av. Directorio, Curapaligüe, Av. Donato Álvarez, Av. Juan B. Justo, Av. San Martín, and Av. Ángel Gallardo. The name is said to come from the horse-shaped (Spanish ''caballo'') weather vane from a local ''pulpería'' (gauchos' bar); ''Caballito'' meaning "Little horse".


Places of interest

In Caballito there are numerous points of interest; the "English District" with British style "
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" architecture, the
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Club (or "Verdolaga"), the "Historical Tramway museum of Buenos Aires", the old "Mercado del Progreso" (Market of Progress) a neighborhood favorite since 1890, the Italian Club and the Portuguese Club. Among the area's cultural points of interest are the Church of Caacupé, belonging to an order of Irish nuns although receiving its name to a sculpture dedicated to the Virgin of Caacupé, the Faculty of Philosophy and Literature of the
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. Other places of interest are the Cid Campeador monument, located at the corner of San Martín Avenue, Gaona Avenue, H. Pueyrredón Avenue, A. Gallardo Avenue and Díaz Vélez Avenue; and the Red Building, located at the corner of Aranguren St. and Hidalgo St. Area residents have relatively few large green spaces at their enjoyment; the two most important, however, are Parque Rivadavia, on
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, and the Parque Centenario. Opened to the public in 1910, Parque Centenario was so christened in honor of the hundredth anniversary of 25 May 1810, proclamation that later led to independence. Designed by renowned French-Argentine urbanist Charles Thays, the approximately park is one of Buenos Aires' largest as well as home to a concentration of public facilities; along the mile-long perimeter (a common jogging route), the park is home to Bernardino Rivadavia Natural Sciences Museum (Buenos Aires' most important), Marie Curie Hospital, the Leloir Research Institute and the local observatory. In 2006, the park underwent extensive refurbishment, as well as the installation of a swan lake in replacement of the two existing smaller ones.


Transport

Neighbourhood commuters are served by Underground Line A, opened in 1913 as the city's (and the Southern Hemisphere's) first Underground line. The neighbourhood has a long historical connection with the Underground, since it is the site of the
Polvorín Workshop The Polvorín Workshop (Spanish: Taller Polvorín) is a rolling stock storage and maintenance workshop in Buenos Aires that primarily serves Line A (Buenos Aires Underground), Line A of the Buenos Aires Underground. It also serves as the main stora ...
, where the line's La Brugeoise rolling stock was repaired. The workshop is now the site of the Buenos Aires Heritage Tramway, which runs through the neighbourhood.El Taller Polvorín, centro de la historia del Subte
– EnElSubte, 30 November 2013. Similarly, there is the Sarmiento Line, a commuter rail service which takes passengers westward to
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or eastward to
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and closer to the city centre.


Gallery

File:Hospital Durand (AGN, ca 1920).jpg, Durand Hospital (c.1920) File:Rivadavia y Jose Maria Moreno (AGN, 1947).jpg, Intersection of Rivadavia and Jose Maria Moreno (1947) File:Parroquia Nuestra Señora de Caacupé, Buenos Aires.jpg, Nuestra Señora de Caacupé church File:Buenos Aires - Caballito - Parque Centenario.jpg, Regulars at the Parque Centenario lake File:Barrio Inglés, Caballito, Buenos Aires, Argentina (6).jpg, Residential area of Caballito File:MACN24021402.JPG, Bernardino Rivadavia Natural Sciences Museum


References


External links

* https://www.facebook.com/groups/VecinosCaballito/
www.infocaballito.com
(Spanish)
www.caballitoenlinea.com
(Spanish)
www.vivecaballito.com
(Spanish) * ''Historic Tramway in Caballito'' �
Asociación Amigos del Tranvía
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