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Buenos Aires ( / ˌbweɪnəs ˈɛəriːz / or /- ˈaɪrɪs /; [12] Spanish pronunciation: [ˈbwenos ˈajɾes] ⓘ ), [13] officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, [a] is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South America's southeastern coast.
Statistics and extent. At the beginning of the twentieth century, Buenos Aires was the second largest Catholic city in the world after Paris. In 2014 the Archdiocese pastorally served 2,721,000 Catholics (91.6% of 2,971,000 total) in an area of 205 km 2 in 186 parishes and 183 missions with 783 priests (456 diocesan, 327 religious), 11 deacons, 1,915 lay religious (477 brothers, 1,438 sisters ...
The Teatro Colón (English: Columbus Theatre) is a historic opera house in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is considered one of the ten best opera houses in the world by National Geographic. [3] According to a survey carried out by the acoustics expert Leo Beranek among leading international opera and orchestra directors, the Teatro Colón has the ...
Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral. / 34.607408°S 58.373277°W / -34.607408; -58.373277. The Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral, officially called Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity ( Spanish: Catedral Metropolitana de la Santísima Trinidad de Buenos Aires ), is the main Catholic church in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Manuel Belgrano (1770 – 1820) was an economist, lawyer, politician, and military leader, born in Buenos Aires. He founded the Escuela de Naútica (School of Navigation) in 1799. After the Spanish rule was overthrown in 1810, Belgrano was appointed general by the first autonomous government of Argentina. Belgrano led an ill-fated military ...
La Recoleta Cemetery. La Recoleta Cemetery ( Spanish: Cementerio de la Recoleta) is a cemetery located in the Recoleta neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It contains the graves of notable people, including Eva Perón, presidents of Argentina, Nobel Prize winners, the founder of the Argentine Navy, and military commanders such as Julio ...
1580 – Second foundation of the city around fort built by Juan de Garay. [1] 1591 – Dominican monastery established. [2] 1604 – San Francisco monastery established. [2] 1611 – Men's Hospital founded. [2] 1620 – Town becomes capital of Buenos Aires Province.
The term Gran Buenos Aires ("Greater Buenos Aires") was first officially used in 1948, when Governor of Buenos Aires Province Domingo Mercante signed a bill delineating as such an area covering 14 municipalities surrounding the City of Buenos Aires. [6] The term is also related to other expressions that are not necessarily well-defined: the ...