Rafael Calzada is an

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() within the

Almirante Brown Partido Almirante Brown is a partido of the Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, located at the south of the Gran Buenos Aires urban area, at coordinates . It has an area of and 555,731 inhabitants (), and its capital is Adrogué. Name The partido is n ...

, which is located in the

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conurbation, Argentina. It has an area of 5.14 km² and a population of 56,419 (). The city is linked with

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by a railway station having the same name; both electric and diesel services stop at the station. It is also served by a number of buses that converge into the train station, and connect it with neighbour cities, as well as with Buenos Aires. It was officially founded on 18 July 1909 by Dr. Rafael Calzada, a

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attorney and legal theorist. The suburban bedroom community's principal architectural landmark, The Church of the Holy Trinity, was designed by local architect Juan Fogeler in 1922, and consecrated in 1933. The church was designated as a parish in 1951. The community has been served by the Celina González Peña de Calzada Library (in honor of the founder's widow) since 1954, and the Dr. Arturo Oñativia Emergency Hospital since 1996. Santisima Trinidad Rafael Calzada

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rafaelcalzada website

calzadacity website
Populated places in Buenos Aires Province Almirante Brown Partido Populated places established in 1909 1909 establishments in Argentina Cities in Argentina {{BuenosAiresAR-geo-stub