History of Palermo
The origin and why the name Palermo neighborhood is not entirely peaceful. While some wonder if they have any relationship with the Italian city, the possible origins of the name will be searchable in Don Juan Dominguez Palermo, who in the early seventeenth century was the owner of the land.
As was common to call the places they had churches or saints worshiped, other neighbors say that in fact the neighborhood is so because in a chapel an image of San Benito of Palermo was venerated, so the faithful used to say they were going to see Palermo. Undoubtedly, this was the neighborhood of the restorer of the laws, Don Juan Manuel de Rosas. At first, he was the owner of much of this land (some 540 blocks). It was in 1836 when he became the privileged owner of these beautiful places, where he decided to build his official residence in what is now the current avenues Sarmiento and Libertador.
But history has its twists, and after the defeat of February 3, 1852 in Caseros, Justo José de Urquiza, Victor General, occupied the residence would then host the School of Arts and Crafts, the Military College the Naval Academy.
In 1889 the house restorer was completely demolished to give more air to the park created by Sarmiento, old political enemy of Rosas.
Where were the lands that be know for several decades governor of Buenos Aires. the November 11, 1875 the Tres de Febrero Park (named in commemoration of the date of the Battle of Caseros) opened
There is today the great lung of Buenos Aires with 300 hectares between Libertador Avenue, Salguero, Av. Rafael Obligado and Pampa are the wonders of its lakes and greenery, where typically meet on September 21 to celebrate students your day, while families take advantage of the place to stroll around the beautiful grounds during the year.
Palermo for a long time could boast of their shopping Costanera. There are important restaurants with a beautiful view of the river, where locals and tourists enjoy beautiful evenings and good Argentina meat.
Palermo is also the Monument of the Spaniards whose real name is the Magna Carta and the Four Argentine Regions. It is the work of sculptor Agustín Querol y Subirats and the lama and for being a grant from the Spanish community. It is located Sarmiento and Libertador Avenue. It is built with bronze and marble, to the final detail of the image that represents the Republic.
In Palermo Chico it is called Barrio Parque, a residential and beautiful place. Geographically it is located on Avenida Figueroa Alcorta, between Tagle and San Martin de Tours. There you can overlook major hotels and duplex houses with great amenities triple or.
Palermo are also in the Museum of Decorative Art, which works in what was the Errázuri Palace, an exponent of the Bourbon architecture that influenced much of the majestic buildings in the Buenos Aires of the early twentieth century. She can be seen on Avenida Libertador and Pereyra Lucena.
At the Museum of Argentinean Motives Jose Hernandez: Av. Del Libertador 2373, you can see all the collections that make our traditions, including all translations of Martin Fierro.
The oldest part of Palermo is known precisely as old Palermo and its dimensions come from behind Plaza Italia, to the southeast. He had early arrabalero, worthy of tango lyrics and pen of writers like Evaristo Carriego and Jorge Luis Borges.
In Palermo also we found a beautiful place in the area surrounding the Church of the Holy Spirit, or "La Guadalupe". It was designed by architect Juan Beckeert and is built with black marble that come from the old herself Vienna Opera, the tiles are German, French windows, and the rest of marble and wood are high quality Argentina.
Other places frequently visited Palermo are the Botanical Garden in the Avenues Santa Fe and Las Heras. It has over 7 hectares of green in the middle of town and has in its inventory to over 7000 species. It was created by none other than Carlos Tays.
In front are the Zoo, now known as the Buenos Aires Zoo, in the Avenues Sarmiento and Las Heras. It was created on the initiative of President Sarmiento. Since the concession to private hands, this legendary Buenos Aires Zoo regained the luster of yesteryear with professional care of individuals that inhabit it. Among the great features that you can visit, are the white tigers, of which fewer than 200 copies worldwide. Besides the impressive box varieties of races that live in places where their natural habitat is recreated, the local zoo also has specially designed as being gothic pavilion of the bears, the French palace with its slate roof that houses lions or spaces 1000 square meters, which play a Bombay temple where obviously different dwell Indian elephants.
In one of the most important places of the City of Buenos Aires, on Sarmiento and Santa Fe avenues, stands the legendary Rural Society. After escrituraran where rural land is, this company embarked on an ambitious building project, which enabled the development of various competitions and exhibitions. So much so that the latest edition of the Book Fair took place within its walls. But undoubtedly, the most famous is the sign Rural country's livestock. Usually it has done between the months of July or August and attends people around the country and abroad. There converges the best of the field where the champions are awarded the Argentine countryside.
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Palermo neighborhood is defined as provided in Article 1 of the Ordinance N. 26,607, Municipal Bulletin No. 14,288, published May 4, 1972.por:... La Pampa, Av Pte Figueroa Alcorta Av Valentin Alsina, Zabala, Av. Cabildo, Jorge Newbery, Cramer Av. Dorrego Av. Cordoba, Mario Bravo Av. Coronel. Diaz Av. Gral. Las Heras, Tagle, railroad tracks Gral. Bartholomew. Mitre Av. Jeronimo Salguero, Av. Costanera Rafael Obligado.
