La Paternal or Paternal () is a ''
neighborhood
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'' or district in the centre of
Buenos Aires
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city,
Argentina
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. It was founded in 1904 by a city decree (''decreto'') and was named 'La Paternal' after the
train station
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in the
neighbourhood
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, a former industrial zone.
La Paternal neighbours the following ''barrios'':
Agronomía,
Chacarita,
Villa Crespo,
Villa General Mitre,
Villa Santa Rita and
Caballito.
Primarily a residential quarter, it has mostly condos and single-family homes, and a shopping district on its main venue, Avenida San Martín.
The ''barrio'' is traditionally associated with
Argentinos Juniors
Asociación Atlética Argentinos Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Paternal, Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its association football, football team, which currently plays in the Argentine Primera División, and was reco ...
football team, whose social headquarters is at the northern part of the neighbourhood.
External links
*
Barriada.com.ar*
El Paternalense*
Nuestro Barrio Web
Neighbourhoods of Buenos Aires
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